They're going to have to push back the 3ball

[DoctorP]

My inner circle is confirming that the conclusion was made that the clear solution to the inflated stats will be pushing back the 3 line.


No other way around it unless they get rid of it again but they are not discussing that.

[DoctorP]

If it happens say goodbye to the corner three

[AlternativeAcc.]

3ball gets metaphorically pushed back into lockers daily on here

[Lebron23]

My inner circle is confirming that the conclusion was made that the clear solution to the inflated stats will be pushing back the 3 line.


No other way around it unless they get rid of it again but they are not discussing that.
They made the 3 points line shorter during Jordan's last run with the Bulls.

[Overdrive]

Allow defensive 3 secs. The threes will decrease if you decrease the driving and thus collapsing defenses.

[kentatm]

Allow defensive 3 secs. The threes will decrease if you decrease the driving and thus collapsing defenses.


This. If you extend the line out defense is going to completely vanish.


Also get rid of goal tending once the ball hits the rim like they do in Europe. That will make bigs linger down low even more.

[Manny98]

Remember the days where they had to shorten the 3 point line cuz most of the league struggled to shoot outside of 15ft

Fast forward 24 years and folks want the line moved back because players are so good at hitting 3s

Evolution for you :oldlol:

[kentatm]

Gilbert Arenas would be a god in this era.

[BigKobeFan]

bring back hand checking. Game over for these 3 point scrubs.

[BigKobeFan]

Remember the days where they had to shorten the 3 point line cuz most of the league struggled to shoot outside of 15ft

Fast forward 24 years and folks want the line moved back because players are so good at hitting 3s

Evolution for you :oldlol:

I want to see how good you shoot a 3 when i got a hand on your hip.

[Manny98]

I want to see how good you shoot a 3 when i got a hand on your hip.
They didn't even guard the 3 point line back then hence why the paints were so packed :oldlol:

[superduper]

Unban defense.

That's literally all that needs to happen.

[Lebron23]

They didn't even guard the 3 point line back then hence why the paints were so packed :oldlol:
You are talking to a virgin.Virginfan is just melting down cause lots of guards in the nba are putting up same stats or even better than Kobe.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

The actual shot or the ISH poster?

You could probably make the case for both.

[Airupthere]

The actual shot or the ISH poster?

You could probably make the case for both.

:lol a lot more push back needed for the poster

[LostCause]

Remember the days where they had to shorten the 3 point line cuz most of the league struggled to shoot outside of 15ft

Fast forward 24 years and folks want the line moved back because players are so good at hitting 3s

Evolution for you :oldlol:
That's partly because it was much harder to get off a 3-pt shot back then with the defensive rules and style of play

Changing the Illegal D/Handcheck rules to allow more zone-style defenses means more transition basketball and 3's. That's just common basketball sense. Everyone knew that. Observe this article from the 80s talking about what a legalized zone would do:


It would be worth the NBA's while, it seems, to experiment for a season, or a preseason, with all-out zone. This would make life easier on the refs and take some of the hypocrisy out of their calls. However, most NBA people absolutely cringe at the suggestion of a legal full-fledged zone because they fear the kind of zone that would be played. They see teams stationing their big men within finger-roll distance of the basket, arms spread, pterodactyl-like, all the way across the floor, discouraging any kind of penetration to the basket. "We don't want a jump-shooting league," they say.

Why not?

Why is the NBA hierarchy so sure that fans don't like jump shots, especially long ones? "Jeez, every time somebody lets a three-point shot go," says Pacers vice-president Wayne Embry, "the whole crowd's on its feet." Why not move the boundary in a foot or two and make outside shooting a more important part of the game? Players are far better shooters than they were a couple of decades ago, when 40% from a guard would be acceptable. Now there are guards shooting better than 50%. Go ahead, you clowns on defense, sit back in a zone and just watch us shoot you right out of it.

And wouldn't zone defense encourage transition basketball, the NBA's real calling card? The way to beat a zone, better than bombing it from outside, is to zap it before it sets up.
https://www.si.com/vault/1985/10/28/628680/give-the-dan-a-plus

(The bolded in there is exactly why Def 3 Seconds was implemented. It's the "context" of what Jordan was referring to in the quote Hey Yo repeats)

It's not rocket science teams adjust to the rules. So what happens if rules are introduced that limit the 3-pt attempts and make midrange shots the bread/butter of NBA offenses? Teams and players will "evolve" again to take advantage of this or would you call that a regression?

[warriorfan]

3ball gets metaphorically pushed back into lockers daily on here

While you literally have been pushed into lockers daily