The switch to 3 & 4 pt debate is interesting, but I guess you could then ask why is a 24ft shot only worth 25% more than a 1 ft shot? It goes both ways. Also, what do you do with free throws, technicals, and flagrant foul shots?
Seems like the only route is moving the line back, getting rid of the corner three, and see how it goes. Maybe you then hit a point down the road where you add a ‘mid-range’ line that’s worth 3 and bump the deeper line up to 4? I’m not advocating for any of this. Just throwing out ideas.
Slight tangent, but to me this is effectively like discussing getting rid of the ‘shift’ in baseball. Fans complain because it mucks up the game and some players/managers don’t like it either, but getting rid of it would basically be rewarding players for not being able to hit opposite field. Getting rid of the shift might produce more runs, but it’s also going to lengthen games and increase pitching changes, which are both things baseball doesn’t want.