So if it really is just 22 teams, that means 4 teams from each conference don't go.
So are they really going to exclude 27-36 San Antonio but let 28-36 New Orleans and Sacramento participate. It is only moderately cleaner in the East where 21-45 New York is excluded but 22-43 Chicago, 23-42 Charlotte, and 24-40 Washington are included. Or are they going to eliminate the conferences entirely and put San Antonio and Phoenix in and keep Chicago and Charlotte out? It just doesn't make sense unless every team finishes out the regular season (it can be 70 or 72 games). I mean there are just way too many problems with having only partial teams participate in a concluding regular season. Now if they are just going to start with the playoffs and let only the playoff teams finish the regular season, that would make more sense.