By 2050, a professional league would have raised the height of the rims in basketball above 10 feet.

Created by RandomThinker on 2013-05-21; known on 2050-01-01

• RandomThinker estimated 35% on 2013-05-21
• RandomThinker said “It’s an interesting idea, but there are tremendous lock in pressures to keeping the rim as is.” on 2013-05-21
• RandomThinker said “http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/20/should-the-basketball-rim-be-raised” on 2013-05-21
• RandomThinker changed their prediction from “By 2050, a professional league would have raised the height of the rims in basketball above 10'.” on 2013-05-21
• JoshuaZ estimated 45% on 2013-05-21
• gwern estimated 55% and said “but as basketball scouts search larger populations and more populations get better nutrition, players will get taller on average and dunking will become too easy…” on 2013-06-02
• halfwit estimated 25% on 2013-07-12
• pranomostro estimated 37% on 2018-12-08