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Message: [QUOTE="Scotch, post: 1651319, member: 700"] Good post, and I see your points. I didn't realize that moving the line back would in fact, cause WWIII :) Kidding! I guess I fundamentally disagree that teams would take significantly less threes. You already see guys taking shots well behind the line - moving it back to the international distance would maintain its value as an offensive strategy while improving floor spacing, IMHO. and I'd like to see more creative/skilled post play than watching jump shooting contests. The current distance balances play and creates parity, but it does so artificially. The difficulty of the shot just doesn't warrant 3 pts. It's strange that hitting a jump shot behind this arbitrary line has become the best shot in basketball outside of layups/dunks. And I don't love the fact that average teams regularly beat better teams in the NCAA tournament using this strategy exclusively. [/QUOTE]