Silver: Might move to top 16 teams for the playoffs

[Doctor Rivers]

https://twitter.com/Monroe_SA/status/454803906741010432

The crappy eastern teams won't get in now

[Draz]

More competitive would like that.

[Mr. Jabbar]

about fkn time... there is no real rivalry between conferences and the eastern champion gets a free pass to the finals every year. a complete joke. im with the jew on this one

[215Philly]

It's waaaayy too unfair for these west teams

[9512]

YES! Lmao at this affirmative action for bad teams in the Eastern conference...

[wakencdukest]

It'll work out because the east will get all the lottery picks for a few years and the conferences will eventually become balanced.

[livinglegend]

good, it would be a good move for the NBA.

[FKAri]

Imagine if the all the teams in the NBA played each other with a frequency that disregards regions. The disparity would be even greater between the West and East teams.

[Railgun]

Hell no.

[FLDFSU]

So Silver is going to destroy historic rivalries?

The Lakers and Celtics can meet in the first round now?

Is going to eliminate conferences all together?

[Rose'sACL]

So Silver is going to destroy historic rivalries?

The Lakers and Celtics can meet in the first round now?

Is going to eliminate conferences all together?

r u a kid? why do you need those rivalries to stay the same ? if anything this will increase the number of rivalries by adding new cross conference ones as more inter-conference playoff games would be played.

[FLDFSU]

It's waaaayy too unfair for these west teams

Is it too much to ask to finish in the top 1/2 of your conference? The conference in which the back to back champions don't even reside?

Not opposed to the 16 team playoffs but the whining from the West is just pathetic. Man up and win some games.

[mr.big35]

terrible idea why fix something that is not broken. Silver is ruining nba

[secund2nun]

So Silver is going to destroy historic rivalries?

The Lakers and Celtics can meet in the first round now?

Is going to eliminate conferences all together?

I find this more interesting. Rarely do 2 teams meet in the finals anyways. If this change happens we will be much more likely to see the Celtics vs Lakers than in the current playoff format.

I don't think they will eliminate conferences because of the travel advantages associated with conferences and divisions where the teams are in the same region like we have now.

[Rose'sACL]

Is it too much to ask to finish in the top 1/2 of your conference? The conference in which the back to back champions don't even reside?

Not opposed to the 16 team playoffs but the whining from the West is just pathetic. Man up and win some games.

i think this is great and football should follow by at least removing divisions.