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In 2019 the NBA's competition committee examined Kirk Goldsberry's proposal [1] to eliminate the shorter-range corner threes. Brad Stevens was on the committee

In 2019 the NBA's competition committee examined Kirk Goldsberry's proposal [1] to eliminate the shorter-range corner threes. Brad Stevens was on the committee and reportedly said, "You'll never see a slam dunk again" if we do that, because the guys who now have to defend the guys in the corners will go cut off the lanes to the basket. When faced with prospects of two different kinds of boring, Goldsberry points out that the NBA could either make its courts several feet wider to at least diminish the statistical make-percentage advantage of those 3's -- but that this would mess up arena seating arrangements -- or could outright allow teams to draw their own 3-point lines like the local variation in baseball and soccer [2] fields. Basketball requires control of space and pace, but as athleticism has increasingly been optimized, there's just not enough space there to force interesting trade-offs on every play. So it forces less interesting ones. [1] https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26633540/the-nba-obsessed-3s-let-fix-thing https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26633540/the-nba-obsesse... [2] https://www.thisisamericansoccer.com/why-are-soccer-fields-different-sizes/ https://www.thisisamericansoccer.com/why-are-soccer-fields-d...

tiahura 2y ago
Thanks for the background. Why is shrinking the rim never considered?
pySSK 2y ago
Have there been any proposal to make shots from within the paint 1 point? (Purpose would be to encourage from shooting from outside the paint but from within the 3 point line)
- chongli 2y ago
  That would be disastrous! There’s not enough scoring in the paint as it is, due to rule changes. Fans want more scoring in the paint! All the most popular superstars in the past were hyper-athletic guys who consistently got into the paint and made dazzling shots even against stalwart defenders. Outside shooters have always been role players until the arrival of Steph Curry. Now half the league plays like wannabe Curry and fans are getting tired of watching their teams miss dozens of 3 pointers every game.
itsdrewmiller 2y ago
Most dunks are in transition anyway - can’t block the lane if you haven’t made it across half court.
chongli 2y ago
because the guys who now have to defend the guys in the corners will go cut off the lanes to the basket They do that already. They leave the corner shooter open when the ball is on the other side of the paint in order to clog up the middle. When the offence makes a sequence of passes to find the open guy in the corner then they close out to take away the corner 3.

tiahura 2y ago

Thanks for the background. Why is shrinking the rim never considered?

pySSK 2y ago

Have there been any proposal to make shots from within the paint 1 point? (Purpose would be to encourage from shooting from outside the paint but from within the 3 point line)

chongli 2y ago
That would be disastrous! There’s not enough scoring in the paint as it is, due to rule changes. Fans want more scoring in the paint! All the most popular superstars in the past were hyper-athletic guys who consistently got into the paint and made dazzling shots even against stalwart defenders. Outside shooters have always been role players until the arrival of Steph Curry. Now half the league plays like wannabe Curry and fans are getting tired of watching their teams miss dozens of 3 pointers every game.

itsdrewmiller 2y ago

Most dunks are in transition anyway - can’t block the lane if you haven’t made it across half court.

chongli 2y ago

because the guys who now have to defend the guys in the corners will go cut off the lanes to the basket They do that already. They leave the corner shooter open when the ball is on the other side of the paint in order to clog up the middle. When the offence makes a sequence of passes to find the open guy in the corner then they close out to take away the corner 3.