Should basketball rims be raised?

[tgan3]

High school and below: 10 ft
College: 10ft 6
Pro: 11 ft

Basketball is becoming too much of a dunkfest. Everyone can dunk. Looking at guys like Lebron/Blake/Mcgee dunk makes me cringe because they get up so high that i'm afraid they will hit their head on the rim or smack themselves on the board.

Even the smallest of smallest guys in the NBA can dunk easily, guys under 6'0. People like Nate, Isaiah Thomas, Pierre Jackson and Phil Pressey all can dunk. Raising the rim 11 feet would not put an end to dunking, as many still can dunk at 11 but makes it more interesting, point guards dunking will be much rarer and more celebrated.

Best of all, raising the game 11 feet takes the game back to its fundamentals, no more relying on athleticism to do a drop step and dunk, but using skill to put the ball in. Also driving the lane becomes easier. A common problem with 10 feet rims is you have an insane athletic like Deandre Jordan or Mcgee jumping in front of you and there's no possible way to put the ball in because their reach is 12 feet, you have to do a ridiculous 13 feet floater to drop in a 10 feet goal. Laws of physics says that is highly improbable. Adjusting the rim to 11 feet would mean a more reasonable floater.

[DuMa]

[USABall]

I think this could be a neat idea to incorporate into the FIBA 3x3 tournaments. I believe a sudden change to 11 feet for the NBA would take a few generations to develop a product (from youth - high school - college - nba) that is as pleasing as we have now, so that may be a problem.

EDIT: I don't play basketball a ton, so I don't know the physics or muscle memory associated with modifying the rim height. I imagine players can adjust, but strategy would have do be adjusted, and I'm not sure the adjustment would happen quickly.

[branslowski]

So you want more fastbreak layups instead of Dunks?

Anyway it isn't like 11ft rims would stop Blake Griffin and LeBron, Dwight from dunking on ppls faces.

[dr.hee]

Sounds like a great idea.

[Is He Ill]

It takes more than pure athleticism to score the basketball.

[TheReal Kendall]

[robert de niro]

actually lower rims are more of a challenge, easier to defend overall

[LBJ 23]

Perfect gif for this thread

[tgan3]

That's why I was surprised how well she's handling double teams. Not minding hard d at all. A true pro. Good two way player, too.

Best reply ever.

[Jameerthefear]

That's why I was surprised how well she's handling double teams. Not minding hard d at all. A true pro. Good two way player, too.

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