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One more thing:
March is almost over and New York (19-49) is still in the playoff race
That is the game difference between 1st and 8th seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively.
Something is really screwed up in the way the playoffs seeding is set.
Spurs (6th) are 2 games away from being first, and 3.5 games away from being lottery bound.
Stern, wake the up!
One more thing:
March is almost over and New York (19-49) is still in the playoff race
Spurs are 5 games away of the lottery.
Don't they teach you how to count in Argentina? Or does Brazil not let you guys?
-IT chuckle-
What do you want him to do?
Merge the east and west?
Take the top 16 teams regardless of conference and convert to a 2-3-2 Finals format for each series.
So unfair a franchise like Denver or GS for example... and maybe even Dallas...might have to sit at home and watch and lose revenue while the likes of Atlanta/Jersey and maybe even Indiana and Chicago will end up getting a shot in the playoffs.
So you want teams from east and west meeting at the same time, and flying every other day 4 hours to and from?
Have you been watching basketball for the last couple of year, you twit.
It has been going on for a while. The situation has simply gotten ridiculous this year.
Familiar with the "figure of speach" concept . . . ?
Try and put some thought into it. There are many things you can do about it.
If you are playing two games in a row at home, I don't see why you'd be travelling "4 hours every other day" . . .
If you merge the east and the west, then there is really no point of having an east and a west. I think it's fine the way it is, but if its changed, here is what I think should happen. Its crazy so you have to listen. Before every season we hold a "confrence lottery". Its just like the draft lottery, but it determines what teams will be in what confrence.
...so change the playoff format because of TWO years?
No, but I am with "Figure of Speech."
Familiar with the "figure of speach" concept . . . ?
I am not against a playoff pool, but I ing HATE the 2-3-2 format. I wish they would do away with it for the Finals.
Another thought that peeps had at my workplace is to keep the playoffs like they are but rank the draft strictly by record. You could be a bottomfeeder EC playoff team and still have a lottery pick. The current system penalizes the lower EC playoff teams by not allowing them to get better. Meanwhile, probable 50 win Denver gets into the lottery.
I like it. That way there is no true home court advantage. Well for the most part. It's all even and square.
Has it been only two?
Or that . . .No, but I am with "Figure of Speech."
Limbo: "Can't we all just get along?"
There should be no change. The West will not always be significantly stronger than the East. You can't change the entire format just because one conference is having a great year.
the west won't be as dominant next year, look how old some of the west's teams are:
Dallas: Kidd will become an anchor next year
Phoenix: shaq is already too old and Nash is in decline
Denver: AI can't keep this up much longer, camby either.
Spurs: face it, we are old.
while the east has some young teams that are only getting better, the balance of power will shift, and even if it doesn't, I like that the west is so dominant, and that the southwest is maybe the best division that the NBA has ever seen, except for those damn tanking grizzlies
...and Denver will miss the playoffs winning 50 games, and get a lottery pick, and Portland gets a lottery pick AND Oden next year. It hasn't been just one year, and it won't be over any time soon.
Throughout most of the 90's the East was dominant with the best team and the West was not quite as compe ive. It goes in cycles, but the format as it is now is the best available. No need to change anything.
NBA playoffs teams should be selected like this:
6 division winners
3 wild cards per conference, teams with three best records in each conference that are not division winners
4 bonus wild cards, the four teams with the best records not already in playoffs.
This is so simple and such a no-brainer, that I'm surprised David Stern has not already thought of it.
Based on today's standings here how it would work:
division champs:
WEST
LAL - 1 seed
NO - 2 seed
Utah - 3 seed
EAST
Bost - 1 seed
Det - 2 seed
Orl - 3 seed
Wild Cards
Hou - 4 seed
Phoe - 5 seed
SA - 6 seed
Clev - 4 seed
Wash - 5 seed
Tor - 6 seed
Bonus Wild Cards
Dall goes to West - 7 seed
GS goes to West - 8 seed
Den goes to East - 7 seed
Port goes to east - 8 seed
I still think it's great, Oden could make a Portland a contender next year, but I don't think he'll ever make it through an entire season, and some teams will drop out of contention to make room for portland anyways:
Phoenix will be lucky to get 45 wins next year,
Denver can't make the playoffs this year, and they will only be worse next year, I see them sub .500
Dallas will only have 2 relevant players under 30 next year, Bass and Howard, and they will probably be the 3rd and 2nd best players on that team respectively. kidd, stack, even terry won't be nearly the players they are/were.
so the west will be back to 7 or 8 contenders after this crazy year, and that's assuming the Spurs can retool with a nice young shooting combo guard like Gibson to back up TP and Manu
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