With the exception of NY, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta & maybe DC, players probably have no desire to play for colder eastern market teams. The western conference alone has like half of the destination cities in the U.S. Other than Sacramento, Utah and maybe Memphis, all the other western cities >>>>> eastern cities.
West Execs tired of the East being trash.
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With the exception of NY, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta & maybe DC, players probably have no desire to play for colder eastern market teams. The western conference alone has like half of the destination cities in the U.S. Other than Sacramento, Utah and maybe Memphis, all the other western cities >>>>> eastern cities.
Upping, I’m sick of this shyt too 
murksiderock
Superstar
I've said this before. But just eliminate East vs West and go to an MLB/NFL style conference system when the expansion teams come in:
American Conference
EAST
Boston Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers
New York Knicks
Toronto Raptors
CENTRAL
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Oklahoma City Thunder
Utah Jazz
SOUTH
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
WEST
*Las Vegas Basketball Team*
Los Angeles Clippers
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
National Conference
EAST
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
CENTRAL
Chicago Bulls
Denver Nuggets
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
SOUTH
Atlanta Hawks
New Orleans Pelicans
Orlando Magic
San Antonio Spurs
WEST
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns
*Seattle Supersonics*
...............
Do it like NBA used to do it, and how MLB and NFL do it, where divisions matter and division winner automatically gets a berth and Top 4 seed....
If you still want this play-in shyt like those leagues' wild card rounds, give the 5 and 6 seeds to the next best teams, then play-in for 7 and 8 (wild cards). But I'd just as soon go back to an 8-team format straight up, with next 4 seeds following the auto berths...
NBA is committed to an 82-game schedule, so you play the other 3 teams in your division 4x apiece (12 games)...
The other 12 teams in your conference, 3x apiece (36 games; + division makes it 48 games)...
Play all 16 teams from the other Conference 2x (32 games), that's an 80-game schedule there...
Obviously the wins and losses would look different this year if this were the actual set up, but just as a fan fic exercise, this year's seeding, based on right now, would be:
AMERICAN BASKETBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS
1 Thunder (64-13)
2 Cavs (62-15)
3 Rockets (51-27)
4 Clips (46-32)
_______
5 Celtics (57-20)
6 Knicks (49-28)
.........
7 Pacers (46-31)
8 Grizz (46-32)
9 Pistons (43-35)
10 Mavs (38-41)
___________________
11 Kings (37-40)
12 Heat (35-43)
13 Blazers (34-44)
14 Raptors (28-50)
15 Jazz (16-62)
*16 LV team**
NATIONAL BASKETBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS
1 Lakers (47-30)
2 Nuggets (47-31)
3 Magic (38-40)
4 Nets (25-52)
________
5 Dubs (46-31)
6 Wolves (46-32)
................
7 Bucks (43-34)
8 Hawks (36-41)
9 Bulls (35-42)
10 Suns (35-42)
________________
11 Spurs (32-45)
12 Sixers (23-55)
13 Pels (21-56)
14 Hornets (19-58)
15 Wizards (17-60)
*16 Sonics**
......................
Again obviously the wins and losses would look different in a set-up like this. The Cavs wouldn't just get to feast on the Sixers, Hornets, and Wizards, who they are a combined 10-0 this season. In this format, they'd only have 6 games total vs those 3 teams, while having to play teams like the Thunder and Rockets a combined 6x, who they are 1-3 vs this year...
It works like this in the perceived weaker conference too, Lakers could in theory feast on the weaker "East" squads but having to play the Bulls (0-2), Nuggets 2-2), Bucks (0-2), and Wolves (2-2) a combined 12x, which this year their records vs those teams is 4-8 as is, if they don't win their division, that becomes pertinent in intra-league standings...
American Conference
EAST
Boston Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers
New York Knicks
Toronto Raptors
CENTRAL
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Oklahoma City Thunder
Utah Jazz
SOUTH
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
WEST
*Las Vegas Basketball Team*
Los Angeles Clippers
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
National Conference
EAST
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
CENTRAL
Chicago Bulls
Denver Nuggets
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
SOUTH
Atlanta Hawks
New Orleans Pelicans
Orlando Magic
San Antonio Spurs
WEST
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns
*Seattle Supersonics*
...............
Do it like NBA used to do it, and how MLB and NFL do it, where divisions matter and division winner automatically gets a berth and Top 4 seed....
If you still want this play-in shyt like those leagues' wild card rounds, give the 5 and 6 seeds to the next best teams, then play-in for 7 and 8 (wild cards). But I'd just as soon go back to an 8-team format straight up, with next 4 seeds following the auto berths...
NBA is committed to an 82-game schedule, so you play the other 3 teams in your division 4x apiece (12 games)...
The other 12 teams in your conference, 3x apiece (36 games; + division makes it 48 games)...
Play all 16 teams from the other Conference 2x (32 games), that's an 80-game schedule there...
Obviously the wins and losses would look different this year if this were the actual set up, but just as a fan fic exercise, this year's seeding, based on right now, would be:
AMERICAN BASKETBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS
1 Thunder (64-13)
2 Cavs (62-15)
3 Rockets (51-27)
4 Clips (46-32)
_______
5 Celtics (57-20)
6 Knicks (49-28)
.........
7 Pacers (46-31)
8 Grizz (46-32)
9 Pistons (43-35)
10 Mavs (38-41)
___________________
11 Kings (37-40)
12 Heat (35-43)
13 Blazers (34-44)
14 Raptors (28-50)
15 Jazz (16-62)
*16 LV team**
NATIONAL BASKETBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS
1 Lakers (47-30)
2 Nuggets (47-31)
3 Magic (38-40)
4 Nets (25-52)
________
5 Dubs (46-31)
6 Wolves (46-32)
................
7 Bucks (43-34)
8 Hawks (36-41)
9 Bulls (35-42)
10 Suns (35-42)
________________
11 Spurs (32-45)
12 Sixers (23-55)
13 Pels (21-56)
14 Hornets (19-58)
15 Wizards (17-60)
*16 Sonics**
......................
Again obviously the wins and losses would look different in a set-up like this. The Cavs wouldn't just get to feast on the Sixers, Hornets, and Wizards, who they are a combined 10-0 this season. In this format, they'd only have 6 games total vs those 3 teams, while having to play teams like the Thunder and Rockets a combined 6x, who they are 1-3 vs this year...
It works like this in the perceived weaker conference too, Lakers could in theory feast on the weaker "East" squads but having to play the Bulls (0-2), Nuggets 2-2), Bucks (0-2), and Wolves (2-2) a combined 12x, which this year their records vs those teams is 4-8 as is, if they don't win their division, that becomes pertinent in intra-league standings...
It is what it is. There is nothing you can do to create more urgency in an 82 game season where more than half the league makes the playoffs and then they play 4, 7 game series.
With private planes, off days, and current geographical alignment being far from perfect, there is really no reason not to do 1-16. You dont care about tradition. Divisions gone and you added they play-in (shyt you added multiple rounds and extended series). And they have no problem with teams criss crossing the country during the season when you dont have guaranteed off days between each game. Only cost is
bottom feeder east teams getting left out.You dont even have to go through all that. They keeping 82. They keeping 16 teams (which defeats purpose of division). They likely keeping the play in. Top 16 overall get in. Quick simple and easy change.
murksiderock
Superstar
In that case you may as well eliminate conferences, which I'm not in favor of...
Zero point watching the east playoffs
Conferences need to end
Conferences need to end
In The Zone '98
Superstar
Philly/Orl wasn't healthy to get their 15-20 wins off the back end of the west
Cle
Boston
Philly
Knicks
Pacers
Magic
Bucks
Pistons
Is a great conference when healthy
Cle
Boston
Philly
Knicks
Pacers
Magic
Bucks
Pistons
Is a great conference when healthy
The Pelicans haven’t done shyt with Zion
Dorian Breh
Veteran
Breh said:
EAST
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
As a Sixers fan this is the best proposal I've ever heard
EAST
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
As a Sixers fan this is the best proposal I've ever heard
The West was bad or virtually non-existent in any and all times pre-Jordan Retirement 2.
60s: Only 8-10 teams period East of the Mississippi outside of LA.
70s: Merger era with most teams still geographically East and conferences are arbitrary.
80s: Showtime with no competition.
90s: Better but not the bloodbath of the 2000-10s. Close to what the East is now as I type this.
The status of the West running for 20 years is technically still balancing the cycle out.