I 100% agree. The dominance of 3-point shooting has stretched the floor, causing offense to be much more dynamic. Jimmy Highroller [0], has a very good video o

I 100% agree. The dominance of 3-point shooting has stretched the floor, causing offense to be much more dynamic. Jimmy Highroller [0], has a very good video on this where he shows that 2-point shots have become much more valuable now due to 3-pointers. To be part of a starting 5 you typically have to have the capability to shoot 3s - putting defenders in a difficult spot. You could guard the floor to prevent a 2, but that opens you up for a 3. Most people defend for a 3, so many people now are going in for a 2. I do think in the current NBA we took too much away from defenders. Most of that could be fixed with refs enforcing rules against foul baiting, allowing defenders to be more physical, etc. Refs actually do this during the playoffs, I think they should do it for the entire season. There are some good rules changes I've seen as well, like 6 in the key instead of 3. There's a good video from Rusty Buckets that goes over this [1]. I don't want to get rid of the X second in the key rule, because then teams would just have bigs sit in the paint. I think that would make everyone focus on 3-pointers even more. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/@JxmyHighroller/videos https://www.youtube.com/@JxmyHighroller/videos [1]: https://youtu.be/2E0kHY0vMQY?si=3EA3UqSGKdThF3bK https://youtu.be/2E0kHY0vMQY?si=3EA3UqSGKdThF3bK