A playoff qualifying round for any team that finishes within a few games of each other of the 7th or 8th seed within the standings to find out which 2 teams deserve the last 2 playoff slots would be fun to see. Say on one year, seeds 7 to 12 finish between 39 and 43 wins in an 82 game season. Have them play a round robin mini tournament of each other once each. 2 teams with best record in it make the playoffs and they could play an additional tie breaker game if necessary. This would give fans more too talk about, media more to talk about, more TV revenue, ticket revenue for NBA/ownership, it would reduce tanking for lotto picks, it would reduce coasting from seeds 4 through 12 or 13 in some years, etc. Teams would only qualify if within a few games of the 8th seed so it would not be completely unfair for a team that earned say 10 wins more than another in regular season but somehow loses the qualifying playoff round.