14th Tank Platoon
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In the Western Conf., a team needs 50 wins to make the playoffs.
In the Eastern Conf., a team needs 35 wins to make the playoffs.
Hmm. Whacky.
In the Eastern Conf., a team needs 35 wins to make the playoffs.
Hmm. Whacky.
DutchJazzer
Banned
nba should get some concords to reduce travel time. so we can do away with those crappy conferences
Coach Ellis
Well-Known Member
Just take the top 16 teams league-wide and quit worrying about conferences anymore. Seed them like a standard tournament - 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs. 14, etc. After each round, re-seed them with the highest seeded team drawing the lowest seeded team until you're down to just two teams left. It would make regular season success more important as a few games either way can greatly effect your playoff seeding. If the season ended today, 10 western teams and 6 Easter teams would make the playoffs. Can't say that there aren't a couple of western teams missing the playoffs that are more deserving of making the playoffs than some of the lower seeded Eastern teams.
NBA Playoffs (right now) based on this:
#1 Spurs v. #16 Wizards
#2 Thunder v. #15 Bobcats
#3 Clippers v. #14 Nets
#4 Pacers v. #13 Grizzlies
#5 Heat v. #12 Bulls
#6 Rockets v. #11 Raptors
#7 Blazers v. #10 Suns
#8 Warriors v. #9 Mavs
All above .500. This would have Memphis replacing Atlanta, that's it. Atlanta has a winning % of 45% and Memphis one of 59%. Only non 50%+ team that wouldn't make it is Minny and they are 50% even.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
I believe it is before. Ties have to be broken in order to assign uneven combinations, as needed. Then as numbers are drawn, the teams have to be slotted. So the tiebreaker has to be in place before that happens.
Doublea
Well-Known Member
I think I see it now. Technically we were all right. The Jazz would be tied for 4th with the lakers, but the ping pong balls that are split between the two teams would be at 5 and 6. Celtics and Magic would split them at 3 and 4. If the ping pong balls don't divide equally then there is a coin toss to see what team gets the left overs. that same toss is used if neither team moves up in the draft.
UGLI baby
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Lets count the teams that would be ahead of the Jazz & Lakers!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AoxCkySv34
UGLI baby
Well-Known Member
You're killing me bro. I'm srsly dying.
We would not be tied for 4th under your scenario. We would be tied for 5th. This isn't a NBA lottery ping pong balls thing, this is just a rule of life/numbers thing.
If you're scenario played out, it would look like this...
1) Bucks
2) Sixers
3) Magic
3) Celtics
5) Jazz
5) Lakers
This is a factual matter. I appreciate the lolz.
UGLI baby
Well-Known Member
Doublea homework assignment:
https://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=1320
^See how there are 4 players tied for 7th, so the next players after that are in 12th place and not 8th? Same thing as in this NBA scenario.
https://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=1320
^See how there are 4 players tied for 7th, so the next players after that are in 12th place and not 8th? Same thing as in this NBA scenario.
Doublea
Well-Known Member
You're welcome, I haven't taken stats yet or watched any other sports where there are ties tbh. Though I could still see my way working out somewhere.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Tied for 5th. You skip positions if there are other teams tied. Orlando/Boston tied for 3rd/4th, so incorrect to say Utah/LA tied for 4th, They are in fact tied for 5th/6th with 151 chanced to divide between them. So coin flip determines who gets the extra chance plus the higher slot if a top-3 spot is won.
BTW, last year the tiebreakers were determined on April 19th for both lottery and playoff teams. There were 5 ties to break. And, of course, the order is reversed in the second round - i.e loser of the coin flip gets the higher selection in the 2nd round (small consolation).