NBA Seedings Are Unfair

[Forza Juventus]

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2016/04/14/how-the-celtics-got-a-raw-deal-due-to-inconsistent-nba-seeding-rules

[SparzWizard]

An example of why NBA is losing its interests.

And should've won either Saturday or Monday games.

[PhoSita]

I'm 100% in favor of scrapping conferences and divisions and seeding 1-16 based on regular season record.

As for tie breakers, why not just use point differential?

Here's how the playoffs would look if that were the case:


Bracket 1

GSW (1) vs CHI (16)

TOR (4) vs DET (13)

BOS ( 8 ) vs CHA (9)

OKC (5) vs POR (12)


Bracket 2

SAS (2) vs MEM (15)

CLE (3) vs DAL (14)

LAC (6) vs IND (11)

ATL (7) vs MIA (10)


Mostly I just want to see the Finals be Warriors versus Spurs.  Easily the two best teams in the league this year.

In real life, I suspect the Finals will be hard-fought, perhaps, but not especially competitive in the end, unless there are injuries in the West.

[Moranis]

I'm 100% in favor of scrapping conferences and divisions and seeding 1-16 based on regular season record.

As for tie breakers, why not just use point differential?

Here's how the playoffs would look if that were the case:


Bracket 1

GSW (1) vs CHI (16)

TOR (4) vs DET (13)

BOS ( 8 ) vs CHA (9)

OKC (5) vs POR (12)


Bracket 2

SAS (2) vs MEM (15)

CLE (3) vs DAL (14)

LAC (6) vs IND (11)

ATL (7) vs MIA (10)


Mostly I just want to see the Finals be Warriors versus Spurs.  Easily the two best teams in the league this year.

In real life, I suspect the Finals will be hard-fought, perhaps, but not especially competitive in the end, unless there are injuries in the West.

Not a fan of this at all. 

[PhoSita]

I'm 100% in favor of scrapping conferences and divisions and seeding 1-16 based on regular season record.

As for tie breakers, why not just use point differential?

Here's how the playoffs would look if that were the case:


Bracket 1

GSW (1) vs CHI (16)

TOR (4) vs DET (13)

BOS ( 8 ) vs CHA (9)

OKC (5) vs POR (12)


Bracket 2

SAS (2) vs MEM (15)

CLE (3) vs DAL (14)

LAC (6) vs IND (11)

ATL (7) vs MIA (10)


Mostly I just want to see the Finals be Warriors versus Spurs.  Easily the two best teams in the league this year.

In real life, I suspect the Finals will be hard-fought, perhaps, but not especially competitive in the end, unless there are injuries in the West.

Not a fan of this at all.

 


I can understand how people who have been watching the game longer than I have would dislike the idea of upending history, so you have all of these East/West matchups prior to the Finals.

Personally, I find it refreshing and interesting.  I like the idea of Cleveland actually getting a challenge prior to the Finals, for example, given that they're just the 3rd best team in the league, maybe.