NBA to seed playoff teams regardless of division winners starting next season

[ace3g]

CBS Sports NBA @CBSSportsNBA
(https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA)Report: NBA to seed playoff teams regardless of division winners starting next season cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-bas… (http://t.co/dBntBgrRjw)

[The Gemini Method]

CBS Sports NBA @CBSSportsNBA
(https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA)Report: NBA to seed playoff teams regardless of division winners starting next season cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-bas… (http://t.co/dBntBgrRjw) They should've been doin' this like centuries ago, yo.

[RD2191]

Good, that shit made seeding more confusing than it needed to be.

[DPG21920]

Tweet got deleted.

[ffadicted]

First step in the right direction if true... next up, eliminate the conference bullshit....

[MultiTroll]

Good, that shit made seeding more confusing than it needed to be.
About the only thing dumbfuck Stern Jr. said as a so-so reason was the potential long plane rides and schedules.
Like if an East Coast team vs West Coast matched up.

To me, that is nullified by these millionaire phucks all being able to afford either their own planes or chartered.

Well, it's progress.

[Kool Bob Love]

About 2 months 2 late. Smh.

[Caltex2]

Having that rule in effect this year changes a lot...a whole lot. Maybe the Spurs beat the Grizz in round 1, then play the Warriors. The winner of that series is worn down and plays the Rockets or Clippers. Maybe the Clippers finish the Rockets off quickly since they wouldn't have been locked in a physically draining series with the Blazers, presumably. The possibilities are endless. :wakeup

[Arcadian]

Well fuck that, it's a year too late. If the Spurs had been 4th this year, as deserved, they'd have gone a lot further.

[daslicer]

It reminds me of '06 when the NBA dicked over the Spurs by forcing them to play the mavs in the second round despite the mavs having the second best record. This was all due to the bs seeding back then.

[Franklin]

It's a decade too late imho. Remember the old days when 5-7 seeded teams lost games on intention to avoid the 4th seeded Mavs and to take on the 3rd seeded Super Sonics. Just because your team leads a shitty division it doesn't mean you deserve a higher playoff spot than other teams who don't, or not a playoff spot at all if your division is too shitty. The same happened in recent years as well, teams tanking games to take the guest team while avoiding the Clippers.

[Thread]

Bend over. I'll fuckin' seed your fuckin' division.

[dafonearth]

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Looks like it's most likely going to happen. I bet spurs-clips is what drove the decision. Just a little too late! :bang

Also not sure if this means that division winners aren't even guaranteed a playoff spot.

[Nathan89]

Now seed 1-16 regardless of conference.

[Earl]

Adam Silver already a GOAT Commish imo.

[Jacob1983]

What about HCA? Who gets HCA if a division winner and non division winner have the same record? Does head to head matchups matter or is it still a division winner having the HCA when tied with a non division winner?