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Should the NBA abolish the 3 point line?

Chargers Jazz Angels said:
One way to combat the overuse of the 3-point shot is to change the scoring. Make baskets worth 3 points and have a 4-pointer. That way the analytics will move back to scoring closer to the basket. Right now it is better to shoot more 3s because of the numbers.
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Im completely against the 4 pointer.
 
There are 4 ways generally you could do it: increase the value of inside shots, decrease the difficulty of inside shots, decrease the value of outside shots, or increase the difficulty of outside shots.

What about say you can't have more than 2 shots outside in a row as a player or, say, 4 for a team, then you have to have at least 1 or 2 inside shots. If you're over the limit, it counts as 2 points, or, maybe if you want to be extreme, it's a technical?
 
gandalfe said:
There are 4 ways generally you could do it: increase the value of inside shots, decrease the difficulty of inside shots, decrease the value of outside shots, or increase the difficulty of outside shots.

What about say you can't have more than 2 shots outside in a row as a player or, say, 4 for a team, then you have to have at least 1 or 2 inside shots. If you're over the limit, it counts as 2 points, or, maybe if you want to be extreme, it's a technical?
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Too hard to keep track of
 
Maybe eliminate the 3 second lane rule and see what that does
Might make two point baskets easier
 
slc said:
Maybe eliminate the 3 second lane rule and see what that does
Might make two point baskets easier
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The issue with that is that guys like Jokic/Embiid are already incredibly dominant. Them being able to completely camp in the lane would make them extremely unbalanced.
 
KqWIN said:
Not going to happen, but they should remove the defensive 3 seconds rule, allow more contact on the perimeter, and also enforce carrying on the perimeter. Everyone talks about hand checking…it’s more that a perimeter guy and just infinitely run into the defender and eventually get a call. Luka is the king of this.

Playing on the perimeter is so much easier because the defenders can hardly breathe on offensive player and the ball handlers also get to carry the ball.

IMO, they’ve actually allowed the more contact on postups over the years as small ball has become more popular. If it’s a smaller guy defending a bigger player in the post, the small guy can beat the hell out of the bigger player and use all his strength to create contact. If it’s the other way around on the perimeter you’ve got a taller player trying to stick with a smaller guy who can carry the ball and gets a whistle if there’s a slight touch.
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Great post

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
That's another awful solution.

So if you are down 3 with 1 second left and you've used all your 3's you now cant tie the game?

All of these solutions are just complete ***, no offense.
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Under 2 minutes left in a game and they are worth 3 again. Easy peasy

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
That's another awful solution.

So if you are down 3 with 1 second left and you've used all your 3's you now cant tie the game?

All of these solutions are just complete ***, no offense.
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No you would see coaches manage the 3 ball the way they do time outs. But I think that would be way too hard to implement and manage, honestly. Plus it is just hokey. There are way better options than a 3 pt shot limit.
 
I got it!

Add a an arc at the 12 foot mark. And push the 3 point line out to 30 feet. So anything inside 12 feet is worth 2, between 12 and 30 worth 3 (including corner shots), and anything past 30 is worth 4! You would regularly see scores in the 150s to 160s!

:D
 
purplegreengold said:
Because teams aren't spamming 60 18 footers a game. Teams aren't passing out of a fast break, so they can take an 18 footer. Bigs aren't getting offensive rebounds and even though they're under the basket for an easy put back, are passing it out to guys to take an 18 footer.
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Yep. This. Most 18 footers would be the result of play action or a broken play or just an open player. Not the absolute focal point of all offenses across the entire NBA. No team will center their entire offense around 18-foot shots. It is a false equivalence.
 
purplegreengold said:
Because teams aren't spamming 60 18 footers a game. Teams aren't passing out of a fast break, so they can take an 18 footer. Bigs aren't getting offensive rebounds and even though they're under the basket for an easy put back, are passing it out to guys to take an 18 footer.
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No one is shooting 60 threes a game....
 
The game is simple
Whoever shoots the ball better wins
Whoever defends better wins
Whoever has the better players wins
This happens more often than not
Right now Jazz have none of these
 
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