Just an FYI, KS... I know i'm not going to budge on my stance on it... so it's going to be an exercise of futility for both of us to keep harping on it.
I'm looking at the standings right now and were listed as the 5 seed and the Clippers are the 4 seed, even though we are 38-18 and they are 38-20. Can anyone explain this to me? Am I missing something?
From that excerpt, the rule apparently is that while home court advantage goes to the team with the better record, the higher seed number goes to the team which won its division. Which renders "seed" irrelevant.
Then what does "seed" mean? It appears to be a right to be in the playoffs, even if your team didn't have one of the best 8 winning records in your conference. But there is no meaning to the terms "4th seed," "2nd seed," etc.
Actually, recall that the rule used to be that the top 3 seeds were awarded to division winners, regardless of record. That changed after the 2005-2006 season, when Dallas won 60 games, but got the 4 seed because they finished behind San Antonio in their own division, and Denver, which had the 7th-best record in the conference, got the 3 seed. Now, instead of guaranteeing division winners a top 3 seed, they simply get top 4, ensuring that at least the top 3 teams are seeded correctly, and that we don't have two division winners facing off in the first round. It doesn't matter often, but occasionally the seeding rule actually impacts the matchups.
Also interesting to note. Memphis misses the playoffs in the west but would be 3rd seed in the east. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
It's been like this since the 90s. The Western Conference teams simply have better owners and front offices. Year after year, the WC goes a legitimate 4-6 teams deep while the EC has perhaps one or two contenders. We beat the crap out of each other in the playoffs while the contenders in the East play soup cans the first couple of rounds. When the finals come around, the teams from the East are pretty fresh. The ones from the West are beaten to hell. For all intents and purposes, Memphis geographically should be in the East. I bet they're pissed.
That's funny, I didn't even think about their geography in relation to that. At least one and maybe two very deserving teams in the west get left out this year, could even be us, while the east gears up for what Raptors/Bobcats? Pitiful. That's a lot of revenue for a team to lose out on, if I was that owner I would be furious.
there is no one in the east farther west though is there? You could make a similar case for minnesota
If you're only watching basketball to see the championship contenders why are you a blazers fan? Even though they'll likely be knocked out in the second round it's not a guarantee. upsets are rare in the nba playoffs due to format but Charlotte has a nice team put together (as far as the east goes anyways.) Al Jefferson is having a career year, Kemba Walker is one of the best young PGs in the league and guys like MKG and Biyombo give them some good defense & toughness.
Because like I've posted 164 times already on here that SOME of us love the GAME of basketball NOT just the Blazers. I DVR and watch EVERY sinlge playoff game EVERY year.
I watch the Blazers because I'm a Blazers fan. 25 years. I love the NBA and watched every series last year. I'll watch the Toronto/Charlotte series. I just think it would be the least interesting of the bunch.
I love the Blazers. I hate the NBA. I think it's the worst brand of basketball. Tons of star treatment, bias, and marketing. The quality of basketball is piss poor. We have the best players in the world, but the game itself is corrupted by corporate greed.
