NBA Redistricting Option?

[Voodoo]

I love the idea, I still don't quite understand the reasoning behind the current conferences and divisions. Right now teams like the Pacers and Heat have a field day padding their win totals and thus HCA's in the playoffs by playing against such atrociously bad competition. If this idea doesn't take root, something really needs to as the current system is not working, period. As an aside, wasn't there a Pacific Division back in the day? Like didn't it have POR, SEA, LAL, LAC, Sac, and GSW in it or something?

I would think one of the major elements to making this decision would be based on travel time within the division rivals, if that were used we would not have Minnesota in our division. IMO Denver and Minny should not be in our division at all, and Utah is arguable. Frankly we're basically just another Cali team, so we should be in their divisions as they are way closer to us. Currently the way the system works it really screws the "Northwestern Division" as geographically the teams in it are extremely far away from each other, far more so than any other division, it's really absurd.

 

[ponderguy]

I agree that the divisions need realigned but i like the 3 division/conference setup at the divisions are all = in teams. The easiest fix is swap Portland and Phoenix. Portland plays with the west coast teams , Phoenix has a worse travel schedule playing Denver/Utah/OKC/Minnesota but not nearly as bad as Portland has had it.