Should the NBA abolish the 3 point line?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If you're going to keep the 3 point line, they should create a 3 second violation for the dudes camping out on the corner 3. That will make sure the players have to keep moving and can't just run to their spot. Mark it out from 10 feet out from the baseline.

You know how insanely hard that would be for refs to keep track of?

 

[FalseFlagg K]

i do agree the time is coming something really needs to be done. There's too many games now that i just can't watch. Luckily the NBA has never been shy about tinkering with their product.

i have no idea what it should be outside of pushing the 3 pt line back further

 

[purplegreengold]

Eliminating the corner 3 would be a horrible idea. It would just lead to more paint congestion.

I'm not suggesting they eliminate it. Just to make it a little bit harder for teams to camp two guys on each corner.

 

[purplegreengold]

You know how insanely hard that would be for refs to keep track of?

Yeah, it would be more difficult to keep track of. If I were the league I would de-emphasize calling the 3 second rule in the lane, and focus more out on the line. These dudes are way too comfortable, and the product sucks to watch. At least try to keep them honest.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Every team should get an allotment of 3 pointers per game. After say, 15 made threes, they only count for 2 after that,

That's not the solution, but I do think modern offenses prioritizing getting up as many threes as possible is god awful to watch and bad for the product.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Every team should get an allotment of 3 pointers per game. After say, 15 made threes, they only count for 2 after that,

That's not the solution, but I do think modern offenses prioritizing getting up as many threes as possible is god awful to watch and bad for the product.

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.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Can someone explain what makes a 3 pointer so much worse to watch than 18 foot jumper?

 

[gandalfe]

Can someone explain what makes a 3 pointer so much worse to watch than 18 foot jumper?

Reasons. Duh.

 

[gandalfe]

Change the lane time limit. Say, keep it at a defensive 3 second, but make it 5 seconds for the offense. That would make it even easier to get buckets inside, thereby increasing the value of the shot.

Or, make a dunk worth 3 points.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Change the lane time limit. Say, keep it at a defensive 3 second, but make it 5 seconds for the offense. That would make it even easier to get buckets inside, thereby increasing the value of the shot.

Or, make a dunk worth 3 points.

Making dunks worth more points would absolutely kill the value of small guards even more than they are already being phased out to a large degree, so that's a hard no.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

Widen the court, add more spacing and move back the 3 pt line a couple feet in the process.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Widen the court, add more spacing and move back the 3 pt line a couple feet in the process.

This is probably the best solution, but wont happen because teams dont want to have less seating?