Effective immediately: NBA Playoffs will be seeded 1-8 according to record.

[FloorGeneral]

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/6/...will-now-be-seeded-1-8-regardless-of-division

The NBA is changing its playoff format once again, but it's not the wholesale change some fans were hoping for. The NBA is reverting back to the old way of seeding teams 1-8 in each conference regardless of the division winners. Under the previous format, a division winner was guaranteed a top four seed in each conference.

A new spotlight was put on the issue when the Los Angeles Clippers met the San Antonio Spurs in a thrilling first round series this postseason. The Spurs would have played the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round if the seeds were determined by wins and losses, but they were instead stuck playing Los Angeles because the Portland Trail Blazers were granted the No. 4 seed as a division winner. The Blazers won 51 games while Memphis and San Antonio each won 55.

Commissioner Adam Silver had addressed this as a potential change during the postseason. It will go into effect immediately.

 

[Brozay]

It's really not a big story, getting rid of conference seeding would be

 

[KnickstapeCity]

 

[Goat poster]

Always should have been this way.

 

[Alcantara]

Why even have divisions, just face each team twice one at home and one away. I know it would be less games, but at least it would be fair.

 

[Goat poster]

It's really not a big story, getting rid of conference seeding would be

Division winning has always had a big effect on seeding.

Look at how it effected the spurs this season.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

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[Zach Lowe]

ok dis hard

 

[Adam]

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/6/...will-now-be-seeded-1-8-regardless-of-division

Gentlemen,

It was my intent to run this by you all for final input, but time was of the essence and I had to move quickly.

I hope you enjoy next year's new playoff format, as well as tonight's NBA Draft.

Thank you,
Adam Silver

 

[Swiggy]

Step in the right direction.

Thank You, New Jew

 

[Silkk]

Good

 

[Jplaya2023]

3 months to late

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Originalman]

Man these leagues are so reactionary to what the media bytches about. The seeding that we just had was started because the Mavs and suns met in the second round and they were division winners. Then the media started bytching saying that because they were division winners they should have never met.

The league rushed to change the seeding rules then with division winners.

In the end I believe that the seeding in each conference doesn't matter because the team with the better record will always get home court. This shyt isn't like the crazy NFL where a team can be 12-4 and have to play a 7-9 team on the road in a wildcard game cause the 7-9 team won their division.

 

[Originalman]

Step in the right direction.

Thank You, New Jew