NBA commissioner Adam Silver vows to fix 3-point shooting issue: 'We are on it'

The level of talent in the NBA is as high as it's ever been, but questions have emerged this season on how to make the game more aesthetically pleasing in the wake of ratings leaving much to be desired when compared to other American sports.

Could one of those changes be an adjustment to the 3-point line in an effort to bring down scoring?

NBA commissioner Adam Silver appeared on Wednesday's edition of "The Herd," explaining the league's position on potentially moving the 3-point line.

"I recognize that to the extent that offenses start to look very similar, we lose [distinct team identities]," Silver told host Colin Cowherd. "At the same time, the league is going through a transformation. Players like Victor Wembanyama, players like [Nikola] Jokic are doing things big men never did historically. It wasn't that long ago that the conversations you had with [former commissioner] David Stern, we would bemoan the lack of skill among some players, that there was a sense there was too much physicality around the game.

"I don't want to sort of knee-jerk move the 3-point line. We're sort of going through a process now, seeing how these players are adapting to the new rules and figuring out whatever changes we should make."

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Silver did push back on the idea that the 3-point line needs to be moved back, but he did acknowledge that there are ongoing conversations surrounding it.

"Part of the concern from the basketball folks is that if you move the 3-point line back, you'll end up sort of just clogging up the area under the basket, and that's not such attractive basketball, either," Silver said.

"I assure you, we are on it. I think