OT Adam Silver hints at change to the playoff format....
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BigGameDamian
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Best of 5 in the first round please!
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If they do this then they have to get rid of east vs West (which I’m in favor of).
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I'm all for it as well.
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Yeah, the regular season schedule needs to be evened out, otherwise it messes up the cross-conference playoff seeding.
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Celtics-Blazers would have a lot of air miles. The only other East-West pairing is Minny vs. Milwaukee, which would barely need bus miles.
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Best of seven 4 games home then 3?
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The top teams in the east and west should get to pick the teams they want to play. See this year's all star teams for example.
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"Blazers were picked last, we're the LaMarcus Aldridge of NBA teams! :MARIS61:"
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If it means that we don't have to play Golden State AGAIN, I am cookoo for playoff change!
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If you want to be the best you have to beat the best.
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OK, Bill
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exactly. No one wants to play us in the 1st round. :highfive:
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This is a horrible idea. Many of the new rule changes over the years, as well as the overuse of the 3-point shot have already dampened my enthusiasm for the game. I already hate the NBA as a league, I would still like to enjoy basketball but as it is the NBA is making that more and more difficult.
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Whenever I have to hear bad news from somebody, I always avoid them like the plague and refuse to return their phone calls. I think the Blazers should take the same approach when thinking about facing the GS Warriors.
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This would becthe best change the nba has made ij years.
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Yeah, it'd either need to be an 87-game season (3x every team) or 58-game season (2x every team). I don't see either happening, but would be in favor of 58 games.
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Why not just allow two more teams to make the playoffs in each conference. 20 teams instead of 16.
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Wouldn't we be picked first - everybody should want to play against us. It would be a bye week to the 2nd round.
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How about top two seeds from each conference get a bye round and first round series go back to best of 5? Shorten the playoffs
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Take the best 16 teams.
Most seasons there will be 8 teams in each conference. In these years you keep everything as it currently is.
Some years there will be 9 & 7. These years, you seed all the teams 1-7 based on conference. The last 2 teams in will be from the same conference, so 1 will 'flip' and play in the oposite bracket. The #1 seed with the best record would get the team with the worst record.
Most seasons there will be 8 teams in each conference. In these years you keep everything as it currently is.
Some years there will be 9 & 7. These years, you seed all the teams 1-7 based on conference. The last 2 teams in will be from the same conference, so 1 will 'flip' and play in the oposite bracket. The #1 seed with the best record would get the team with the worst record.
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Yeah I see a major problem with seeding unless the schedule is evened out. If you kept the scheduling the way it is now, then teams in the worse conference would always benefit by having an easier schedule.
Although if you evened it out by playing 3 games against everyone (87 game regular season) then I would suggest that you have a few 2 game series at one location to cut down on travel. For example one year the Blazers play Boston in Boston twice in a row..........then the next year Boston plays Portland twice in a row in Portland.
Although if you evened it out by playing 3 games against everyone (87 game regular season) then I would suggest that you have a few 2 game series at one location to cut down on travel. For example one year the Blazers play Boston in Boston twice in a row..........then the next year Boston plays Portland twice in a row in Portland.
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