“If you increase the size of the basket by a one-inch radius, two inches in diameter, that's five percent. So you're adding theoretically five percentage points to the shooting percentage of the league. I'm not saying we should do it, but if the goal is a more entertaining, fast-paced high scoring game, that's the only frontier we have to go.”

American basketball coach and former player, born 1959

Rick Carlisle is an American basketball coach and former player. Born in 1959, he has coached in the NBA for years and is head coach of the Indiana Pacers. He is also known for his time with the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks, and for winning the 2011 NBA Finals with Dallas. As a player, Carlisle appeared for the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and New Jersey Nets. He is among a small group of people who have won an NBA championship both on the court and from the bench, and he is one of the few NBA head coaches to reach 1,000 career wins.