Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! The NBA is changing the way teams are seeded in the postseason, looking to avoid the controversy that surrounded last season's playoffs. Under the change, the top four seeds -- the three division winners and the second-place team with the best record -- will be seeded according to their win-loss total, guaranteeing that the top two teams in each conference can't meet until the conference finals, the league announced Wednesday."I think it's a tweak, is what I'd call it, and it's probably a good one," said Jerry Colangelo, the former chairman of the league's Board of Governors. "Ultimately you want your best teams, the teams who have worked all season to put themselves in a position based on their records, to be seeded accordingly." The NBA had given the top three seeds to division winners regardless of record, meaning a second-place team could not do better than the No. 4 seed, even if it had a better record than a division champion. That rule came under fire last season when division rivals San Antonio and Dallas met in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, even though the second-place Mavericks had a far better record than division champions Phoenix or Denver. Dallas knocked off the first-place Spurs in a thrilling matchup of 60-game winners, capturing Game 7 on the road in overtime. "It may have been mentioned in the past, but this year just because of the Dallas-San Antonio situation it kind of brought it to a head," Colangelo said. "So it was discussed in the second half of the year." The Board of Governors also voted to expand the postseason rosters to 15, instead of 13, with 12 players active for each game. That duplicates the rule used in the regular season. The NBA champion Miami Heat were among those that criticized the policy that forced teams to carry fewer players in the playoffs than during the season. Also, if a team has two 60-second timeouts left in the final 2 minutes of regulation or in overtime, one will be reduced to a 20-second timeout. Teams will now have two 60-second timeouts and one lasting 20 seconds in overtime, instead of three 1-minute timeouts. Clubs will no longer be permitted to carry over a 20-second timeout from regulation into overtime. "Our owners are intent on making the playoff seeding more fair for all teams going forward and in quickening the pace of the end of games," NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson said in a statement. "The board also thought it made sense to allow teams to utilize the same 15-man roster in the playoffs that they use during the regular season."Excellent.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! we all know something should have done something about the playoff format, and here it is.I'm surprised at the timeout thing tho. maybe they want to cut down on the time of games?
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! wtf? why would you be surprised by the timeout changing. obviously they want to cut down. Thank God. I swear to god it took 10 minutes for 5 seconds. Thank god they changed that bullsh**. Great move.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! I think it's great. Now every team that goes to the playoffs has a chance at winning and moving farther in the playoffs. Also, implementing the 15-man thing is great too, in case somebody happens to get injured or something. Great move by the NBA!!
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! I think they should have done it for all 8 seeds, as it would eliminate any possiblity of complications. I think that they're still trying to keep some sort of reward for winning the division. Howerever, it's better than nothing.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! This is much better than the old playoff bracket. Having this new one makes everything more fair for the 2nd placed team.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! I think the 15 man thing is going to benefit the Mavericks more than anybody else, since probably the only guy that can't play worth crap is Podkolzin. Everyone else is legit and can ball.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! Thank god for the new seeding format, it will finally fix alot of idiot mistakes. The changes other than that are also useful such as i'm glad you can have a 15 man lineup during hte playoffs, and hte timeout rule brings a more fast-paced game to effect.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! I'm glad but, it may hurt the heat if they arent healthy.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Stern will make a good move every now and then...</div>Actually, he's made lots of "good moves", not just every now and then. He basically saved the NBA.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! I dont think the 15 man thing in the playoffs is necessary. Why were the Heat complaining about it? They barley played Derek Anderson who was like their 8th or 9th guy. I dont think that is a necessary move.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ballerman2112 @ Aug 4 2006, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I dont think the 15 man thing in the playoffs is necessary. Why were the Heat complaining about it? They barley played Derek Anderson who was like their 8th or 9th guy. I dont think that is a necessary move.</div>It was probably because their team is really old, and they were afraid that if something happened (especially since a couple of their players got suspended) they would be screwed.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I dont think the 15 man thing in the playoffs is necessary. Why were the Heat complaining about it? They barley played Derek Anderson who was like their 8th or 9th guy. I dont think that is a necessary move.</div> I think it's a good move, I mean last year it was 13, and the years before 12. Why not just allow the maximum as some teams in the league carry the maximum amount of players. On the seeding changes, it still allows a potential weak division winner a high seed. But definately better then last year's method.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Aug 4 2006, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think it's a good move, I mean last year it was 13, and the years before 12. Why not just allow the maximum as some teams in the league carry the maximum amount of players.</div>Honestly, how many teams will be playing guys that deep on the bench? None of the teams will. The spurs played a 7 to 8 man rotation. The heat played a 8 man rotation and the pistons played around the same. Why would they need 15?
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ballerman2112 @ Aug 4 2006, 03:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Honestly, how many teams will be playing guys that deep on the bench? None of the teams will. The spurs played a 7 to 8 man rotation. The heat played a 8 man rotation and the pistons played around the same. Why would they need 15?</div>One team can for sure.Edit: Well, 14 of their players anyway.
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Aug 4 2006, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>One team can for sure.Edit: Well, 14 of their players anyway.</div>if you are talking about the mavericks, i think that is pretty funny. In game 1 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 1 of them only played 5 minutes.In game 2 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 1 of them only played 6 minutes.In game 3 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 2 of them played under 10 minutes.In game 4 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 2 of them played under 10 minutes(one played 4 and the other played 9.)In game 5 of the finals, they had 12 guys play, and 4 of them played under 6 minutes.In game 6 of the finals, they had 10 guys play. One of the guys played 1 minute(Mbenga) and one played 4 minutes, Griffin.Please tell me why they would need 15?
Re: NBA Changes Playoff Seeding Format & MORE! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ballerman2112 @ Aug 4 2006, 04:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>if you are talking about the mavericks, i think that is pretty funny. In game 1 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 1 of them only played 5 minutes.In game 2 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 1 of them only played 6 minutes.In game 3 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 2 of them played under 10 minutes.In game 4 of the finals, they had 10 guys play, and 2 of them played under 10 minutes(one played 4 and the other played 9.)In game 5 of the finals, they had 12 guys play, and 4 of them played under 6 minutes.In game 6 of the finals, they had 10 guys play. One of the guys played 1 minute(Mbenga) and one played 4 minutes, Griffin.Please tell me why they would need 15?</div>How many of the players that didn't play are still on the team?
