It should be no conferences, top 16 teams in playoffs

[selrahc]

1. San Antonio
16. Minnesota

8. Golden State
9. Memphis

5. Miami Heat
12. Chicago

4. LA Clippers
13. Toronto

3. Indiana
14. Brooklyn

6. Houston Rockets
11. Phoenix

7. Portland
10. Dallas

2. Oklahoma City
15. Washington

If it was like this, there would only be 2 teams from the East in the top 11 playoff teams and only 6 overall.

There would only be two teams from the East in the second round.... Indiana and Miami

And there is no way LeBron and Miami's overrated asses would make it to the Finals without an easy road to the playoffs like they normally have in the East. They would face the Clippers in the second round, the Spurs in the third round, then probably OKC or Indiana in the finals..

This would be so much more interesting with better teams playing each other sooner and way better playoff matchups... instead of having to watch a bunch of shitty teams from the East every year that have no business being in the playoffs.

Anybody else want to see this format instead?

[ForeverHeat]

Should stay how it is in my opinion.

[Fudge]

Shut up, Charles.

[Sarcastic]

Nope. The NBA already does the best job of crowning the rightful champion. There are no flukes, unlike pretty much every other major sport. A hot pitcher or hot goalie can't carry you to a title, nor is it decided by one and done like the Super Bowl or NCAA.

[Thunderfan86]

Sounds like fun

[red1]

a laker fan crying about the heat. whats new

[mr.big35]

why change something that is not broken

[ZenMaster]

Should stay how it is in my opinion.

I have to ask, how could you possibly want this?

A system that goes against a core value of sports: winning more than others.

[ABfor3]

why change something that is not broken

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[T_L_P]

They really should change it.

The best East teams have an easy road to the Finals / ECF (and don't say the Heat played a lot of games before the Finals last year. That just proves my point).

It'll be even worse this year.

[ForeverHeat]

I have to ask, how could you possibly want this?

A system that goes against a core value of sports: winning more than others.

So? There are 16 teams in each conference. All you have to do is finish in the top 50%. If you cant do that then whats the point of being in the playoffs anyway?

[selrahc]

why change something that is not broken

because instead of watching the miami heat play the ****ing charlotte bobcats then chicago bulls in the second round, you can watch them play chicago in the first round then the clippers...

the playoffs would be a million times more entertaining in terms of match ups

[FLDFSU]

But then the Heat would get to beat up on the West and take the number one seed...

[oarabbus]

I dunno, but what they SHOULD have is a play-in format. Top 6 (or 7) seeds are decided by conference just like it is now. The remaining teams, regardless of conference, play in for the final spots.

[OmniStrife]

because instead of watching the miami heat play the ****ing charlotte bobcats then chicago bulls in the second round, you can watch them play chicago in the first round then the clippers...

the playoffs would be a million times more entertaining in terms of match ups

This.
I don't see how anyone with at least half a brain could oppose this change.
The Eastern conferense is shit outside of two teams and you all know it.