Lew alcindor rule

[tsherkin]

Honestly, if you watch enough good teams, you see that they do more than just shoot 3s, so the criticism about 3pt shooting mostly falls hollow to me. Denver was the 4th-best offense in the league last year and were dead-last in total 3PA and 3PAr. It's quite possible to just use 3pt shooters primarily as spacers in a manner similar to previous eras if you've got the right kind of core star. Not every team is Boston, and a lot of the rest of the league uses 3s the way teams in the 2000s tried to use the running game... because they didn't have any other options.

[ropjhk]

Ban the three point shot. Bring back the artistry of bucket getting.

Keep the three point shot. Penalize teams one point for every one missed. Refs hold up one hand to indicate a three then hold up the second if it goes in just in case someone doesn't see it. They can make an X with their arms to indicate a one point penalty.

Basketball with negative points now, yikes

I think it's a novel idea. I've seen all sorts of proposals on how to reduce 3 point attempts in order to improve the aesthetics of the game. This may be the first time I've seen someone propose something like this.

-1 point per missed shot may be too extreme. If someone shoots 4/10 on 3s they'll have produced only six points (12 scored - 6 on misses) vs. 8 points on 2s. You'd have to shoot 6/10 from 3s for 14 points to be better than shooting 2s for 12. The game should reward scoring 3s at a 40% rate over 2s at a 50% rate.

[Lalouie]

Are you asking us to ban aerospace engineering and only offer agriculture classes ?

in the zombie apocalypse you never know...................
tilling the soil,,,reading,,,closer family unit. running from grizzlies,,,whacking a dead zombie's head clean off

manned flight would be at the bottom of our skills

What if it's not a zombie apocalypse but an existential threat to the planet that requires evacuation, though? Or a threat that requires us to go and get something from another planet?

okay so we have the brains. but who has the hammer and nails to build the spaceship

[og15]

Keep the three point shot. Penalize teams one point for every one missed. Refs hold up one hand to indicate a three then hold up the second if it goes in just in case someone doesn't see it. They can make an X with their arms to indicate a one point penalty.

Basketball with negative points now, yikes

I think it's a novel idea. I've seen all sorts of proposals on how to reduce 3 point attempts in order to improve the aesthetics of the game. This may be the first time I've seen someone propose something like this.

-1 point per missed shot may be too extreme. If someone shoots 4/10 on 3s they'll have produced only six points (12 scored - 6 on misses) vs. 8 points on 2s. You'd have to shoot 6/10 from 3s for 14 points to be better than shooting 2s for 12. The game should reward scoring 3s at a 40% rate over 2s at a 50% rate.

It's a novel idea, but not a good one