Seed teams 1-16

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  1. Draco

    Draco Well-Known Member

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    This would make the playoffs way more balanced and interesting. Instead of garbage east teams we'd have all of the Pelicans, Suns and Thunder make it. Look at how much easier the Blazers path to a title would be; play the Wizards in round one then beat the winner of Houston and Milwaukee and that would put us in the "conference" finals. Last year Miami basically made the finals by default. With even seeding teams would have a more fair path. The playoff positioning would be more interesting with twice the possibilities at the end of the year. I hope they make this change next season.

    1 GS vs 16 PHX
    8 TOR vs 9 CHI

    4 HOU vs 13 MIL
    5 POR vs 12 WSH

    other half of the bracket:
    2 ATL vs 15 NOH
    7 LAC vs 10 CLE

    3 MEM vs 14 OKC
    6 DAL vs 11 SAS
     
  2. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

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    I'd rather keep it the same (the east in a couple years will be just as competitive as the west IMHO) or change the conferences to an NFL like division structure where everything is balanced out.

    Something like this:

    National Basketball Conference

    West

    Lakers
    Blazers
    Kings

    Central
    Rockets
    Jazz
    Thunder

    North
    Bulls
    Pistons
    Wolves

    East
    Raptors
    Nets
    Wizards

    South
    Grizzlies
    Hawks
    Heat


    American Basketball Conference

    West

    Clippers
    Warriors
    Suns

    Central
    Spurs
    Mavs
    Nuggets

    North
    Cavs
    Pacers
    Bucks

    East
    Celtics
    Knicks
    76ers

    South
    Hornets
    Pelicans
    Magic

    Division winners get automatic playoff births BUT do not get automatic top 5 seeding, it all is record based.
     
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  3. Rhal

    Rhal Well-Known Member

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    People have been saying that for 10+ years and its only gotten more lopsided as time goes on.
     
  4. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Ugh, having to play Milwaukee in the second round?
     
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    ripcityboy Well-Known Member

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    It's a great idea. But the NBA wouldn't like an idea where there would never be a Finals game in the eastern time zone. HAHA!
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Well done. I am very proud of this post.
     
  7. Terkish

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    Best solution I heard was just move Memphis to the Eastern Conference and give Seatlle and Vegas an expansion team. Adds a playoff team to the East and 2 bottom dwellers to the West.
     

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