There has been a lot of arguments for changing the format of the Playoffs, because frankly the Western Conference is way to crazy, and the East is anything but good after the 4th seed in the East. There have been idea’s thrown around like making it the best 16 teams record wise, or moving some teams from the West to the East.
According to Howard Beck at Bleacher Report, Adam Silver is looking at all options:
Owners will be presented a “range of options,” commissioner Adam Silver told Bleacher Report. But the discussion is only in its “early stages,” Silver noted, and no action is expected for a while.
“There are no quick fixes,” Silver said. “Frankly, if there were quick fixes, we would have already made them.”
Proposals to seed teams one through 16, without respect to conference, raise concerns over travel, rest and scheduling, issues the league is now grappling with.
Yet it’s hard to dismiss the cringe-worthy sight of losing teams making the playoffs in one conference, while a stronger team in a superior conference is shut out—and even more so when that happens eight years in a row.
“I don’t want to overreact to any particular set of circumstances,” Silver said, urging caution.
I don’t believe in changing the Playoff format, because I believe the Eastern conference is about to get real good. Young teams like the WIzards, Bucks, 76ers, Knicks, Nets, and Celtics are bound to get some more salary cap in order to attract a free agent with the new TV deal on it’s way. Not saying balance will occur anytime soon, but it’s upon us.
