If the playoffs were today, the Blazers would have the 5th seed but they would have home court advantage in their first round series against Clippers. That would be a great series. If the playoffs were today, Toronto and Charlotte would face each other in the least interesting playoff matchup in modern times. If the playoffs were today, Indiana would face Brooklyn in what would be a very interesting first round matchup. If the playoffs were today, Memphis and New York wouldn't be participating.
In the Blazers case, It's good the playoffs aren't today. They have time to right whatever is bothering them and I think they will.
Thank you for posting a good thread here! I think there's an advantage in playing a good team in the first round. Pick out the biggest bully in the crowd and knock him out. The Clippers would be a fun series. What do you think, 7 games? I say Blazers in 6
What an odd and totally useless rule. So the division winner gets the 4 seed but record dictates home court advantage... Since 4 plays 5 it doesn't affect the bracket. I suppose the only way it really affects things is if the division winner is 6the or worse in actual standings. Silver is considering getting rid if divisions and just having 2 conferences.
Exactly. For me, whatever the media hypes (which would be the Indiana/ Brooklyn), I purposely don't watch and watch all the other series. I enjoy it SO much more.
Yep. In 2008, Rockets were 5th seed but had better record than 4th seed Utah so Houston had HCA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_NBA_Playoffs
Neither team has any chance to win the title so it's a really "Why bother?" matchup. Indiana is a contender and Brooklyn has the talent to give them a run for their money. It would be a much more important series than Toronto/Charlotte and that is why the media will most likely "hype" it.
Doesnt mean it won't be a good series. I don't let the media dictate what is good and what is bad. I do.
The media hasn't dictated anything yet and you're already rallying against them. You just don't like watching great teams play. You prefer to watch middling teams. Own up to it. The media has nothing to do with it.
I don't like (nor will I) watching what strangers tell me I should watch. There's a difference. Also, New york is terrible, LA is terrible, but yet they are forced down the publics throat. Just a thought. I like what I like. Not what someone else tells me I should like. Distinction is key.
No one has told you what to watch. You're rallying against something that doesn't exist. Yes, the Knicks and Lakers are on TV a lot this year but NY was a good team last year so they thought they'd be good this year. As for the Lakers, they also thought they would be good this year. The thing is, there are only 5 teams that can play a game at 7:30pm PT. So if they think the Lakers will be good, they will put them on. You do realize though that the Indiana/Portland game was put on national TV this year because of how great we were playing early in the year. Are they shoving us down people's throats? No, they're featuring (what you call hyping) the teams that are playing well. When we drafted Oden, we got soo many national TV games that season. They thought Oden would be a great so they featured our games. If LeBron played for the Bobcats and the Bobcats were the #1 seed, they'd be featured a lot too. If we reach the Finals, we will be heavily featured. Will you then choose not to watch? Will you "not like it" because they promote our team? P.S. Damian Lillard was "shoved down people's throats" during All Star weekend. Did you watch? Do you hate Lillard now?
It does exist, KS. Featuring in this day and age IS hyping... when I use to watch sportscenter they had a "What 2 watch" (SIC)... that's when I stopped watching. It's my right to not watch it. If our games would be on national tv, I would still have to watch on stream or listen to wheels. I will not give money to cable companies (No longer have cable.) And no, I did not watch the all star game or anything Dame did. I waited until after to do all that. I will not give money to people -trying- to dictate what I should watch. I just have a severe disdain towards people trying to control what I should or should not watch. That is real, the TV is a box and within it they can dictate what I should watch... That's just the truth. I have a choice not to, and I will exercise that in any way I can. So, they can try (and they do, whether you can see it or not)... and they have that power to, unfortunately. But I won't let it affect me. I grew up from all of that. For the record, I guarantee the knicks have had a ton of national tv games when they sucked (They have had 49 christmas games... 22-27 in those). So, it's not just this year... it's a business model. And it's one I will not partake in.
