The NBA is all about introducing innovations in the game. This is why they have stubbornly refused to adapt to FIBA rules. Will they make another revolutionary rule change?

With the emphasis on speed and outside shooting, some sectors of the basketball world have felt it was time to make the game more exciting. Most fans have already seen the most complicated plays and variations already, and a little spice could go a long way.

The NBA 4 point shot was actually in the realm of possibility. Rod Thorn, the NBA's president of basketball operations, already talked to True Hoop about it:

"'Oh man, some of the players we have can shoot the ball 30 feet as easily as they can shoot 23, 24 feet.'

One of those players? Vince Carter. Thorn recalled a moment when he ran the New Jersey Nets from 2000 to 2010 as team president and general manager. As players tend to do at practice, Carter would showcase his shot-making abilities from far, far away.

'I remember when we had Vince Carter in New Jersey. Well, he could shoot the ball from the seats and make half of 'em.'

Don't we want to see that? Players pushed to the limits of their abilities?

'It would be unbelievable. But you know coaches would go crazy because now you've got another line out there. That's crazy.'"

However, it should be remembered that the three point line was not as easily accepted as well.

From the book by Terry Pluto entitled "Loose Balls," it was recounted that the NBA owners did not want to adapt the three point line of the ABA: "When the leagues merged, the NBA moguls didn't want the 3-point shot. Red Auerbach hated it and said the Celtics would never go along with it. He had everybody up in arms against the play. Of course, a few years later Red drafted Larry Bird and suddenly he was all for it."

A Hall of Fame coach like Alex Hannum recalls how the three point shot changed the game in Pluto's book:

"In the NBA, we just clogged up the middle and dared teams to shoot from the outside," Hannum said. "Nobody bothered to guard anyone 20 feet from the basket, but the 3-point play really did open up the middle. ... No other rule made the game more wide open and more fun to watch."

If there were a 28 foot line that counts as the 4 point demarcation, these players would benefit. The category of Shots made- shots taken and percentage from 28-32 feet: (stats from ESPN)

Jamal Crawford 14 23 60.9 percent

Kendall Marshall 11 23 47.8 percent

Stephen Curry 8 21 38.1 percent

John Wall 6 19 31.6 percent

Jameer Nelson 8 18 44.4 percent

Jordan Crawford 4 16 25.0 percent

Damian Lillard 9 15 60.0 percent

Maybe the players should prepare and practice their 4 pointers now!