NBA Postseason Change Ideas

[colton]

OK, here's the genius idea that occurred to me today: have draft order set by the average of your past two years instead of just by the current year's record.

Think about it. It makes tanking a particular end of season game only half as effective. It eliminates the effectiveness of a single year tank. It makes it so that tanking to get the very top pick is much harder and more painful, especially when combined with expanding lottery to top 4 and not just top 3 and evening odds a little like is already planned. And best of all it does no other harm. In fact it probably helps what the draft is all about, in that it reduces the "noise" in teams' year to year records to really assist those that are consistently struggling over those that are more consistently good.

Please spread the word.

 

[yamers]

The playoff format is fine. I really dont understand the push to change it.

If anything, there should be a reshaping of divisions/conferences. I really like Locke's idea on this.

and whats lockes idea? link?

 

[Coach Ellis]

I like the idea of the top 16 overall teams making the playoffs. You play each team at least twice every year. (58 games) - Then every team in your conference a 3rd time (58 + 14 = 72 games) - and then you finish with playing 10 teams in the opposite conference (72 + 10 = 82 games). That’s a good way to smooth out the schedule and make it more fair for the 16 teams in the playoffs because the strength of schedule from team to team is far more even.

 

[8]

I am in favor of the format in which the Jazz win a freaking NBA title!