Notice Western conference realignment - 2025

With 32 teams. they go to 4 conferences of 8 teams. Way easier and they don't have to increase the amount of games the season has which is already too long.

 

No, I don’t think so.

 

The numbers get sketchy staying with two conferences. Maybe stay with east and west but just go to two divisions each? Course they could go with 4 divisions each also?

 

With the cup the NBA now doesn't schedule 82 games - they schedule 80 and then add two for cup play.

So yeah 16x2=32

So 48 games left for 15 conference opponents.

Maybe they split to eight NBA divisions of 4 teams? So instead of 3 west divisions we'd have 4 west divisions. Thats the same as the NFL.

Play 3 teams in divisions 4 times. Play other 12 teams in the conference 3 times. That equals 48.

 

They should just get rid of East vs West.

There has been this ridiculous imbalance for 20+ years between the East and West.

Make it the top 16 teams. Done and done. Take out the playins.

 

So maybe an 87-game schedule? Each team plays the other 29 teams 3 times a year.....and then they alternate each year to see who gets 2 of the 3 at home? Worth a shot. I would get rid of pre-season games

 

I just think East vs West isn't working. It hasn't in a long time.

 

The current format actually in many ways helps the west stay superior. The west gets 7 lottery picks every year regardless of the east sometimes having a far higher number of crappy teams.

It does make some first round series in the west more difficult, maybe even 2nd round as well.

I highly doubt there is any change to East vs West.

 

How about change to 4 divisions of 8 teams? We had 4 divisions for decades previously.

Play all 16 teams in other conference twice.
Play 7 division opponents 4 times.
Play 8 teams in other conference division half twice and half 3 times

Wild variation would be to have first two rounds of playoffs only within each division.

 

Also - change all the times an opponent is played 3-4 times so the double games are done consecutively on the same travel trip. That started with Covid but is much better for travel. This should also be the only times any B2B are done - where both teams have identical rest.

 

If they add two teams something along these lines will have to happen. There will have to be a way to divide it by 32. Now as far as the amount of games is concerned I highly doubt they go with less than 82. More likely they go to 88.

 

If they do that I'd like to see 5 game series' in the first round.

 

I think that ship sailed. 7 games series is more money. No less than 2 home games for each team.

 

They stay with 82 games with the cup. So that means 80 games scheduled same as this season.

 

Yep, I liked the 5 game first round but zero chance that returns. If anything they make playin best of 3 or Finals/CF 9 game series

 

I agree with you KJ, that the ship has sailed, but if not, I'm with Hail on this.

 

I'm sure they will adjust the divisions and conferences when they add Seattle and Vegas teams.

 

Realignment or not, the blazers dragons will still fly more since Shanghai is so far away

 

It just seems the league doesn’t make moves that reduce profits.