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Chris Craig said:
Well you add two teams to the west. Then move a west team to the eastern conference (probably Memphis). Then add another division in each conference and have four team conferences rather than the 5 team conferences we have now, to even things up.

Something like:

Western Conference

Northwest Division:

Portland Trail Blazers
Seattle
Sacramento Kings
Utah Jazz

Pacific Division:

Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles (Inglewood) Clippers
Golden State Warriors
Phoenix Suns

Central Division:

Denver Nuggets
Minnesota Twolves
Las Vegas
Oklahoma City Thunder

Southwest Division:

San Antonio Spurs
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans


Eastern Conference


Northeast Division:

Toronto Raptors
Boston Celtics
New York Knicks
Brooklyn Nets

Atlantic Division:

Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
Charlotte Hornets
Cleveland Cavaliers

Central Division:

Milwaukee Bucks
Detroit Pistons
Chicago Bulls
Indiana Pacers

Southeast Division:

Atlanta Hawks
Memphis Grizzlies
Orlando Magic
Miami Heat
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You have Vegas and Minnesota in the same division. I HATE that. I'd rather Minnesota go east and divide it like this:

NW--SEA/POR/SAC/GSW
PAC--LAL/LAC/LV/PHX
SW--NOP/MEM/HOU/DAL
MW--OKC/SAS/UTA/DEN

CEN--MIN/MIL/CHI/IND
NE--CLE/DET/TOR/PHI
ATL--BOS/NYK/BRO/WAS
SE--MIA/ORL/ATL/CHA

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So the Dubs couldn’t finish this last night. So that means I’m on a 7am flight BACK to SF. And I actually got my worst airplane seat ever! C’Mon FAMS!

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Apologize in advance does anyone know if Dish network has blazer games on it? I tried google and it looks like it was going to be offered last year and then they pulled back. I want to switch from cable to dish but only if I get blazer games. Sorry again probably not spot to ask
 
1 Eye Jack said:
Apologize in advance does anyone know if Dish network has blazer games on it? I tried google and it looks like it was going to be offered last year and then they pulled back. I want to switch from cable to dish but only if I get blazer games. Sorry again probably not spot to ask
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Dish does if you include certain streamers. It's why the new deal has more availability to viewers.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
You have Vegas and Minnesota in the same division. I HATE that. I'd rather Minnesota go east and divide it like this:

NW--SEA/POR/SAC/GSW
PAC--LAL/LAC/LV/PHX
SW--NOP/MEM/HOU/DAL
MW--OKC/SAS/UTA/DEN

CEN--MIN/MIL/CHI/IND
NE--CLE/DET/TOR/PHI
ATL--BOS/NYK/BRO/WAS
SE--MIA/ORL/ATL/CHA

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I like this a lot, but splitting up the Texas teams into two divisions is a bit clunky. Same with Philly and the Atlantic teams. But this mostly makes sense geographically when you look at a map like this one.

How would you break down the schedule?

Divisional games:
4 games * 3 teams = 12
Conference games:
3 games * 12 teams = 36
Inter-conference
2 games * 16 teams = 32

80 game schedule would be a good start but it would create a perpetual imbalance in home/road games among conference teams not in the division. Ideally, I'd make those 2 games like the inter-conference matchups to bring the total to 68, but they'd probably never agree to the reduced revenue.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
You have Vegas and Minnesota in the same division. I HATE that. I'd rather Minnesota go east and divide it like this:

NW--SEA/POR/SAC/GSW
PAC--LAL/LAC/LV/PHX
SW--NOP/MEM/HOU/DAL
MW--OKC/SAS/UTA/DEN

CEN--MIN/MIL/CHI/IND
NE--CLE/DET/TOR/PHI
ATL--BOS/NYK/BRO/WAS
SE--MIA/ORL/ATL/CHA

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That works

I like midwest division over two centrals. That's good.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
You have Vegas and Minnesota in the same division. I HATE that. I'd rather Minnesota go east and divide it like this:

NW--SEA/POR/SAC/GSW
PAC--LAL/LAC/LV/PHX
SW--NOP/MEM/HOU/DAL
MW--OKC/SAS/UTA/DEN

CEN--MIN/MIL/CHI/IND
NE--CLE/DET/TOR/PHI
ATL--BOS/NYK/BRO/WAS
SE--MIA/ORL/ATL/CHA

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I like that breakdown if we really have to have that many divisions. But do we?
As of right now winning a division means absolutely nothing towards the playoff seedings. So I guess I don't see the point.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I like that breakdown if we really have to have that many divisions. But do we?
As of right now winning a division means absolutely nothing towards the playoff seedings. So I guess I don't see the point.
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i absolutely still see the merit of divisions to reduce excessive travel. probably meaningless in the east when every other opponent is <2 hrs away on a flight but it absolutely matters in the west.

the current NW division is a prime example-- we have two teams in our own division who are two timezones away.
 
illmatic99 said:
i absolutely still see the merit of divisions to reduce excessive travel. probably meaningless in the east when every other opponent is <2 hrs away on a flight but it absolutely matters in the west.

the current NW division is a prime example-- we have two teams in our own division who are two timezones away.
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True but using that suggested breakdown, which is better than what we currently have, we are still only talking about 3 extra games played that are in our division.

I think they just need to do a better job of scheduling. Use the new breakdown as a guideline for all road trips. And don't have a team go on a long road trip, fly home, play one game, and then go out on the road again. That is crazy.
 
illmatic99 said:
I like this a lot, but splitting up the Texas teams into two divisions is a bit clunky. Same with Philly and the Atlantic teams. But this mostly makes sense geographically when you look at a map like this one.
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You're right about splitting Texas; it would make just as much if not more sense to keep SA in the SW and have MEM in the MW.

The NE split is the toughest call. Obviously you want to keep BOS, NYK & PHI together just for the sake of history, but the only real way to do that would be to put WAS in the NE div with TOR/DET/CLE. Oh well, sometimes sacrifices must be made.
 
illmatic99 said:
How would you break down the schedule?

Divisional games:
4 games * 3 teams = 12
Conference games:
3 games * 12 teams = 36
Inter-conference
2 games * 16 teams = 32

80 game schedule would be a good start but it would create a perpetual imbalance in home/road games among conference teams not in the division. Ideally, I'd make those 2 games like the inter-conference matchups to bring the total to 68, but they'd probably never agree to the reduced revenue.
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I think your breakdown makes sense. And yeah, 3 games against non-division in- conference teams is an imbalance, but it can be alternated each season so it's predictable, and also balanced over each 2 year span. I might even go so far as to utilize the Pac-12 model of grouping teams into pairs for scheduling purposes; like the Blazers would play the Clippers and Lakers 6 times total, but between those 2 there would be 3 home and 3 road games.
 
illmatic99 said:
I like this a lot, but splitting up the Texas teams into two divisions is a bit clunky. Same with Philly and the Atlantic teams. But this mostly makes sense geographically when you look at a map like this one.

How would you break down the schedule?

Divisional games:
4 games * 3 teams = 12
Conference games:
3 games * 12 teams = 36
Inter-conference
2 games * 16 teams = 32

80 game schedule would be a good start but it would create a perpetual imbalance in home/road games among conference teams not in the division. Ideally, I'd make those 2 games like the inter-conference matchups to bring the total to 68, but they'd probably never agree to the reduced revenue.
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I believe it already is imbalanced for in conference, out of division games currently. We play each east team twice, that's 30. We play our division 4 times, that's 16. The remaining 36 games are interconference, out of division, no?
 
RR7 said:
I believe it already is imbalanced for in conference, out of division games currently. We play each east team twice, that's 30. We play our division 4 times, that's 16. The remaining 36 games are interconference, out of division, no?
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it is, and i don't like it. the current situation has us playing 3 games vs some teams and 4 games vs others. they try to balance it by considering multiple seasons, but it's a bit annoying to me.
 
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Yeah, thankfully (in some ways) from the words being used it doesn't sound like straight up racism because she said that her heritage is from slavery and Africa before that. With that said, it highlights that the biggest problem whether it's triggered by racism and the voice that media is giving to that or any other forms of hate, is a mental health crisis and a system that doesn't address it. They're about to roll out a squad car or two with anywhere from one to four beat cops that aren't trained mental healthcare professionals or social workers and are being asked the impossible task of changing their personal settings from peaceably inforcing laws on citizens who are compliant, to dealing with everyday angry/baligerent people who aren't planning on further breaking the law but don't respect the police, to life threatening situations, to mental health crises that they couldn't have enough training on assessing if they are to be taken as life threatening or acts of community outreach. It's a fucking mess with no easy solutions. I will say that expanding our societal view on the importance of an emphasis on mental health and expanding the scope of our mental health system is a step that has to be taken immediately.
 
Gonna be Boston vs GSW
 
Jimmy Buckets has almost been bucketless the last 3 games. 3-8, 3-14, and tonight 4-18. Granted he does other things that help his team, but he really needs to be their 3rd scorer, not their top scorer.
 
wizenheimer said:
if the Celtics play the Warriors, I'm hoping both lose
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My pep talk about the Celtics pulling in front of the Lakers for most championships all time didn't stoke your Laker hate enough to root for Boston?
 
blazerkor said:
My pep talk about the Celtics pulling in front of the Lakers for most championships all time didn't stoke your Laker hate enough to root for Boston?
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I'm too old to be stoked...except by pharmaceuticals. I detest Celtics and Lakers just about equally. Don't give a shit about their legacies. Warriors are up there now. Guess I hate winners....I don't think about what that makes me

My wife has not interest at all in sports...none. Back in the 80's one time I was watching the Celtics play in the finals. On TV there was a moment when Bird, McHale, Parish, and Dennis Johnson were standing side-by-side. My wife walked by in that moment, looked at the TV and said "when did the Munsters start as basketball team?". To this day I still think of the Munsters whenever I see the Celtics

one thing about the Celtics though: Danny Ainge built two completely different teams. One team built by sending out young assets and draft picks for veterans; it won a championship. The other team is a young team with amazing upside built by sending out veterans for draft picks and young assets; it's one win away from the NBA finals.
 
Celtics will beat the Warriors. They have enough perimeter defenders to make it happen
 
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