Seattle Kings

[mellow]

Marvin Williams is from Seattle--Would the Sonic Kings want to trade for him now?

David Locke started calling games in Seattle--would the....no they wouldn't.

[orangello]

I'd rather see:

Pacific-
Lakers
Clippers
Kings/Sonics
Blazers
Warriors

Northwest- (obviously need a new designation)
Jazz
Suns
Nuggets
Timberwolves
Grizzlies


Southwest- (Texas)
Hornets/Pelicans
OKC
Rockets
Mavericks
Spurs

I like yours better.

[Tony]

Here's the best one. Hands down.

Portland moves to Pacific
Phoenix moves to Southwest
Milwaukee moves to Northwest
Memphis moves to Southeast
Washington moves to Atlantic
Toronto moves to Central

Pacific
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trail Blazers
Seattle SuperSonics

Southwest
Dallas Mavericls
Houston Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans
Phoenix Suns
San Antonio Spurs

Northwest
Denver Nuggets
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
Oklahoma City Thunder
Utah Jazz


Southeast
Atlanta Hawks
Charlotte Bobcats
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Orlando Magic

Atlantic
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards

Central
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Toronto Raptors

[mellow]

Here's the best one. Hands down.

Northwest
Denver Nuggets
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
Oklahoma City Thunder
Utah Jazz

I do like it but I don't think it could happen unless (or until) Senator Kohl sells his team like it was rumoured earlier this week.

[Duck Rodgers]

Casino owners having cash flow problems? That's always strange. I know they are probably involved in about a million other things too, which I'm now curious enough that I'm going to go look up. Remember when they were sort of thought of as being in the same league as a Mark Cuban type "hip" owner but a family of them though? Man, that faded fast. They have basically been non-players outside of all the rumored franchise moves.

[Weezur]

Weezur, you're on top of things. I just barely saw Adrian Wojnarowski's tweet about this now. I hadn't heard anything previously.

Pshhhh who do you think Adrian got his info from?
That's right.....Jazzfanz.

Coincidentally enough, Adrian's not high on Al Jefferson and Foye.

[Stoked]

Here's the best one. Hands down.

Portland moves to Pacific
Phoenix moves to Southwest
Milwaukee moves to Northwest
Memphis moves to Southeast
Washington moves to Atlantic
Toronto moves to Central

Pacific
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trail Blazers
Seattle SuperSonics

Southwest
Dallas Mavericls
Houston Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans
Phoenix Suns
San Antonio Spurs

Northwest
Denver Nuggets
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
Oklahoma City Thunder
Utah Jazz


Southeast
Atlanta Hawks
Charlotte Bobcats
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Orlando Magic

Atlantic
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards

Central
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Toronto Raptors

This is a pretty good one but calling a division with Utah, Denver, Milwuakee, Minnesota and Oklahoma the "Northwest Divsion" is kind of silly. Perhaps the "Midwest Division".

[Matthew Thomas Castleton]

If I were the NBA, I would scrap the 6 division format (which nobody follows anyway) and go back to the 4 division format (Pacific, Midwest, Central, Atlantic). I could care less if the Jazz win the Northwest Division. All I care about is if they make the playoffs. The Top 2 teams from each division make it automatically to the playoffs, while the final 4 playoff berths in each conference go to the 4 best overall records in each conference. Here is my alignment:

Western Conference

Pacific Division (8 teams, who all come from the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones (Pac-12 Country))
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trailblazers
Seattle Supersonics
Utah Jazz

Midwest Division (7 current Central Time Zone Western Conference Teams)
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
Memphis Grizzlies
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
Oklahoma City Thunder
San Antonio Spurs

Eastern Conference

Central Division
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks
Toronto Raptors

Atlantic Division
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Miami Heat
New York Knicks
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards

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[Gyp Rosetti]

Casino owners having cash flow problems? That's always strange. I know they are probably involved in about a million other things too, which I'm now curious enough that I'm going to go look up. Remember when they were sort of thought of as being in the same league as a Mark Cuban type "hip" owner but a family of them though? Man, that faded fast. They have basically been non-players outside of all the rumored franchise moves.

Wiki them. I thought the same thing so I wiki'ed them a year or so ago. They pretty much inherited a ton and have always ****ed up/lost a ton of what they've had. Terrible businessmen from what I recall.

[Tony]

The Top 2 teams from each division make it automatically to the playoffs, while the final 4 playoff berths in each conference go to the 4 best overall records in each conference.

That would be bs. If they did that, eventually one division might do terrible, only having one team in the top eight...

1. Oklahoma City Thunder
2. Los Angeles Clippers
3. Denver Nuggets
4. Portland Trailblazers
5. Golden State Warriors
6. Los Angeles Lakers
7. Seattle Supersonics
8. Utah Jazz
9. San Antonio Spurs

What would happen in this scenario since it would be the top two teams in each division, San Antonio would automatically be put in the top four and Utah would be pushed out of the playoffs. I assume that would be a pretty large controversy. Also, quite often a team or teams would be pushed out of the top four and have their home court advantage taken away. It should always be the top eight teams from each conference.

What they really ought to do is just remove divisions completely. They're pointless...

[Matthew Thomas Castleton]

All finishing in the top two of your division would do is guarantee you a playoff spot, not a top four seed. Seeding would be determined by record.
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[Tony]

I see. But still... It seems pretty useless having two divisions with an uneven number of teams. I could see it if they were to add two expansion teams but god knows that's not what the NBA needs right now. The way the playoff system is right now is just fine. If they were to do anything, aside from a realignment, removing divisions completely would seem the most likely. Then again, that's just fixing something that's not broken.

[fgcamel]

can't they just have two conferences and ditch the division bs? or am i missing something?

[Jazzed Up]

This is a complicated move for both Seattle and Sacramento, who gets rights to the Kings history? Seattle won't want it, they will want their super sonics history back which I'm sure OKC will be more than happy to give back, Oklahoma wants nothing more than to get out of being the sonics shadow, this is their chance to completely break away and finally be their own franchise with no attachments to anything but Oklahoma. But then sacramento's history risks not being acknowledged and essentially dead until they get another team which could be years away... I feel bad for sacramento, it's vs and I couldn't imagine how upset I would be if something like this ever happened to the Jazz...

[Stoked]

I see. But still... It seems pretty useless having two divisions with an uneven number of teams. I could see it if they were to add two expansion teams but god knows that's not what the NBA needs right now. The way the playoff system is right now is just fine. If they were to do anything, aside from a realignment, removing divisions completely would seem the most likely. Then again, that's just fixing something that's not broken.

Perfect opportunity to create two extra teams for Vegas and St. Louis.