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Hardwood Paroxysm

I am uniformly against altering the three point distance but I LOVE this idea. Make free throws less efficient inherently and players will pursue them less.

But I would argue that foul merchants were among the biggest unintended consequences of James Naismith’s early basketball rules, by setting the value of free throws such that they are far more efficient than any other shot. And in terms of enforcement, I believe it’s preferable to have the players choose their own way to approach a new incentive instead of imposing harsher top-down policing from officials, though I do see the argument for a stricter but less radical/reformist application of the same incentives we’ve always had.

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Chris Mooney

Mar 10

Hi Substack! I’m Chris Mooney, longtime climate journalist and author (currently a fellow and professor of practice at UVA).

I’m coming off nearly a decade in the newspaper world -- and this feels like a great platform for channeling some of that that experience, but also forging a new voice.

So I have launched ReportEarth, with a focus on climate data and its communication -- but room to wander.

Appreciate your interest!

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