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Could a wider court be coming to an NBA arena near you?

I'm sure you've heard by the now that the NBA has considered the ideas of widening the court and adding the 4-point shot.  While both ideas are interesting, I have a completely different view on each one.

First, I'm not sure what good widening the regulation court would do.  The current dimensions of a regulation NBA court are 94 feet long by 50 feet wide.  In order to increase the dimensions, the league would probably have to decrease the capacity of seats in each arena to accommodate the possible change.  Of course less seats means less money, which just makes bad business sense overall.

On the other hand, I'm all for a potential 4-point shot.  The only question is where would it go?  My initial thought would be to make a half court shot worth 4 points.  Players already attempt enough
half court shots anyway.  Heck why not stop there?  Why not make a full court shot worth 5 points?

Tim Musick
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