Modified playoff format
by Wmillion on Mar 3, 2010 3:11 PM EST
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| 1 | Cleveland | |||||||||||
| 1 | Cleveland | |||||||||||
| 16 | Houston | |||||||||||
| 8 | Utah | 1 | Cleveland | |||||||||
| 8 | Utah | |||||||||||
| 9 | Phoenix | |||||||||||
| 5 | Denver | 4 | Dallas | |||||||||
| 5 | Denver | |||||||||||
| 12 | Portland | |||||||||||
| 4 | Dallas | 4 | Dallas | |||||||||
| 4 | Dallas | |||||||||||
| 13 | Toronto | |||||||||||
| 6 | Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Championship | 3 | Orlando | ||||||||||
| 11 | San Antonio | |||||||||||
| 11 | San Antonio | |||||||||||
| 3 | Orlando | 3 | Orlando | |||||||||
| 3 | Orlando | |||||||||||
| 14 | Chicago | |||||||||||
| 7 | Boston | 3 | Orlando | |||||||||
| 10 | Oklahoma City | |||||||||||
| 10 | Oklahoma City | |||||||||||
| 2 | LA Lakers | 2 | LA Lakers | |||||||||
| 2 | LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| 15 | Milwaukee | |||||||||||
Would the NBA playoffs be as entertaining if the NBA switched to a 1-16 format, best 16 teams get in regardless of Conference? Would it help or hurt the Orlando Magic this season? So, I went in and pulled the top 16 as of Today (March 3rd) and constructed a playoff chart.
Personal thoughts-
1-Orlando’s road got tougher
2-The 2nd round match-ups are highly entertaining
3-I would be in favor of a switch, no cake-walks if you are in an inferior division.
What are you thoughts? Would you be opposed to the change?
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Good question. It's a logical idea. Not sure if the NBA makes a change to the playoff format, though.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
It'd be a parasitic effect.
If you change the playoff format, you have to change other things then.
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I like the way the NBA format works.
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whatever makes the league the most money!
though I never see this happening, despite how interesting it would be
I'm a girl.
yeah
It would be a complete make over, but I think it would bring exictement to the league.
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which one's round 2?
The 8 team one or 4 team one? (Stupid question, I know, but I’m tired.) I think the 8 team round ends up as expected, but if we ever did play LA in the semis I don’t know the likelihood of us actually beating them.
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by TheGiantSquid on Mar 3, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
Cool idea, the NBA should do this like every 4 years like the Olympics or something lol
Then if the NCAA expands the tournament, March Madness will flow into April-May-June Madness!
That’s 4 months of Basketball Madness!!!
Too much travel, I suspect
And stops you building the local rivalries that makes basketball fun. I want the Cavs again this year.
They might not
Then again, neither might the Magic.
But nonetheless, I want Orlando to play them again. I want them to prove last season wasn’t a fluke.
by eltharion_doa on Mar 4, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
It would make it more intense for sure BUT
you might lose some of the great rivalries that form from teams that seem to meet year after year in the playoffs. It may make the season/playoffs more difficult but I think it would also take some of the fun out of it. Travel expenses would be a hugh factor as well I would assume.
Good points
Travel could get expensive, since you would have to balance out the schedule.
IMO with FA, the rivalries are ever changing. Right now Boston and Cleveland are our rivals, but that could change if Lebron signs for a different team. You have 3 of the leagues top 10-15 players possibly on the move this off-season.
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Travel expenses would probably be the biggest reason why a playoff format change wouldn't occur.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
Yeah -- why damage rivalries like this?
I like the fact that we know — barring an upset — that the Magic will need to get through Cleveland for the title, and vice versa. I like the fact that, to avoid the upset, both teams will have to surpass the Celtics and the Hawks. (Again, barring upsets.)
I don’t mind at all the fact that, at the end of all this, it’s going to be an Eastern Conference team vs. a Western Conference team. Gives me something to root for when I’m indifferent to both clubs.
And I definitely like the fact that there’s a defined conference champion. It’s bragging righhtd for the team that gets to but doesn’t win the Finals. And I’m not just saying that because that’s us this year.
It's a good thing Larry Bird's initials weren't MJ. '80s basketball was confusing enough -- Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Marles Jarkley, Mominique Jilkins... Makeem Jolajuwon...
Yeah, I like conference champions
Gives you a little somethng out of a season other than a division title.
by eltharion_doa on Mar 5, 2010 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
I like the idea that game up at Geekapolooza...
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-100305
Works for me…
The real "Masters of Panic" are commenting on this blog.
Works for me, too.
I think that’s a better idea than re-hauling the playoff format, in its entirety.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
I don't think teams will ever agree to this for a number of reason's.
One, the travel is already bad enough out West that it would make it horrible for scheduling purposes. It would also be difficult to have 2 West teams hosting games because you either would have to schedule a market earlier than others.
The NBA will always be watched by the junkies. The problem is that the junkies do not make the NBA a bigger business model, and they want as many people who can watch will. It’s going to be difficult to get people in Cleveland to care if the Cavs aren’t in it or if they have to stay up to 1AM every night to watch a good playoff game. (I know the flip side to that is that the current playoff system has that issue.)
Instead of changing what the problems are (mostly interest), you’re just switching the problems, and, I suspect, only making them worse by making it a full 1-16 seed. The NBA playoffs aren’t the NCAA tournament, and that’s a great thing. The NBA is a better league, and the NCAA tourney is good for what it is. The Magic don’t benefit by a 1 game wins all type of tournament, and neither does any top team. The best teams win out in a 7 game series, and that’s how it should be in the professional leagues.
Maybe I’m the only one who thinks the current format is fine. Which is fine with me.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
I like the current format but I wouldn't mind a play-in tournament for the #8 seeds.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
I like this though Eddy. I do.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
I mean I like the idea of playing in for the 8th seed. I'm sure NBA teams do not.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
didn't say the current format was bad..
Just throwing it out there for discussion purposes..
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I understand.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
I kind of like Bill Simmons thoughts
At least there is motivation to avoid tanking.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/10022
"This is two good games in a row for Carter -- not a full blown trend yet, but if it becomes one the Magic just got a lot more scary." ~Kurt Helin
you realize you have orlando losing to san antonio in the first round then magiclly returning to the playoffs to beat those same spurs in the 2nd round all the way up to their championship run?
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