Re: NBA Competition Committee looking at how can parity be achieved between offense & defense in today's game
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:50 am
I think 2 is way to radical.dougthonus wrote:GoBlue72391 wrote:dougthonus wrote:
Shrinking the rim is an interesting idea, but I think you'd hurt mid range shots more than 3s. A smaller rim will hurt lower arcing shots more than higher arcing shots. Generally 3s have more arc on them.
Either way, in the end, if you want to change the offensive styles, you need to change the value proposition of different shots, but in the end, in this day of analytics, it's probably really hard to create a game that has wildly divergent but similarly successful strategies.
As humans, we're so advanced now an analytical breakdowns that whatever meta emerges, teams will copy it. Now, if you can find a meta that's more entertaining to fans, go for it.
What about instead of shrinking the rim size, increase the ball size from 29.5 to either 30.0 or 30.5? I have no idea how viable this would be, but the degree of difficulty sharply increases from a women's ball (28.5) to a men's ball, so I would think increasing the men's ball size (haha) would increase the difficulty of making shots.
That in combination with altering how the game is called could have a big effect. Experiment with it in the G League or whatever before doing it in the NBA. I'm just spitballing here.
Fundamentally, that's going to have the same impact as shrinking the rim slightly in terms of margins of error and hurt mid range shots more than 3s for the same reasons.
I think you just need to change the value proposition, there are a few ways to do it IMO:
1: Just change the distance of the 3 point line and remove the corner 3 by making the 3 point line just hit out of bounds (would need to change it's arc slightly). This would make the amount of 3 point space much smaller and remove the highest percentage 3s, and make it much easier to rotate, and make it much easier to play a couple non shooters (probably can't use more than 3 effectively anyway at one time).
2: Change the ratio of the value of the shot to make it more inline with other shots. If you made it about 2.5, it's probably pretty close to the same PPP as a mid range shot or a post up.
I think either of those changes would be tough for fans to get behind, and again, I don't think the three point shooting is really a problem for the league, just for the talking heads, and that both these changes, while fixing this problem, would be terrible for the league.
I think the first option would be welcomed by most. All you do is start the 3 point line right smack in the corner where the baseline and sideline meet. Extend it whatever distance the experts think is appropriate at is apex (likely 1 to 2 feet).
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