Here's a 3-Point Shot Change Proposal

[Jstock12]

I think there's value in just extending it. What that aims to do is discourage the borderline shooters from taking a 3. Ultimately that is the problem. That guys who shouldn't be shooting 3's are doing so at incredibly high rates.

Someone like Curry, it seriously doesn't matter. He's going to shoot a crazy percentage no matter where the line is but shifting the league average downward slightly would push people off the line who shouldn't be there, which is ultimately what I think the league needs.

The 3 pointer has to be there purely for spacing purposes, unless the NBA is going to adopt more defensive rules that restrict help side defenders. I really think that is a better option to be honest. Creating a defensive arc that forces help defenders further away from the paint, opening up space in the mid range and making it more enticing to attack the basket.

I think extending the paint a foot or so on each side would be just as effective as moving the line back. You could also consider extending the 3 second rule for offensive players, to 4 seconds, to give guys more time to jockey for position in the post. It just seems like there's smaller changes than getting extreme with the 3 point line that will produce a similar result.

Such a nice post. I agree.

 

[czvo]

I'm going to assume those that are talking about the three point line ruining the game are referring to the 80's (because the majority of the 90s and early 2000s was pretty shitty offensively).

I wouldn't say its necessarily the three point line, and the three point line alone that has dramatically changed the game. There are many, many other factors.

1. The number of pick and rolls has increased DRAMATICALLY.
2. There's more of a commitment to defense, particularly transition defense
3. Players are bigger, faster and stronger
4. The way players dribble the ball has advanced well beyond where they were 30 years ago
5. Traveling has been loosened, both literally in the rule book and by virtue of the bigger, faster players
6. The hand check has been eliminated, so ball-handlers have more freedom of movement
7. On the flip side, illegal defense has been eliminated, allowing teams to essentially play a zone (and in some cases, literally) against the best wing players (which I would argue makes it MORE difficult for today's elite wing scorers)
8. Refs are allowing more illegal screening, on and off the ball (ESPECIALLY off the ball).


I don't really understand the argument that because of the three-point line, offenses are all the same. Offenses are just as varied as they've always been, you just see more possessions ending in three pointers. The three pointer is not an offense, it's just the end result of an offensive possession.

 

[K1rieIrving>AllOtherPG's]

Allow hand checking outside the 3pt line, problem solved.

Curry will not win another MVP, he'll just be a good player. players will take advantage of his weak and skinny frame & it will very difficult for him to get any space, unlike now when you can't even breathe on him..

 

[Bill Walton.]

Way to think outside the box...

























































....Your idea sucks

 

[PizzaSteve]

The game is outstanding now. Such a knee jerk reaction to Curry being so good. Stupidity. Look at Cousins, LBJ drives....good post play is still happening, even on the Warriors. They still occasionally post up mismatches. All the good stuff you like is still happening, effective. I am sorry Curry is keeping Cleveland from a title, but drastically altering the game is overreaction X 100.

 

[shoes22]

Since the NBA eliminated hand checking in 2004 to stimulate more offense, it worked well for a number of years and now I think the pendulum has swung far in the other direction with the rise of stretch 4s and floor spacing big men. Without making any other changes to the 3PT line, should hand-checking be allowed again in some capacity to help even the balance?

 

[Tornicade]

If a change was made. it would be more appropriate to made 3 points shots worth 4 points and inside the arc 3 points.

4-10 shooting from the three is currently 12 points. that is the equivalent of 6-10 shooting from inside the arc.

to discourage excessive fouling make free throws worth 2 points each attempt.

so the 4-10 shooting is now 16 points and 6 of 10 shooting from inside would be 18 points wand 5 of 10 shooting from inside 15 points.

now players are still rewarded for good three point shooting but shooting inside the paint is still viable.

As long as teams can consistently hit 3 pointers at 40% + three pointers will rule the NBA

Now you have to shoot 70% from inside the arc to beat a team shooting 40% from 3 and theres too many teams that can do that to dismiss that as anomolies

 

[Cavatt]

If a change was made. it would be more appropriate to made 3 points shots worth 4 points and inside the arc 3 points.

4-10 shooting from the three is currently 12 points. that is the equivalent of 6-10 shooting from inside the arc.

to discourage excessive fouling make free throws worth 2 points each attempt.

so the 4-10 shooting is now 16 points and 6 of 10 shooting from inside would be 18 points wand 5 of 10 shooting from inside 15 points.

now players are still rewarded for good three point shooting but shooting inside the paint is still viable.

As long as teams can consistently hit 3 pointers at 40% + three pointers will rule the NBA

Now you have to shoot 70% from inside the arc to beat a team shooting 40% from 3 and theres too many teams that can do that to dismiss that as anomolies

I was thinking something similar. 2's become 4's and 3's become 5. It would make the three pointer worth 125% instead of 150% of the points.

The impact would be learned and you wouldn't be disproportionally rewarding long range shots.

The whole thing is pretty strange. Teams could have tried to shoot thisany 3's before based on the math and they never did. It was a truism that a team always goes cold and jumpshooting teams don't win, but even Atlanta made 20 last game. Once someone shows it can be done, everyone can do it

 

[Kizzle]

I don't like that inside centers have been devalued but I do like what the game is now.

An entricate chess match of trying to get your best shooters in their spots

 

[BooyaCS]

Allow hand checking outside the 3pt line, problem solved.

Curry will not win another MVP, he'll just be a good player. players will take advantage of his weak and skinny frame & it will very difficult for him to get any space, unlike now when you can't even breathe on him..

Except Draymond would still be allowed to screen and hug the player he is screening to get Curry free.

 

[BooyaCS]

If you want to make some changes to the game I say leave it alone as far as 3s go. Then add another arc 10 - 15 feet behind the 3 point line and extend it to the out of bounds (there is no more corner shot) that shot is worth 4 points. Half court shots are worth 5.

 

[FiveThous]

I think the NBA should implement some sort of hot spot system like NBA Jam

 

[BooyaCS]

I think the NBA should implement some sort of hot spot system like NBA Jam

Only if we get Fred McCloud to say BOOM SHAKALAKA after each dunk.