Just get rid of the charge rule. It is very dangerous.
Yeah, I'd be interested in that.
I was watching Smart's defensive rotations on LeBron's drives in Game 7. Smart completely cut off the lane for LeBron to get his shot off. He did not do this once but several times. While I love and respect what Smart was doing ... it was idiotic to me to have a 6-8 brilliant athlete like LeBron be scared to take a driving shot at the basket because of a 6-3 Smart. I get pulling out of the shot because a shot-blocker is there but a small guard? That sucks. Smart was just so quick and able to cover a wider space that LeBron couldn't get an angle to get around him.
Making charges more frightening to guys like LeBron than shot-blockers is another way today's league is taking away from big men. I'd much prefer seeing guys try to block shots than looking to set up for a charge. Much more exciting.
Anyway, I was watching this play happen over and over and I was wondering if they should just eliminate charges around the basket. Not just inside 3 feet. But extend that out to 10 feet or 15 feet. Keep charges way out on the floor (around the 3 point line) - where I do actually like seeing them. But get rid of those charges in and around the paint. Open it up more for slashers to drive without being worried about picking up silly fouls or getting undercut in the air and hitting the ground badly.
But I could totally get behind eliminating the charge altogether too.