The NBA gets it right...

PhilSimms11 · Apr 11, 2019

Who thinks the Magic (42-40) should be the 3-seed? They won their division. Where's all the "If you win your division you should be seeded higher" proponents? "If you want home court/home field then win your division."

Big ups to the NBA once again for seeding the teams the right way. Respect. If only the NFL would do the same (as well as MLB and NHL).

Eastern
(1)MIL (60-22) vs (8)DET (41-41)
(4)BOS (49-33) vs (5)IND (48-34)

(2)TOR (58-24) vs (7)ORL (42-40)
(3)PHI (51-31) vs (6)BKN (42-40)
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Western
(1)GS (57-25) vs (8)LAC (48-34)
(4)HOU (53-29) vs (5)UTA (50-32)

(2)DEN (54-28) vs (7)SA (48-34)
(3)POR (53-29) vs (6)OKC (49-33)

thunderc · Apr 11, 2019

Maybe, but in the NBA like 13 percent of your games are played in your division. In the NFL it’s 38 percent so it seems to make sense to put a bit more emphasis on how you did in your division.

jontaejones · Apr 11, 2019

PhilSimms11 said:
Who thinks the Magic (42-40) should be the 3-seed? They won their division. Where's all the "If you win your division you should be seeded higher" proponents? "If you want home court/home field then win your division."

Big ups to the NBA once again for seeding the teams the right way. Respect. If only the NFL would do the same (as well as MLB and NHL).

Eastern
(1)MIL (60-22) vs (8)DET (41-41)
(4)BOS (49-33) vs (5)IND (48-34)

(2)TOR (58-24) vs (7)ORL (42-40)
(3)PHI (51-31) vs (6)BKN (42-40)
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Western
(1)GS (57-25) vs (8)LAC (48-34)
(4)HOU (53-29) vs (5)UTA (50-32)

(2)DEN (54-28) vs (7)SA (48-34)
(3)POR (53-29) vs (6)OKC (49-33)

For merit's sake yes.

But the NBA puts so much stake on merit, including 7 game series for every round that the playoffs are too predictable.

And if you know exactly how your team is going to do.

If they mixed it up with division champs getting homecourt advantage it would at least make things more unpredicatble.

Hornsstampede2.0 · Apr 11, 2019

Be careful what you wish for
The NBA playoffs have been boring as hell for a few years now in terms of obvious and inevitable results.

In fact, the perfectly designed playoff system has literally almost made the NBA a scripted event of sorts.
We spend more time with uncertainty of which superteam will form in the year 2021 than any real season uncertainty.

7-game series with perfect seeding leads to a lot of very PREDICTABLE and yes BORING series.
Division winners and 5 game series added an element of danger and randomness....excitement.

I liked it better that way. Divisions made thing not so cookie cutter and easily predictable.
And if the idiots decide to abandon conferences and seed everything 1-16, it will make it only worse.

michaeljordan_fan · Apr 11, 2019

Hornsstampede2.0 said:
Be careful what you wish for
The NBA playoffs have been boring as hell for a few years now in terms of obvious and inevitable results.

In fact, the perfectly designed playoff system has literally almost made the NBA a scripted event of sorts.
We spend more time with uncertainty of which superteam will form in the year 2021 than any real season uncertainty.

7-game series with perfect seeding leads to a lot of very PREDICTABLE and yes BORING series.
Division winners and 5 game series added an element of danger and randomness....excitement.

I liked it better that way. Divisions made thing not so cookie cutter and easily predictable.
And if the idiots decide to abandon conferences and seed everything 1-16, it will make it only worse.

If unpredictability is what you want, just decide the series on a best of 7 series of coinflips.

Ojb81 · Apr 11, 2019

*squirt*

msgkings322 · Apr 12, 2019

michaeljordan_fan said:
If unpredictability is what you want, just decide the series on a best of 7 series of coinflips.

That's sofa king stupid

michaeljordan_fan · Apr 12, 2019

msgkings322 said:
That's sofa king stupid

The whole idea of complaining about the top seeds winning is ridiculous. The hyperbole was to demonstrate that.

MHSL82 · Apr 12, 2019

thunderc said:
Maybe, but in the NBA like 13 percent of your games are played in your division. In the NFL it’s 38 percent so it seems to make sense to put a bit more emphasis on how you did in your division.

I understand the idea, but the divisions aren’t equal and so winning a division against lower competition doesn’t make sense compared to a team that has a slightly worse record in a better division. But then we don’t really want to college ranking like seeding either.

ducky · Apr 12, 2019

Name a division rivalry in the NBA that generates media buzz and excites the fan base.

....

And that right there is why the NBA is wrong.

Stakesarehigh · Apr 12, 2019

michaeljordan_fan said:
The whole idea of complaining about the top seeds winning is ridiculous. The hyperbole was to demonstrate that.

Kind of makes sense that the best teams through the season are also the best teams in the playoffs.

Call me crazy

bksballer89 · Apr 12, 2019

ducky said:
Name a division rivalry in the NBA that generates media buzz and excites the fan base.

....

And that right there is why the NBA is wrong.

Celtics/Sixers

trojanfan12 · Apr 12, 2019

michaeljordan_fan said:
The whole idea of complaining about the top seeds winning is ridiculous.

^^^This^^^

Underdogs pulling off upsets are always fun and exciting. But at the end of the day, the best playoff series/finals series are the one's where the best teams are facing each other.

Sure, it's fun to watch some underdog make a run in the playoffs, but it's not as much fun when they run out of "magic" and end up getting blown out in a later series.

trojanfan12 · Apr 12, 2019

Hornsstampede2.0 said:
And if the idiots decide to abandon conferences and seed everything 1-16, it will make it only worse.

Not sure I agree with this. If it's seeded 1-16, then you don't have situations where teams with losing records get into the playoffs over teams with winning records.

PhilSimms11 · Apr 12, 2019

trojanfan12 said:
Not sure I agree with this. If it's seeded 1-16, then you don't have situations where teams with losing records get into the playoffs over teams with winning records.

It would look like this for 2019 if they did that:
(1)MIL (60-22) vs (16)DET (41-41)
(8)UTA (50-32) vs (9)OKC (49-33)

(4)DEN (54-28) vs (13)LAC (48-34)
(5)POR (53-29) vs (12)SA (48-34)

(2)TOR (58-24) vs (15)BKN (42-40)
(7)PHI (51-31) vs (10)BOS (49-33)

(3)GS (57-25) vs (14)ORL (42-40)
(6)HOU (53-29) vs (11)IND (48-34)

Stakesarehigh · Apr 12, 2019

PhilSimms11 said:
It would look like this for 2019 if they did that:
(1)MIL (60-22) vs (16)DET (41-41)
(8)UTA (50-32) vs (9)OKC (49-33)

(4)DEN (54-28) vs (13)LAC (48-34)
(5)POR (53-29) vs (12)SA (48-34)

(2)TOR (58-24) vs (15)BKN (42-40)
(7)PHI (51-31) vs (10)BOS (49-33)

(3)GS (57-25) vs (14)ORL (42-40)
(6)HOU (53-29) vs (11)IND (48-34)

Houston still gets Golden State lol

Kace-1 · Apr 12, 2019

I'd like for the NBA to add 2 teams, split into 8 separate divisions, then have the 16 best teams in the Playoffs with the Divisional Champs getting the automatic bid, as it were and do away with conferences altogether.

Stakesarehigh · Apr 12, 2019

I guess I dont see how it matters much

Other than the Strike year Knicks the lower seeds don't fare well

PhilSimms11 · Apr 12, 2019

Stakesarehigh said:
Houston still gets Golden State lol

True...in the 2nd round if both advanced.

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