Silver: Might move to top 16 teams for the playoffs

[pauk]

[kentatm]

what a shock that most of the people against this are fans of EC teams.

and at Miami fans wanting to stay with the status quo

[Shade8780]

i love this. get rid of conferences altogether.

[icewill36]

Yeah but who really wants to wait another 15 years? Hell, who wants to see more imbalance between conferences?

Silver's "idea" would ensure quality basketball in the regular season AND playoffs.. Every series and game.

Nobody should be opposed to this.

this does NOT ensure every series is quality. you are an idiot

[Mrofir]

I think there is room to polish it up but I think I'd much prefer the system to a wide open 16 that would basically eliminate the need for conferences at all.

By system, to clarify -- I mean MY system, the 6+2. Not the open 16. Please check it out on previous page.. I'm curious to see who else would support it.

[FLDFSU]

according to your logic there should be about 5-6 teams in the playoffs.

No. Not at all. All teams that finish in the top 1/2 of their conference deserves to play for a ring.

All those teams that manage not to...don't.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

this does NOT ensure every series is quality. you are an idiot

Opposed to the system we have in place? I don't even think its debatable, but tell us otherwise clown...

[DMAVS41]

this does NOT ensure every series is quality. you are an idiot

What?

A seeding 1 through 16 in the playoffs would absolutely ensure better and more interesting matchups from start to finish.

It's absolutely more fair and would yield great results. There is no downside to do thing so from the terms of balance and fairness.

[Mrofir]

1-16 would eliminate the conferences and divisions. We would see nba finals of 2 teams from the same conference about 50% of the time. Is the NBA interested in a Houston - San Antonio finals? Hell no, and you can't blame them. It would eliminate roadblock rivalries that have captured fans, like Sacramento-LA, Bulls-Pistons, or even Spurs-Suns.

There are many good reasons conferences exist, not just in the nba but in major sports the world over.

We don't need to blow up that system to solve this problem. The problem is sometimes there is an imbalance between the conference and some playoff caliber teams get left out while other bad teams get in. Just solve the problem, no need to abandon the entire system.

6+2!!!

READ IT!! It's on page 11

[ArbitraryWater]

Any of the Idiots on here like FLDFSU wanna tell me this wouldnt make a difference?

[oarabbus]

No. Not at all. All teams that finish in the top 1/2 of their conference deserves to play for a ring.

All those teams that manage not to...don't.

Brah are you dumb or trolling

[AnaheimLakers24]

hmmm wonder why cHeat/gay boy bran fans are against this

[Droid101]

Brah are you dumb or trolling

He posts the same garbage in every "top 16 teams" thread. He's a troll, and a dumb one at that.

It would be better for the league, and would actually help the East get stronger (their bad, under .500 teams would be getting lottery picks, instead of a team like Phoenix getting one).

It would help rivalries, since more of the best teams (that historically have the best rivalries) will meet more often. Plus, rivalries come and go. New ones would prop up to replace old ones that no longer matter.