Sorry, I haven't followed this subforum in a while, so maybe this has been covered, but I came across this video.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3NIR8LYoo
I think the strongest argument against the 3-pointer is that it becomes the dominant strategy; ideally you want a game, where's there's no gto-optimal strategy either because it's unknown or because the game allows multiple exploitative ones.
I ve seen multiple ideas floating around, most of them revolving around moving the line, but the simplest one for me is changing the value of the 3 pointer. Having the 3 pointer give 2.5 points instead requires players to shoot at least 40% outside the arc in order to make it equivalent to the 50% 2 pointer.
Or you can keep the 3 point line and say that the mid-range jumper from within the line but outside the box counts for 2.5 points. That actually might be the best solution, because none of the other proposed solutions will do anything to bring back the mid rang jumper, as teams have learnt to focus on points inside the paint and outside the line.
What do you guys think?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3NIR8LYoo
I think the strongest argument against the 3-pointer is that it becomes the dominant strategy; ideally you want a game, where's there's no gto-optimal strategy either because it's unknown or because the game allows multiple exploitative ones.
I ve seen multiple ideas floating around, most of them revolving around moving the line, but the simplest one for me is changing the value of the 3 pointer. Having the 3 pointer give 2.5 points instead requires players to shoot at least 40% outside the arc in order to make it equivalent to the 50% 2 pointer.
Or you can keep the 3 point line and say that the mid-range jumper from within the line but outside the box counts for 2.5 points. That actually might be the best solution, because none of the other proposed solutions will do anything to bring back the mid rang jumper, as teams have learnt to focus on points inside the paint and outside the line.
What do you guys think?