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Crappy teams won't let that happen.
I know this comes up every year, but Silver needs to make this happen. Conferences and Divisions aren't important. Who cares about raising another Southwest Division Championship banner? Do the Spurs even raise these anymore?
The Championship series should have the possibility the best two teams (records) in the league can meet. This doesn't guarantee the Warriors and the Spurs meet in the Finals, but at least there's a chance. Right now, there is none. If nothing else, reseed the final four.
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Crappy teams won't let that happen.
I don't know how many times they would have been on the other side of the bracket, but if this was done 20 years ago we probably would of had a few Lakers/Spurs Finals, not to mention less LeBron.
Spurs-Lakers would have definitely been the 2001 Finals since they had the two best records. For the of it I plotted out the 2003 playoffs under a no-conference seeding, and it would have been Spurs-Lakers too probably. And the series that actually happened in the Finals would have been the second round.
Code:01 Spurs 16 Bucks 01 Spurs 08 Nets 08 Nets 09 Sixers 01 Spurs 05 Blazers 04 Wolves 12 Jazz 05 Blazers 04 Wolves 04 Wolves 13 Suns 01 Spurs 06 Lakers 06 Lakers 11 Hornets 06 Lakers 03 Kings 03 Kings 14 Celtics 06 Lakers 02 Mavs 07 Pistons 10 Pacers 07 Pistons 02 Mavs 02 Mavs 15 Rockets
Conference-less seeding would have made for a nasty run in 2014
Code:01 Spurs 16 Bobcats 01 Spurs 08 Warriors 08 Warriors 09 Grizzlies 01 Spurs 05 Heat 05 Heat 12 Suns 05 Heat 04 Pacers 04 Pacers 13 Raptors 01 Spurs 06 Rockets 02 Thunder 11 Bulls 06 Rockets 03 Clippers 03 Clippers 14 Nets 03 Clippers 02 Thunder 07 Blazers 10 Mavs 07 Blazers 02 Thunder 02 Thunder 15 Wizards
Eh, actually looks easier than the original path. Bobcats then the same Dubs team the Spurs figured out the previous season. That 2003 bracket could've been harrowing though, the Bucks owned the Spurs back in the day.Conference-less seeding would have made for a nasty run in 2014
Code:01 Spurs 16 Bobcats 01 Spurs 08 Warriors 08 Warriors 09 Grizzlies 01 Spurs 05 Heat 05 Heat 12 Suns 05 Heat 04 Pacers 04 Pacers 13 Raptors 01 Spurs 06 Rockets 02 Thunder 11 Bulls 06 Rockets 03 Clippers 03 Clippers 14 Nets 03 Clippers 02 Thunder 07 Blazers 10 Mavs 07 Blazers 02 Thunder 02 Thunder 15 Wizards
This should happen and it eventually will happen...
Last edited by coachmac87; 03-26-2016 at 05:56 PM.
I think the Warriors would have given the Spurs a way harder series than Portland did. That was my first though about Milwaukee when I looked at that 03 bracket, but the Spurs won both of their games vs the Bucks that year. Wrecked them at home and eeked out a win in Milwaukee.
Spurs-Lakers would have definitely been the 2001 Finals since they had the two best records. For the of it I plotted out the 2003 playoffs under a no-conference seeding, and it would have been Spurs-Lakers too probably. And the series that actually happened in the Finals would have been the second round.
Code:01 Spurs 16 Bucks 01 Spurs 08 Nets 08 Nets 09 Sixers 01 Spurs 05 Blazers 04 Wolves 12 Jazz 05 Blazers 04 Wolves 04 Wolves 13 Suns 01 Spurs 06 Lakers 06 Lakers 11 Hornets 06 Lakers 03 Kings 03 Kings 14 Celtics 06 Lakers 02 Mavs 07 Pistons 10 Pacers 07 Pistons 02 Mavs 02 Mavs 15 RocketsNice job! The Spurs/Lakers rivalry was great, but I always thought it would have been that much better if they had met in the Finals.
I get the desire, but you lower the value of the regular season. There are 15 teams in each conference fighting for 8 spots so only 7 font make it. By making conference meaningless, its 30 teams fighting for 16 spots so some teams will quickly be eliminated from playoff contention making tanking even worse which means a lot more meaningless games starting earlier in the season.
Last edited by UZER; 03-26-2016 at 10:28 PM.
I thought that this was such a big problem because of travel? They'd have to space out the days even more or we'd be witnessing some bad basketball due to fatigue if some of these teams have to do a 6 hour flight every other day. But i'm not completely sure how this would work out.
The best team wins.
Would've been more hotly contested and Spurs prolly take 6 to get it done again, but they would've. That Bobcats series would've been a mirror of the Spurs/Lakers 2013 series, much easier than the Mavs.
Schedule would be 2 home 2 away. Then however the league wants to work out the schedule. But would not have 6 hours flights every other day.
Make the NBA great again!
Thank you Westbrook for hustling back. This guy amazes me. Exactly why the thunder won't get anywhere
Disagree 100%. This would ruin the game and ruin the conference dynamism that exists in every league.
Bend over, I'll show you some in' "ism".
Whoever mentioned reseeding the 4 remaining teams by record got it right, but the NBA is WAY too steeped in tradition for that to happen, one, and two, so few casual fans care that there simply isn't enough demand for such a major alteration of format.
It'll never happen.
this should happen... but won't for AT LEAST a few years.
this is a more complicated matter than it seems on the surface.
I don't think this is an issue these days because everyone flies charter or may even have private team planes.
Western W L PCT GB CONF DIV HOME ROAD L 10 STREAK Golden State1p 65 7 0.903 0.0 40-5 15-1 34-0 31-7 9-1 W 3 San Antonio2sw 61 12 0.836 4.5 38-6 11-2 37-0 24-12 8-2 L 1 Oklahoma City3nw 51 22 0.699 14.5 34-11 12-2 30-9 21-13 8-2 W 7 L.A. Clippers4x 45 27 0.625 20.0 25-19 7-6 24-12 21-15 4-6 W 2 Memphis5 41 32 0.562 24.5 25-21 7-7 25-11 16-21 3-7 L 2 Portland6 38 36 0.514 28.0 25-21 9-4 23-12 15-24 5-5 W 1 Utah7 36 37 0.493 29.5 20-23 6-8 22-13 14-24 7-3 W 1 Houston8 36 38 0.486 30.0 24-22 8-7 20-16 16-22 4-6 L 1
I forgot who said this on ESPN. But someone mentioned on a podcast at one point to have conferences for the first two rounds. Then a non conference final four where the brackets are redone based on regular season record. I like this idea. It still makes an East West division relevant to get into the playoffs but then ensures the two best teams won't be facing each other early.
You gotta wonder where would lebron be if playing on western conference.
NBA is all about progress. Only a matter of time. Keepkng in mind the Warriors spurs regular season match up broke a ratings record of some sort
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