<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NBA commissioner David Stern acknowledged one scheduling mistake -- and may address another quirk in the playoff format. The commissioner said Monday night that the NBA will "probably" change the way it seeds the playoffs. "I think we're just talking about taking the four teams in each conference with the best records and seeding them one through four," he said. Under the current format, the three division champions earn the top three seeds, followed by the remaining teams in order of their records. That's why San Antonio and Dallas are meeting in the second round, even though they have the two best records in the West. Stern also said it was wrong to schedule the Spurs to open the Western Conference semifinals with an early game Sunday. "If we had it to do over again, we wouldn't have acceded to the network's request on that one," he said Monday night. </div> link: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AoIM...ov=ap&type=lgns
ya gotta love stern...he always acknowledges mistakes, and corrects them. for the most part at least.
He should have never messed with the format in the first place. Now you have the two best records in the west facing each other in the second round. Had he left the format the same they likely would play in the western finals. Also the team with a lower seed but better record got homecourt advantage due to this change.
They should ask him how he could overlook the idiocy of the current format in the first place. People were talking about the problems with this format last season. And I wonder if Stern would have acknowledged the other mistake if the Mavs had won on Sunday instead.
How about changing the 1st Round back to a 5 game series as well? Not a single road team advanced to Round 2. It's a lot more exciting when there's a couple of upsets in Round 1.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">How about changing the 1st Round back to a 5 game series as well? Not a single road team advanced to Round 2. It's a lot more exciting when there's a couple of upsets in Round 1.</div> Exactly words RIGHT from my mouth. The only team that did was the Clippers and they were the better team anyways.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting The Manchurian Candidate:</div><div class="quote_post">Exactly words RIGHT from my mouth. The only team that did was the Clippers and they were the better team anyways.</div> The Clippers actually had homecourt advantage in the series. So the road teams were 0-8 this year in the playoffs.
If the NBA ever adds a couple more teams (to make it 32), they could have a 5-round playoffs involving every team. The first round could be a best of 3 involving every team. Just to add a wrinkle to it.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">How about changing the 1st Round back to a 5 game series as well? Not a single road team advanced to Round 2. It's a lot more exciting when there's a couple of upsets in Round 1.</div> I don't really agree with that. Sure upsets are exciting and but I wouldn't want my team getting upset just because the league want to make the playoffs more exciting. In a 7 game series, the better team usually comes out on top and that's the way it should be. If you can't beat a team in a 7 game series, then you shouldn't deserve to be moving on.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">How about changing the 1st Round back to a 5 game series as well? Not a single road team advanced to Round 2. It's a lot more exciting when there's a couple of upsets in Round 1.</div> Does this have to do with the Lakers losing after being up 3-1?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Bobcats:</div><div class="quote_post">Does this have to do with the Lakers losing after being up 3-1?</div> Haha no. The 7 game rule actually benefitted the Lakers a few seasons ago, and it was actually suggested the rule was changed to make sure they would advance. I just think it drags out the 1st round longer than necessary.
Yeah my bad shape, I had forgot about that and yeah, I do think it is weird to have such a long first round. I mean, I know that everybody is watching their favorite team, but 7 games is alot man.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">They should ask him how he could overlook the idiocy of the current format in the first place. People were talking about the problems with this format last season. And I wonder if Stern would have acknowledged the other mistake if the Mavs had won on Sunday instead.</div> You can't really blame the NBA for seeking the way it is now. NBA thought the current playoff seeding would give teams in the same division some guarantee for being in the playoff as long as they're the divison champion. Also the idea of giving the fans of the divisson champion something to feel good about their team. I had thought that if there was no divison champion format, would Nash be able to win the MVP this year? That can change dramatically in the voting process too. As you notice, the new playoff seeding where Stern stated that the best four teams from each conference will be put into 1-4 according to their respective record. This is a genus stragegy, you won't have to worry about 2 best teams playing each other in the 2nd Round but also maintain the idea of giving the divison champion something to cheer about. Stern, you're the man! <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">How about changing the 1st Round back to a 5 game series as well? Not a single road team advanced to Round 2. It's a lot more exciting when there's a couple of upsets in Round 1.</div> I don't really like this, why? because we will get to watch less playoff game lol. If your team is the favor to win, I bet most fans would agree on a 7 games serie, but if your team is an underdog, they likely prefer the 5 games serie lol. Just let the game speak for itself, the best teams win.
I dont mind the 7 game series in the first, but I do agree the format should have never been changed with seeds. Just makes things more complicated.
