For a while I have maintained that the biggest problem with basketball is the lack of spacing because players are quicker and longer. My proposed fix is to make the courts bigger. Sounds like the NBA is considering that; I have no comment on the 4 point shot:
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10517078/nba-discussed-bigger-court-4-point-shot
Logistically it would have to be a top down experiment; start with the NBA and if it works, expand it to D1 college basketball and it probably doesn’t need to go any further than that.
