Weezur
Well-Known Member
Pshhhh who do you think Adrian got his info from?
That's right.....Jazzfanz.
Coincidentally enough, Adrian's not high on Al Jefferson and Foye.
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Pshhhh who do you think Adrian got his info from?
That's right.....Jazzfanz.
Coincidentally enough, Adrian's not high on Al Jefferson and Foye.
Here's the best one. Hands down.
Portland moves to Pacific
Phoenix moves to Southwest
Milwaukee moves to Northwest
Memphis moves to Southeast
Washington moves to Atlantic
Toronto moves to Central
Pacific
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trail Blazers
Seattle SuperSonics
Southwest
Dallas Mavericls
Houston Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans
Phoenix Suns
San Antonio Spurs
Northwest
Denver Nuggets
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
Oklahoma City Thunder
Utah Jazz
Southeast
Atlanta Hawks
Charlotte Bobcats
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Orlando Magic
Atlantic
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
Central
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Toronto Raptors
This is a pretty good one but calling a division with Utah, Denver, Milwuakee, Minnesota and Oklahoma the "Northwest Divsion" is kind of silly. Perhaps the "Midwest Division".
Matthew Thomas Castleton
Well-Known Member
If I were the NBA, I would scrap the 6 division format (which nobody follows anyway) and go back to the 4 division format (Pacific, Midwest, Central, Atlantic). I could care less if the Jazz win the Northwest Division. All I care about is if they make the playoffs. The Top 2 teams from each division make it automatically to the playoffs, while the final 4 playoff berths in each conference go to the 4 best overall records in each conference. Here is my alignment:
Western Conference
Pacific Division (8 teams, who all come from the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones (Pac-12 Country))
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trailblazers
Seattle Supersonics
Utah Jazz
Midwest Division (7 current Central Time Zone Western Conference Teams)
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
Memphis Grizzlies
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
Oklahoma City Thunder
San Antonio Spurs
Eastern Conference
Central Division
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks
Toronto Raptors
Atlantic Division
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Miami Heat
New York Knicks
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
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Western Conference
Pacific Division (8 teams, who all come from the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones (Pac-12 Country))
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trailblazers
Seattle Supersonics
Utah Jazz
Midwest Division (7 current Central Time Zone Western Conference Teams)
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
Memphis Grizzlies
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
Oklahoma City Thunder
San Antonio Spurs
Eastern Conference
Central Division
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks
Toronto Raptors
Atlantic Division
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Miami Heat
New York Knicks
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
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Gyp Rosetti
Banned
Wiki them. I thought the same thing so I wiki'ed them a year or so ago. They pretty much inherited a ton and have always ****ed up/lost a ton of what they've had. Terrible businessmen from what I recall.
That would be bs. If they did that, eventually one division might do terrible, only having one team in the top eight...
1. Oklahoma City Thunder
2. Los Angeles Clippers
3. Denver Nuggets
4. Portland Trailblazers
5. Golden State Warriors
6. Los Angeles Lakers
7. Seattle Supersonics
8. Utah Jazz
9. San Antonio Spurs
What would happen in this scenario since it would be the top two teams in each division, San Antonio would automatically be put in the top four and Utah would be pushed out of the playoffs. I assume that would be a pretty large controversy. Also, quite often a team or teams would be pushed out of the top four and have their home court advantage taken away. It should always be the top eight teams from each conference.
What they really ought to do is just remove divisions completely. They're pointless...
Matthew Thomas Castleton
Well-Known Member
All finishing in the top two of your division would do is guarantee you a playoff spot, not a top four seed. Seeding would be determined by record.
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I see. But still... It seems pretty useless having two divisions with an uneven number of teams. I could see it if they were to add two expansion teams but god knows that's not what the NBA needs right now. The way the playoff system is right now is just fine. If they were to do anything, aside from a realignment, removing divisions completely would seem the most likely. Then again, that's just fixing something that's not broken.
Jazzed Up
New Member
This is a complicated move for both Seattle and Sacramento, who gets rights to the Kings history? Seattle won't want it, they will want their super sonics history back which I'm sure OKC will be more than happy to give back, Oklahoma wants nothing more than to get out of being the sonics shadow, this is their chance to completely break away and finally be their own franchise with no attachments to anything but Oklahoma. But then sacramento's history risks not being acknowledged and essentially dead until they get another team which could be years away... I feel bad for sacramento, it's vs and I couldn't imagine how upset I would be if something like this ever happened to the Jazz...
Perfect opportunity to create two extra teams for Vegas and St. Louis.
I'd be much more inclined to see a franchise in Kansas City than Sacramento for a couple of reasons.
The divisions need an overhaul. The goal should be to keep them as in the same latitude range as possible (because of time-zones, right now, the NW covers three timezones)
Pacific:
Seattle/Sacramento, Portland, GS, LAC/L (one time zone)
Midwest, Mountain, or something:
Utah, Denver, Phoenix, OKC, Minnesota (should only be two timezones)
Southwest
Same (one timezone)
This is a poorly put-together post. Oh well.
Because KC is an actual city and the midwest is barren of NBA basketball?
Spurs in the Pacific is weird. It makes about as much sense as travel between Portland and Minnesota which you've also kept in there.
We arrived at similar conclusions. I think either of the ideas we mentioned would be a significant improvement.
That is, until more teams get moved.
Or contract teams. Which I think is a slippery slope for the Jazz but ultimately a good move.
Sure, plus there are enough teams in Cali even if Sacramento loses their team to Seattle. Plus I am less inclined to put a team into a city that just lost a team. As such I'd rather see Sactown go to Vegas, St. Louis or Kansas City.
Former Member
Banned
I would love to see the Seattle Supersonics come back, but I got a feelin' Sacramento will put together an offer to keep the team in Sacto. Hopefully, the new ownership group won't be completely cheap. The Maloof's do NOT deserve a team.