East vs. West Parity
Here's my question: how long will it take before something drastic happens to bring parity between the Eastern and Western conferences? The East keeps getting weaker and the West keeps getting stronger. The Western Conference Finals are already referred to as the "true" finals.
The only real contenders in the East really are Boston and Detroit, and only Boston will likely still be a great team in a couple years. New Orleans, Portland, the Lakers and Utah are all young, talented teams that will add to the West's dominance both talent-wise and in the standings within the next few years.
I'm glad that the Kidd trade got shut down, even if only for the time being. But when the #10 team in the West would be the #3 team in the East, something needs to happen.
0 recs |
14 comments
Comments
Parity?
by Hawk42 on Feb 14, 2008 6:46 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Straight up seeding
You leave the conferences in place but playoff seedings are league wide 1 to 16.
by Phoenix Stan on Feb 14, 2008 8:09 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
or go Euro
That certainly keeps things interesting over there and makes the lower division much more important.
by Phoenix Stan on Feb 14, 2008 8:10 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Go Euro
I also like the idea of a rotational, where the 2 worst teams would drop down to the lower league and the two best from the NBDL would come up. But as it stands now, the NBDL teams would have no chance without equally talented players, and NBA owners would never allow this because of the likely drop in revenue.
Reality aside though, it's a brilliant idea.
by Genesius on Feb 14, 2008 9:08 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Isiah back in minor league (where he belongs)
by Hawk42 on Feb 14, 2008 10:15 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Amen to that
...of course my rage has a lot to do with the fact that what should have been a fairly nice lottery pick is going to end up around #18 or so because a crappy team that wouldn't even be within a country mile of the playoffs in the West gets a free pass in the East thanks to seven other crappy teams all competing to see who can dive deepest into the tank.
by TexSUN on Feb 14, 2008 8:47 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
by Hawk42 on Feb 14, 2008 10:19 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point
But this whole thing wouldn't even be an issue if the lottery were based on the 14 worst teams in the league instead of the ones that missed the playoffs. I kind of understand the thinking, but it's also set up in a way that makes it easier for the West to keep getting stronger and stronger because teams that would have been playoff teams in the East become lottery teams in the West and vice-versa.
by TexSUN on Feb 14, 2008 10:32 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
It doesn't matter
by AZSEAfan on Feb 14, 2008 11:55 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
If we went by that...
- Boston 41-9
- Detroit 39-13
- New Orleans 36-15
- Phoenix 36-16
- Dallas 35-17
- LA Lakers 35-17
- San Antonio 34-17
- Utah 34-19
- Golden State 32-20
- Houston 32-20
- Denver 32-20
- Orlando 33-21
- Cleveland 29-23
- Toronto 28-23
- Portland 28-24
- Washington 25-27
Boston-Washington
Detroit-Portland
New Orleans-toronto
Phoenix-Cleveland
Dallas-Orlando
Lakers-denver
San Antonio-Houston
Utah-Golden State
by Hawk42 on Feb 14, 2008 10:13 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Just for Fun
Boston over Washington
Detroit over Portland
New Orleans over Toronto
Phoenix over Cleveland
Orlando over Dallas
Lakers over Denver
San Antonio over Houston
Golden State over Utah
2nd Round
(I think this is how it would match up, let me know if I'm mistaken)
Boston over Golden State
San Antonio over Detroit
Lakers over New Orleans
Phoenix over Orlando
3rd Round
Phoenix over Boston
Lakers over San Antonio
Finals
Phoenix over Lakers in 6
by Genesius on Feb 14, 2008 10:38 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
the third round
nice writeup :-)
by jasonsuns1 on Feb 14, 2008 11:33 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Playoffs 1-16 seeding, NCAA style
1 BOS _ BOS
16 WSH _ BOS
3 NO _ NO
14 TOR _ BOS
5 DAL__
12 ORL ORL
__SA
7 SA __ SA
10 HOU
_____PHX
9 GS __ GS
8 UTH
__ LAL
11 DEN__
6 LAL LAL
____PHX
13 CLE_
4 PHX PHX
_ PHX
15 POR___
2 DET DET
by Hawk42 on Feb 14, 2008 12:14 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Totally Awesome!
by Phoenix Stan on Feb 14, 2008 12:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

by 















