They're trying to make it easier for bad players to score. Preach on Brother Charles. No amount of rules overhaul can make up for the lack of skills by most of the players. The new breed of players too often cannot shoot nor pass effectively. If teams cannot score in transition, they settle back, spread the floor and watch.
Most teams have just a couple of legitimate half-court scorers.
Sometimes they crash the offensive boards. More often they run back in transition defense to stop an opposing fast break and the cycle starts all over again. With that predictable attack, defenses can hustle to double-team the only logical shooters. The result is falling scores and declining interest. The Utah Jazz started this offensive devolution.