NBA may consider 4-pt shot for 2012...

[SuperHornet]

...or so says a Yahoo! Sports columnist.

He recommends (as the Globetrotters have done) limiting it to a certain time period to foster comebacks [sort of akin to the XFL's 3-pt conversion (which wasn't time-limited), though he didn't mention it] as opposed to bigger blowouts. He also wants an arc 12' beyond the 3-pt line vice the 'Trotters' 5x5 circles. Ultimately, he thinks, as they've done in the past, the NBA has outgrown the game and must shake things up to survive.

Discuss.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-7584732

[TheDancinMonarch]

Why don't they just paint the floor in a random color design and then, pre-game, they can draw numbers with point values to be assigned for shots made from that color. I am sure that this would really please Dr. Naismith. And then after doing this, the NBA would not only be boring, but also hopelessly stupid.

[Wedgebuster]

Gayest idea ever.

[bandl]

How about something like the NHL...instead of players fouling out, they have to sit for 2 minutes for each foul.

Nope....nevermind, that's pretty gay. NBA is full of gaywads. FACT.

[JMU DJ]

Globetrotter legend Curley Neal told ESPN2 reporters, "I know (NBA Commissioner) David Stern is watching and is interested in what we are doing."

I never knew David Stern used to be the commissioner of Rock N' Jock Basketball... what's next? The 20 or 50 point baskets?