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Big Z 1990
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Yes, I would put the top 16 teams regardless conference in, but it doesn't stop there.
I would also keep the playoffs nominally conference-based.
So that if one conference has 9 or more teams in the top 16, the conference with the surplus sends its surplus teams to the other conference's playoffs.
Right now, under my proposed format, the LA Clippers would qualify as the 8th seed in the East over Miami.
And then I would implement re-seeding after the Conference Quarterfinals.
So, the playoff berths not awarded to division winners officially become designated as "Wild Card" berths. Whether one earns a "Wild Card" berth in their own conference or in the opposite conference would depend on where they place in their own conference (i.e. Clippers are an Eastern Conference Wild Card, while Spurs are a Western Conference Wild Card).
I would also keep the playoffs nominally conference-based.
So that if one conference has 9 or more teams in the top 16, the conference with the surplus sends its surplus teams to the other conference's playoffs.
Right now, under my proposed format, the LA Clippers would qualify as the 8th seed in the East over Miami.
And then I would implement re-seeding after the Conference Quarterfinals.
So, the playoff berths not awarded to division winners officially become designated as "Wild Card" berths. Whether one earns a "Wild Card" berth in their own conference or in the opposite conference would depend on where they place in their own conference (i.e. Clippers are an Eastern Conference Wild Card, while Spurs are a Western Conference Wild Card).