NBA Playoff format changed

[Stifle Tower]

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-o...ion-champs-no-longer-guaranteed-top-four-seed

Will ignore division champions and seed by record. Long overdue, IMO. Now if they could just do something about the sub-.500 teams in the EC getting into the playoffs.

 

[The Midnight]

Too small a move IMO ...

 

[fishonjazz]

It's a step in the right direction and all we can hope for for now.

 

[VINYLONE]

And how!

 

[Stifle Tower]

Too small a move IMO ...

Best that could be pushed through. I'm not sure they'd have the support to get rid of conferences. It would require a major upheaval in scheduling.

 

[The Midnight]

Best that could be pushed through. I'm not sure they'd have the support to get rid of conferences. It would require a major upheaval in scheduling.

Just have your normal conferences during regular season and get rid of it during the playoffs. What's wrong with that? Then we wouldn't have Spurs vs Clippers in the first round like this past playoffs...


We'll also get lots more interesting match-ups. Like a potential first round match-up between Lakers and Knicks,.. don't you think that would set the ratings on fire??????

 

[RJF]

Just have your normal conferences during regular season and get rid of it during the playoffs. What's wrong with that? Then we wouldn't have Spurs vs Clippers in the first round like this past playoffs...


We'll also get lots more interesting match-ups. Like a potential first round match-up between Lakers and Knicks,.. don't you think that would set the ratings on fire??????

Neither will be there in the foreseeable future. Lol!

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Like a potential first round match-up between Lakers and Knicks,.. don't you think that would set the ratings on fire??????

Are you proposing that lottery teams start playing one another? Very innovative.

 

[The Midnight]

Are you proposing that lottery teams start playing one another? Very innovative.

Haha.. no... but in the near future when the Lakers and the Knicks make the playoffs it would be an exciting match-up!!!

 

[♪alt13]

Haha.. no... but in the near future when the Lakers and the Knicks make the playoffs it would be an exciting match-up!!!

The Lakers are the new Clippers and I couldn't be happier about it.

 

[Gameface]

I suggested it in another thread, but I think a good hybrid would be top 6 per conference play within the conference and then the bottom four playoff spots are open regardless of conference.

 

[The Midnight]

I suggested it in another thread, but I think a good hybrid would be top 6 per conference play within the conference and then the bottom four playoff spots are open regardless of conference.

I think it needs to be simple enough a system to be workable... when it's too complicated casual fans get confused and give up trying to understand.