They get to sit out the Wildcard Round, which is shorter. Maybe that should be 2 of 3 vs 3 of 5. It's no difference than top two NFL teams sitting out first games.
I just think the whole concept is outdated. It's not just the late games. East vs West is stupid, especially when many teams aren't East or West. I also think more of an NCAA basketball type playoffs would be a lot more fun. Let the best teams move on, regardless of where they are from.
They are more west than Houston, or any of the other teams I put in Central. Check a map. Oh, and look at that map before you decide to take I-10 east to San Antonio from Houston. Dallas is barely more west than us, but I was trying to fit 10 teams in that Western Conference, and Dallas hit the bubble between Central and West compared to other teams. Anyway, expansion teams in Seattle or Vegas would solve that and move Dallas and San Antonio to the Central Conference. All that being said, you think Houston should be in the Western Conference when we are much closer to the Atlantic Ocean than the Pacific? How does that make more sense?
We would still play West Coast teams regardless. Also, DVRs solve missing the first hour for guys like you when games start earlier. You catch up in no time with all the damn commercial breaks.
OKC is just north of Dallas. In no way would either be considered “west” while Dallas and Houston are considered central. It’s a stupid idea
It wouldn't matter anyway if they added another team more west like Vancouver, Seattle, or Vegas. That would move OKC to the Central Conference. Anyway, believe it or not, if you had to divide 20 teams between West and Central, then OKC is more west than Dallas and Houston. They are on the bubble. Check a map. Regardless, as it is now how do you justify Houston being in a Western Conference? We are much closer to the East coast. To me, that's even more stupid. Way more stupid!
You keep saying check a map. No one needs to, it’s a dumb idea to have one Texas team and a team almost directly north of Dallas to be in the west while we’re in the central. Same with having Indiana in the south. It wouldn’t work.
It's not rocket science when you divide 30 teams from west to east. You put the teams closest to each location in the conference, regardless if it's a 20 mile difference. Like I said, if they add Seattle or Vegas, or other international teams in the mix then you just put them where they fit closest to. My team idea was based on location, and whether you believe it or not, OKC is west of Dallas. Barely, but that's the breaks. Tell me, how you justify Houston being a Western Conference team when we are much closer to the East coast than West Coast? Still waiting for that answer. What is your beef from adding a Central Conference, or making the playoffs more of a best of the best like the NCAA?
I’m not justifying anything. I’m saying it’s dumb to have the same region/state in two separate conferences. It’s just not a smart idea
You do realize Texas is so damn big you are halfway to Cali and over 500 miles getting across Texas from Houston, but seem to think it's fine and dandy having Houston as a Western Conference team, and it's more important to put all Texas teams in the same Conference. SMH
You keep ignoring my biggest question. You do realize Houston is closest to the East coast don't you? You do realize San Antonio is west of us don't you?
Anyone with a 5th grade education knows this. You aren’t saying anything profound. But the Texas teams are closer than any other city. You understand that right? It’s a dumb idea, period. You don’t split up the Texas teams. Specially when literally none of them are considered west Texas
You are entitled to your opinion. That doesn't mean mine is dumb, just because you like your idea better that you feel a need to say that mine is 5th grade education level thinking, just because it's not how you want it.
Don’t get sensitive and misread what I said. You kept saying read a map, anyone with a 5th grade education knows where the cities in Texas are. There’s a reason you can’t split the teams up evenly. Geographically it doesn’t work for some teams
I know that. My whole idea was to get it closer geographically than it is currently, and make the playoffs more of a best teams move on format, like the NCAA, instead of best of each conference move on to the Finals. You not liking it is fine, just like I don't like how it is now.
Unless the NBA expands for 6 more teams, the format you presented will have unbalanced divisions with an expansion. If the NBA becomes 32 teams (2 more), then it can be divided to four 4-team divisions per conference similar to the NFL.
It's a neat idea, I think there's too many obvious objections though with realigning and adding a 3rd conference. I'd be more in favour of scrapping conferences entirely and just putting the top 16 teams by record regardless of location through to the playoffs.
