Agree with the idea of a middle ground option of allowing the defense more leeway in, you know, actually playing defense.
I think one of the benefits in this would be more consistent (and hopefully better) officiating. By having such a low standard of what constitutes a foul/violation, that naturally allows for greater variability given more involvement by officials.
Along these same lines, I think the foul-baiting is the more problematic issue than the volume of threes. Nobody wants to watch a free throw contest. They’ve done some stuff to limit the foul-baiting in recent years, but there are still a few players (Embiid, Giannis, SGA, etc.) that take advantage of the lax defensive rules and ruin the flow of games.