This means that no longer will regular-season division winners be guaranteed a top-four seed in ths postseason. Divisions are arbitrary, so it was weird how much impact they had on playoff matchups. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...d-playoff-teams-regardless-of-division-winner
I just saw it on RealGM, but Sly got it 11 hours ago, during the draft telecast. This would be the biggest news of a normal day, but got buried by draft threads. This thread's already on Page 2 so I'll rescue it. http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...er-Factor-Division-Winners-In-Playoff-Seeding