The Boston Celtics took a team-record 46 three-pointers, early February, 2016. It was not only a team record, said Pardon the Interruption, it was the third-highest attempts in NBA history.

There is a lot of noise about the high volume of three-point shots in the NBA. The opiners can’t exactly complain, because there are so many sharpshooters. And most of us are entertained when

that orange globe swishes through the hoop from thirty feet away. 

Really, an open professional player is usually going to hit the shot that’s within his range–he’s basically taking a practice stroke. The pro game is as entertaining as it’s ever been, in the eyes of

many fans.

But there is a glossiness to the game today; “soft” is going too far, yet something is missing in this sanitized distraction. In fact, players like Steph Curry and Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors may be too comfortable with the trey. As many observers of today’s game have said:You cannot touch anybody anymore.

Retired marksman Reggie Miller noted that, since the sideline three is so close to ‘out of bounds’, it’s impossible to move it back. All respect to Miller, who would be averaging 30-35 ppg in today’s no-touch league, but he’s wrong. Here’s how you can move the three-point line back.

If such a change seems too drastic, remember that league-shifting adjustments aren’t uncommon. Today, fans and media scoff at the idea of big men on the basketball court. They don’t understand that big men have basically been legislated out of the game over a long period. Wilt Chamberlain was so dominant that the NBA and the NCAA had to throw water on him. Wikipedia:

Chamberlain’s impact on the game is also reflected in the fact that he was directly responsible for several rule changes in the NBA, including widening the lane to try to keep him farther away from the hoop, instituting offensive goaltending and revising rules governing inbounding the ball and shooting free throws (such as making it against the rules to inbound the ball over the backboard). Chamberlain, who reportedly had a 50-inch vertical leap, was physically capable of converting foul shots via a slam dunk without a running start (beginning his movement at the top of the key). When his dunks practically undermined the difficulty of a foul shot, both the NCAA and the NBA banned his modus operandi.

That, alone, makes Wilt a Top 10 player, beyond the championship ring comparisons… the league changed the rules because of him… but that’s another topic for another day…