Do you guys think the NBA Finals should be more like the Super Bowl? Im talking about playing the Finals in a random area so there is no homecourt advantage.I agree with this actually, Thoughts?
neutral wouldn't be a bad idea, but the fans of the teams would get screwed. if i was living in boston, i know i'd be mad if the celts made the finals and they played in another city.
Not at all. There's nothing like home court advantage in the Finals, and the better team does deserve it. It's part of the game and I don't think it should be like that. It's different in football, I think, because its just one game as opposed to a series. It'd be awkward to have a 7 game series played in random place, and not the home stadiums.
I don't agree with that at all - teams view that homecourt advantage as something to play for; its a goal - for example: What did we hear the Pistons sayin all last year - "We're trying to get home court advantage" - why because the crowd helps, and to those teams who tried their best to get the most wins possible, they deserve that extra game at home.
Taking the finals and moving them out of the two home cities would be a huge mistake. First off, you cheat the real fans that wait all year for it out. When you move the finals to a random place you lose a lot of real passionate fans and it turns into a corporate event like the Superbowl with only rich fans and rich people flying in. Their is nothing like a unified crowd taking it to the opposing team. Taking home court out of the finals is taking out of a piece of the game, it wouldn't be the same...I just couldn't picture it.
No, I don't agree with this. I think it should stay the way it is. Homecourt advantage in the Finals is huge, and the team with the better record in the regular season worked for that honor, they earned it.
The system is fine just how it is. Like the people posted before, it would suck for the teams that play hard for the home court advantage. Doing it like the superbowl is out of the question
I didnt know the Superbowl was at a random place...But anyways no, the homecourt advantage is something teams want and fight for.
I like the set up how it is now. the NFL can get by having random locations for the super bowl because the NFL playoffs are just one game each round. the NBA is best of seven, so the NBA stands to actually lose money by switching around.
The Super Bowl is played in another city because there is only one game to be played and they can't just give it to one team because it wouldn't be fair. In the NBA it is fair because you play for home court advantage during the regular season and the Miami Heat didn't get home court advantage but still defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the finals. I like home court advantage because it allows me to watch my Chicago Bulls play in the finals many times during my life and I will be watching them play at home for the NBA championship for many years to come.However, if I were a Grizzlies,Hawks,Nuggets,or Knick fan I wouldn't be happy with home court advantage because I wouldn't be seeing my team play or any finals held in my city.
I agree 100% with the majority of the above posters. It's not fair to the fans and the arenas lose money.
It wouldnt be fair to teams playing in these games. You play the whole season for "home Court" so in the playoffs, especially in the finals you deserve that.
If the NBA finals weren't in the hometowns in wouldn't work out. The Superbowl is so big because there are only 16 games in a season, single game elimination in playoffs with only 6 teams per conference, and the Superbowl is just 1 game. Because of this, the NBA is not on as big of a pedestal as the Superbowl, it just isn't as big of a spectacal for all those reasons. The games wouldn't be as electric, and it just wouldn't work out.Now, if you put every team into a tournament, and the final game was in a random city, THEN I could see it working.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Sep 10 2006, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>neutral wouldn't be a bad idea, but the fans of the teams would get screwed. if i was living in boston, i know i'd be mad if the celts made the finals and they played in another city.</div>I agree with you dogma... I'd hate it.For sports with series deciding the champion like in basketball and baseball they should have home court. The teams should get rewarded for having the better season. In football there's only 1 game so it would be unfair for 1 team to have an advantage in the big game and it's better for the 1 big game to move around to different places than a whole series.
I like it. It makes sure the best team wins. I think that the regular season would end in teams resting thier stars as soon as they make the playoffs though. The current format works though. We had one of the best ever playoffs and finals series this year!
Yeah in the NBA that would totally kill it for the fans, plus the playoffs are all about home court advantage. IT's now a part of it ANd taking it away would be like taking away a rule.
I disagree. The Superbowl is just one game. The NBA Finals can last for a total of 7 games. I believe the "home court advantage" is a good thing. I know I'd get pissed if New Jersey Nets or Los Angeles Lakers made it to the playoffs, but they played in a different city. That'd be frustrating.
You're actually stealing entertainment away from home fans. While you're at it, why not do all games at a random site?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hang Eleven @ Sep 12 2006, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You're actually stealing entertainment away from home fans. While you're at it, why not do all games at a random site?</div>Or maybe they should just play the NBA Finals in empty arenas, therefore it truly is a "neutral" game.
No. It is not just one game. It is a best out of seven series, and I think the NBA spreads the home court advantage out well in the playoffs. You love to see the crowd pumped and cheering their team on. I think it is fair how it is now, and it should not be moved to some other city.Say, it was moved to Atlanta. Thats not fair. The Hawks havnt done anything, and dont deserve to have the Finals there for 7 games. The teams that make the final run to the finals deserve to have both of their crowds cheering them on for a 7 game series.
