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A lot of these are almost nonsensical, but a few rational ones exist. Probably the most reasonable is just adding another 5 feet to the three point line all th

A lot of these are almost nonsensical, but a few rational ones exist. Probably the most reasonable is just adding another 5 feet to the three point line all the way around(which yes, means widening the court). Drawing your own lines, or another 4 point line? I feel things like that would actually exacerbate the problem.

bdangubic 2y ago
what do you think would be logistics of changing every arena to accomodate larger court - not just in the US but internationally? changing court size is out of the question for sure. to me the main problem is that 3-pt used to be reserved for only a couple of players on each team that could make them with high enough percentage that coaches would allow them (imagine bill laimbeir shooting 3’s on MJ’s Bulls…). Steph changed that - he made shooting cool and new generation of ballers grew up shooting (including 7-footers). NBA needs to make a change such that only handful of players on each team can make 3’s again (like before) and for that moving the 3-pt to 27+ feet and eliminating corner 3’s is the only sane-ish way forward
- silisili 2y ago
  > what do you think would be logistics of changing every arena to accomodate larger court - not just in the US but internationally? I don't know about every court, especially internationally, but most courts are assembled on site and have plenty of room to work with. I pasted a link below of a typical court being assembled. Notice there is plenty of room all around when done, usually for bench, scorekeepers, random floor seating, etc. They could make it work if they wanted. Is it a rational ask? I don't know, one would have to collect data and feedback from all professional courts. But I don't think it's as big as having to redesign or reconstruct an entire building. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7YULqWbKsDw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7YULqWbKsDw
  - bdangubic 2y ago
    interesting! thanks for sharing
HelloMcFly 2y ago
I don't feel like a suggestion that materially widens the court is actually a serious solution. There's too many gyms built, too many other leagues playing on the standard court size, widening the court fundamentally changes the game too much in ways that are too integrated with literal physical infrastructures across the globe and levels of play.
cameldrv 2y ago
You could just have the three point line intersect with the edge of the court and there would be no three pointers at the baseline.
- rbetts 2y ago
  The article discussed this and had an interesting point (and some stats for evidence) - that shooters waiting in the corner create space for driving to the basket.
  - trowawee 2y ago
    I think the author dismissed that too casually. Anything that makes the three less valuable will result in less space around the hoop. That's not necessarily a bad thing if we want to reemphasize the mid-range shot. The only way to tilt the game back that way is to change the math on the current dunks/layups & threes meta.

bdangubic 2y ago

what do you think would be logistics of changing every arena to accomodate larger court - not just in the US but internationally? changing court size is out of the question for sure. to me the main problem is that 3-pt used to be reserved for only a couple of players on each team that could make them with high enough percentage that coaches would allow them (imagine bill laimbeir shooting 3’s on MJ’s Bulls…). Steph changed that - he made shooting cool and new generation of ballers grew up shooting (including 7-footers). NBA needs to make a change such that only handful of players on each team can make 3’s again (like before) and for that moving the 3-pt to 27+ feet and eliminating corner 3’s is the only sane-ish way forward

silisili 2y ago
> what do you think would be logistics of changing every arena to accomodate larger court - not just in the US but internationally? I don't know about every court, especially internationally, but most courts are assembled on site and have plenty of room to work with. I pasted a link below of a typical court being assembled. Notice there is plenty of room all around when done, usually for bench, scorekeepers, random floor seating, etc. They could make it work if they wanted. Is it a rational ask? I don't know, one would have to collect data and feedback from all professional courts. But I don't think it's as big as having to redesign or reconstruct an entire building. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7YULqWbKsDw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7YULqWbKsDw
- bdangubic 2y ago
  interesting! thanks for sharing

HelloMcFly 2y ago

I don't feel like a suggestion that materially widens the court is actually a serious solution. There's too many gyms built, too many other leagues playing on the standard court size, widening the court fundamentally changes the game too much in ways that are too integrated with literal physical infrastructures across the globe and levels of play.

cameldrv 2y ago

You could just have the three point line intersect with the edge of the court and there would be no three pointers at the baseline.

rbetts 2y ago
The article discussed this and had an interesting point (and some stats for evidence) - that shooters waiting in the corner create space for driving to the basket.
- trowawee 2y ago
  I think the author dismissed that too casually. Anything that makes the three less valuable will result in less space around the hoop. That's not necessarily a bad thing if we want to reemphasize the mid-range shot. The only way to tilt the game back that way is to change the math on the current dunks/layups & threes meta.