Hey, look at Steve Kerr column, I believe that he implied that East and West should be mix in playoff, want it
Question:Look at his column
Every team is flawed in some way, and none is overwhelming in any sense. Still, unless David Stern decides to revamp the playoff system and let two Western Conference teams play for the NBA title, someone from the East has to show up for the finals.
Oh, for crying out loud, its time to revamp the playoff system who agree with me.
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No.playoff systems are fine...NBA commissioner should stop changing everything cause it will just end up the way it was before (the ball)Its true that the Western conference has stronger teams and of course stronger players...But in the last 3 years who has won the nba title.Pistons, Spurs, Heat...the Eastern Conf has won it 2/3 times...So the Eastern Conference isnt doing that badly.
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Then it means that there's only a few east teams that can qualify for playoff or maybe worse, none at all.Who better Jamal Crawford Or Nate Robinson?
okIn theory I would love to see the division winners make the playoffs automatically and then the best wild cards make it regardless of conference. Even if that means 11 or 12 teams from the west would make it.
In practice, it will be hard to make that happen. The reason is television. TV pays the freight, so ratings are important. More large tv markets are in the east. If east teams aren't represented it could hurt ratings.
But more important, suppose we have a year where get down to the final 4 and they are all in the west. I mean far west, like Lakers, Suns, Clippers, and Warriors. ABC and TNT would hate this. When could they show the games? If the games are at 8 ET it's too early for the fans of these teams to see it. If they show at say 10 ET it's too late for most of the rest of the country. Again ratings suffers
So I think they will continue to have an equal mix of east and west teams in the playoffs. But I do wish you could just take the best teams regardless of conference.
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