You say this like it’s a bad thing.

Get this guy on the competition committee!

Tie the point values to Polymarket odds!

Why stop there? Why does a 3 from Shaq give you as many points as a 3 from Curry???

I like it because you said lasers!!! I want this one!

Might as well add Quidditch rules. If you can score from your baseline the game ends and you win.

Dynamic pricing for the fans, dynamic scoring for the players

Get some pure analytics ball in here. When you shoot, the computer estimates your expected value from that shot and awards that many points regardless of if it went in. Daryl Morey eat your heart out!

Elam decimals, except you can’t go over it either. Once you’re on the last bucket you have to make the shot from a specific 6inch arc around the basket

It does but overtime is a game of Knockout.

• Adam Silver’s new proposal for the 2031 season

OT should just be a game of horse lol

Full court heave automatic wins game.

It’s like a KO in boxing.

Each team has their own Domain Expansion lol

Players above 7’3” automatically are ejected

Same energy as no standard ballpark size for baseball. Love it. 

I’ve seen this seriously proposed; each team paints the three point line however they want it. Obviously not going to happen but it’s a fun thought experiment.

Hey now, if half court shots are 4 points, PP might become the highest paid guy in the league

Yes we certainly should not remove it until the Knicks cool off lol

lmfaoo

Is consistent inconsistency still considered inconsistent

Yeah… if that was addressed it would ease a lot more concerns than removing 3s.

Isn’t that what Kerr just said, anything other than a big man layup or corner 3 is seen as less than optimal.

That’s really not true, unless you watch games with an extremely casual lens.

There’s fascinating schematic stuff happening with every team on offense and defense on every possession. And it becomes extra fascinating in the playoffs, when good coaches make adjustments to their rotations/lineups/schemes through a series.

I don’t get how people can watch the awesome creativity/diversity in the schemes and playstyles in the playoffs, and claim it’s “boring” to watch.

Every team always plays the same way though.

If you got rid of the 3pt line teams would be back to the paint and midrange… but they would all do that.

All sports are copycat leagues and a race to the bottom to find the most efficient strategy possible for success. Look at how many NFL head coaches/offensive coordinators come from the Shanahan coaching tree and how MLB teams only draft shortstops and flamethrowing pitchers

Without the corner three area you no longer would have players permanently parked there for what is always a shorter easier shot, and easily the best value shot in the sport.

Defenders need to hug those two areas cause of the risk and are always trying to rotate and recover to the corners. Remove it and defenders can afford to help more inside cause sure you give up that shot, but it’s just a two now. 

If people want to change the shot profile of the nba, if you take away the best shot in the game (corner three), reduce the spacing that corner three threads provide and extend the above the break three point line that would definitely accomplish the goal.

But I still don’t believe people want to see this. It’d be way harder to score at the rim, would probably lead to a ton of mids. I don’t get why that’s appealing.

I always said widen the court so you can make the 3pt line equidistant at all points on the floor and it could allow for more baseline offense

The only problem with extending the court is that you could space even more, would make offense easier even if corner threes aren’t as advantageous.

How

Fewer

Instead of bringing the arc in for the corners you’d just let the arc naturally go out of bounds. So you’d only be able to make 3’s if they’re above the free throw line, basically. A shot from the corner would just always be a 2

Edit: looking at an overhead of an NBA court it’s actually still lower than the FT line. Basically halfway between FT line and the hoop.

Court would be the same width, the distance for the three would just remain uniform and would taper off at the sideline. Either that or just a straight line

It’ll never happen, but I don’t think it would be a bad thing once you get past how different it would seem

Don’t need to make the court wider. Just make the 3 point line end at the sideline.

You don’t have to make the court wider, you just let the arc hit the sideline where it would instead of flattening down

The corner (two) would still only be 22 feet from the basket, if left wide open that’s an extremely high percentage shot for a lot of guys. It would just stop the NBA from being entirely based around layups and threes like it has been the last ten years

I’m not against the three pointer, but it doesn’t make a lot of sense for a shot that is closer to the basket than some two pointers to be worth 150% of the points

It’s the least objectionable because it’s already been implemented and provably does not completely ruin the game, unlike most of the other changes being suggested.

The FIBA rules overall are just more legitimate in terms of it being a real sport. The rules where the NBA differs from FIBA are almost all just to allow minor amounts of cheating on offense or disallowing defense to increase scoring artificially.

I don’t see the problem

This sounds awesome

Yeah there’s a reason why they have that rule

Anyone who can create a 3 point shot can create a long 2. The big difference is that players are just more disciplined while prior to 2010 players would just shoot from wherever as soon as they were open.

I think the point is actually different: that there is not enough VALUE in having a midrange game, because you can either just get better at scoring 3s or drive to the hoop for a layup attempt.

What hes saying is that without 3 pointers, youre not forced into the statistical best shots anymore, the floor is spaced differently, theres a lot more creativity because without the 3, the value question disappears and you can get busy creating longer 2 pointers because in many cases they will be the best shot available.

I tend to agree with him, I’d love to see an NBA with no 3s, and a more relaxed refereeing standard, so that players can bang a bit more. We’d see a lot more dynamic play, defence would be better positioned, we’d get less scoring but I think a better and more exciting product because we would also get less foul calls.

They moved it in for 3 years, and he benefitted tremendously. He made 321 3s on 49.8% from the shortened line, and 405 3s on 42.4% in his other 12 seasons.

However, those were also his prime years and his best team situation.

Via statmuse, the 3 highest individual season 3PT shooting % were in the years that the moved the line in. Kerr has 2 of the them and Tim Legler is the other 

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/best-career-3-point-percentages-in-single-season

I’ll go a bit further and say that each team should get to decide where the three point line is drawn on their home court. Just like how each baseball team’s stadium layout is unique, let’s let each team have their own delineation for a three pointer, and allow them to adjust it at the start of every season.

Stat inflation is how they make you think the league is better

Bro give Bam a few years chill

No you would get corresponding # of FT’s

The 3s-4s proposal usually also makes changes to the free throws so it’s always one free throw to get the full value of the shot.

So a foul on a “4” pointer would mean one free throw to get 4 points. And a foul on a 3 pointer would be one free throw to get 3 points.

And the and-one fouls would still be worth only 1 extra point.

? no defensive 3 sec would mean bigs dont have to worry about the count down low and thus can stay at basket deterring shots, which means less rotations, which means tougher 3s

So… a modern NBA game?

It blows my mind how many guys have not thought about this whenever I play pick up. When you suggest 2s and 3s the number of weird looks you get and people saying “it’s the same thing” is so annoying

How would it be hard? It’s simple conversion

Nah, players learn and adapt. If anything it’ll create dead space on the court. Long 2s are seen as very poor shots and often go uncontested now. Removing the corner 3 would make that part of the court a barren wasteland. 3-2 defense would surge in popularity.

Okay and?

Yes terminate it at the sidelines.

They should unironically do this. I want guys trying absurd alley oops all game.