If you increase the size of the basket by a one-inch radius, two inches in diameter, that's five percent. So you're adding theoretically five percentage points to the shooting percentage of the league. I'm not saying we should do it, but if the goal is a more entertaining, fast-paced high scoring game, that's the only frontier we have to go.
If you increase the size of the basket by a one-inch radius, two inches in diameter, that's five percent. So you're adding theoretically five percentage points to the shooting percentage of the league. I'm not saying we should do it, but if the goal is a more entertaining, fast-paced high scoring game, that's the only frontier we have to go.