The NBA's conferences are ridiculous. The Rockets have an outside shot of making the playoffs this year, while if they were in the East, they'd have an outside shot of the #1 seed. Has the NBA talked about realignment at all to shift some talent back to the East? How about moving the Rockets, Mavs, and Spurs to the East and the Bulls, Pistons, and Cavs to the West? Any better ideas? ------------------
It's odd how ridiculously unbalanced it is, but it will take care of itself eventually, there won't be any need for realignment. ------------------
You dont just re-align b/c one conference is too strong. If that was the case, teams would be switching every few years. Strength of conference comes and goes in cycles. The East used to be the stronger conference after the Lakers run was over in the 80s. Then after the Bulls run finished, the balance of power shifted back to the West. The two yrs the Rockets won it, the conferences were roughly equal. For now, the West is incredibly stacked, but in the next few yrs, the balance of power could easily shift back to the East as the Spurs, Jazz, Blazers and Sonics age. ------------------ Check out the Best Source for Draft Info Draftsource.net
How about putting the Rockets,76ers,Bulls,Mavs,Nuggets,Hornets, Hawks all in one division? Notice how I put alot of cupckaes in our division
I don't see it switching back though. Free agents are consistently heading west and it doesn't figure to change. I don't see why anyway. Obviously it won't stay this unbalanced but I can't see it evening it out anytime in the near future. ------------------
what is a cupckae? is that some sort of bird? ------------------ "Man, it's cool. I'm going to be president. That's Wicked." -George W. Bush, SNL
SOLVING PROBLEMS W/ NBA REALIGNMENT & PLAYOFF STRENGTH IMBALANCE Realignment is necessary because teams like Minnesota and Portland are too out of place. Realignment using 5 odd numbered divisions w/ 6 teams each makes a whole lot of geographical sense (ALL TEAMS FIT VERY NICELY!), and having 5 divisions (not 4 or 6) actually SOLVES the playoff strength imbalance problem using FLEXIBILITY to balance EAST/WEST strengths (weakest seeds) come playoff time: W E S T E R N C O N F E R E N C E PACIFIC DIVISION - Portland, Sacramento, Golden State, LA Lakers, LA Clippers, Utah SOUTHWEST DIVISION - Denver, Phoenix, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City M I D C O N F E R E N C E CENTRAL DIVISION - Minnesota(SP), Milwaukee(SP), Chicago(SP), Indiana(SP), Cleveland(E), Detroit(E) E A S T E R N C O N F E R E N C E ATLANTIC DIVISION - Toronto(E), Boston(E), New York(E), Brooklyn(E), Philadelphia(E), Washington(E) SOUTHEAST DIVISION - Charlotte(E), Atlanta(E), Memphis(SP), New Orleans(SP), Orlando(E), Miami(E) S C H E D U L E (12 West teams play mostly West teams, 12 East teams marked w/ (E) play mostly East teams(E), 6 Split teams marked w/ (SP) play balanced schedule of West and East teams(E)): - 12 West Conference teams only: 25 games own division (5 games each), 18 games sister division (3 games each), 15 games w/ 6 Split teams marked (SP) from Central division and Southeast division (avg. 2.5 games each), 24 games w/ 12 East teams marked (E) (2 games each) - 6 East Conference teams only in Atlantic division: 25 games own division (5 games each), 18 games w/ 6 other East teams marked (E) outside division (3 games each), 15 games w/ 6 Split teams marked (SP) from Central division and Southeast division (avg. 2.5 games each), 24 games w/ 12 West teams (2 games each) - 4 East Conference teams only in Southeast division marked (E): 24 games own division (avg. 4.8 games each), 24 games w/ 8 other East teams marked (E) outside division (3 games each), 10 games w/ 4 Split teams marked (SP) only from Central division (avg. 2.5 games each), 24 games w/ 12 West teams (2 games each) - 2 Split teams only in Southeast division marked (SP): 24 games own division (avg. 4.8 games each), 20 games w/ 8 other East teams marked (E) outside division (avg. 2.5 games each), 8 games w/ 4 Split teams marked (SP) only from Central division (2 games each), 30 games w/ 12 West teams (avg. 2.5 games each) - 4 Split teams only in Central division marked (SP): 23 games own division (avg. 4.6 games each), 25 games w/ 10 other East teams marked (E) outside division (avg. 2.5 games each), 4 games w/ 2 Split teams marked (SP) only from Southeast division (2 games each), 30 games w/ 12 West teams (avg. 2.5 games each) - 2 East Conference teams only in Central division marked (E): 23 games own division (avg. 4.6 games each), 30 games w/ 10 other East teams marked (E) outside division (3 games each), 5 games w/ 2 Split teams marked (SP) only from Southeast division (avg. 2.5 games each), 24 games w/ 12 West teams (2 games each) P L A Y O F F S: 16-team format EAST bracket vs WEST bracket. Top team (division winner) from each division automatically qualifies (5 teams), then best of rest wild card teams from anywhere in the League qualify (best remaining 11 teams). Use the 6 Split teams marked w/ (SP) for EAST and/or WEST bracket(s) as appropriate “go-between” teams to help evenly divide brackets so that lowest #8 seeds from each EAST/WEST bracket are as balanced as possible, avoiding undesirable imbalance of one bracket having a weak seed team(s) w/ losing record(s) while the other bracket has much stronger weak seed record(s) – causing other team(s) w/ decent record(s) to miss playoffs unfairly. THIS 5 DIVISION SYSTEM WORKS! I CHECKED THE PAST 10 YEARS AND FOUND NO UNFAIR PLAYOFF LOW #8 SEED FORMAT USING THIS 5 DIVISIONAL SYSTEM.
