Every season, there are a couple of ideas that are being thrown out to expand the NBA, add excitement to the game, or create new opportunities for players and coaches. Among the proposals that came to fruition in recent years was the return of the 2-2-2-1 finals format from the 2-3-2, which was used from 1985 to 2013. This season, meanwhile, the Coach’s Challenge was introduced, which allowed teams to request for a second look on a particular call from the referee.

Through all that, one proposal is gaining more attention adding a four-point line.

Being a shooter and all, especially one who likes to keep hoisting way beyond the arc, Atlanta Hawks All-Star Trae Young is in full support of the addition. The second-year guard was in Adrian Wojnarowski’s One Team Speaker Series earlier this week, had this to say when asked about the idea:

“It would help me … We would get a lot more four-point plays, and then if I get fouled on the four-point line it’s an and-1, so we’re gonna get five points per possession. That would help us for sure. I’m down to get a four-point line.”

The four-point line was first brought up years and years back, but has only been talked about seriously by basketball personalities and fans just recently. Much of its increasing traction is the vast rise of three-point attempts in the NBA, as well as the emergence of the BIG3, a half-court basketball league that employs the extra spot.

The three, once called the ‘long distance’ shot, has become the new mid-range, while the ‘real’ mid-range has somewhat become a lost art.

NBA teams are averaging 12.1 made threes on 33.9 attempts per game this season, both highest in league history. The league has also increased its average shots from three in each of the last nine seasons, and has only decreased it twice since it was introduced in the 1979-1980 campaign.

The three-point line plays a big part in Young’s offense, so he’s expected to be in favour of such an expansion. Prior to the suspension of games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Young was scoring 29.5 PPG on the season, and putting up 3.4 made threes on 9.5 attempts per game. His 205 made threes is sixth-highest in the league.