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I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain.
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain. |
That makes the regular season a farce. Can’t have that with all the $ involved. Why play the regular season?
The teams that complain should have worked harder to be in the top 8. Maybe top 20 can play, but certainly not all 30.
9 vs. 10. Winner plays 8. Then the standard playoff maybe with shortened series.
Top 20 is more than fair. It would be setting a bad precedent to reward the bottom 10 teams.
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| kwase wrote: | | https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rumor-nba-considering-resuming-2020-223002419.html |
Makes sense. Few regular season games and then best of 3 playoff series is solid. Maybe best of 5 for the finals. |
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| LakerSD wrote: | | Whatever they decide, the qualifying teams will all have an even level playing field. Rules and environment is the same. The only exception is a team like the Blazers might be more dangerous with injured guys coming back but they also need live game ramp up so that might not be a significant advantage. |
This. As long as everyone is under the same conditions.... |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. |
You'd have to give the top 2 teams a first round bye, the NBA only has 30 teams. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| kwase wrote: | | https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rumor-nba-considering-resuming-2020-223002419.html |
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One league official was quoted by Berman as saying “Nothing is off the table.” Another told Berman “They’re very determined to have a champion.” |
Glad to hear that. There may be no good solutions but I REALLY hate having no champion after the season has gone on for this long. |
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| Quote: | | The Chinese Government issued a new order today restricting resumption of team sports, a heavy blow for pro basketball to return there soon as was planned. China's attempt to restart sports are being watched closely by leagues across the world. Huge issue is asymptomatic carriers |
https://twitter.com/windhorstespn/status/1244980692334907392?s=21
The Chinese are lying about their numbers so not surprised. Imo the NBA has a better shot of resuming if we keep trending towards having this more under control. |
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venturalakersfan
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| LakerSD wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain. |
That makes the regular season a farce. Can’t have that with all the $ involved. Why play the regular season?
The teams that complain should have worked harder to be in the top 8. Maybe top 20 can play, but certainly not all 30.
9 vs. 10. Winner plays 8. Then the standard playoff maybe with shortened series.
Top 20 is more than fair. It would be setting a bad precedent to reward the bottom 10 teams. |
At this point there is no regular season, it ended a month ago. No one is being rewarded, everyone is given a fair chance in a media-driven NBA money grab. That is what a playoffs would be about at this point.
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | LakerSD wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain. |
That makes the regular season a farce. Can’t have that with all the $ involved. Why play the regular season?
The teams that complain should have worked harder to be in the top 8. Maybe top 20 can play, but certainly not all 30.
9 vs. 10. Winner plays 8. Then the standard playoff maybe with shortened series.
Top 20 is more than fair. It would be setting a bad precedent to reward the bottom 10 teams. |
At this point there is no regular season, it ended a month ago. No one is being rewarded, everyone is given a fair chance in a media-driven NBA money grab. That is what a playoffs would be about at this point. |
No one would watch the regular season in the future. The league and owners aren’t going to risk all the revenue from the regular season just to be “fair” to the bad teams of the league.
They get revenue sharing, so they will keep their mouth shut and fall in line.
Allowing every team to play in the playoffs is business suicide for the future. |
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| LakerSD wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | LakerSD wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain. |
That makes the regular season a farce. Can’t have that with all the $ involved. Why play the regular season?
The teams that complain should have worked harder to be in the top 8. Maybe top 20 can play, but certainly not all 30.
9 vs. 10. Winner plays 8. Then the standard playoff maybe with shortened series.
Top 20 is more than fair. It would be setting a bad precedent to reward the bottom 10 teams. |
At this point there is no regular season, it ended a month ago. No one is being rewarded, everyone is given a fair chance in a media-driven NBA money grab. That is what a playoffs would be about at this point. |
No one would watch the regular season in the future. The league and owners aren’t going to risk all the revenue from the regular season just to be “fair” to the bad teams of the league.
They get revenue sharing, so they will keep their mouth shut and fall in line.
Allowing every team to play in the playoffs is business suicide for the future. |
I guess if you think that every future season will be interrupted. I don’t feel that way. The NBA appears to be concerned with finding a way to end this season with additional revenue, it is highly unlikely that if they do, the playoffs will be business as usual. Any playoffs will be unusual.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Season is over (personal opinion) |
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| george w kush wrote: | I can't really picture a scenario where they just 'pick up where they left off' or even going straight to the playoffs. Not to mention it would be a nightmare for television networks and arenas to reschedule all of their programming/events just for the NBA.
This virus isn't going anywhere anytime soon and will continue to spread. No vaccine available, not even a date of when it might come. Trump cutting off all travel from Europe.
I predict they will just end the season and start a new season in October. Hopefully by then a vaccine is out that everyone has access to. |
When I first saw the this topic you created, I thought you were crazy for projecting season over. You forecast ahead of many the reality. |
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| Before someone else posts it, there are April fool's day jokes going around social media about the NBA season being cancelled completely. |
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Wimbledon was just cancelled for the first time since World War II.
This isn't looking good, but I would love to see it restart somehow, someway when the time is right.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain. |
So the Warriors have a 15-50 record and you think they are a playoff team?
An early April Fools joke? |
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| Steve007 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain. |
So the Warriors have a 15-50 record and you think they are a playoff team?
An early April Fools joke? |
And if Klay should return, it'd take one hot shooting night from the Splash Bros. to knock the #3 overall seed and defending champ out of the playoffs.
Luckily that seed would be Toronto, and not Milwaukee. But the playoff shares of some higher seeded teams would be in undue jeopardy under this idea. |
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| LakerLanny wrote: | Wimbledon was just cancelled for the first time since World War II.
This isn't looking good, but I would love to see it restart somehow, someway when the time is right. |
Wimbledon cancelled. Dates were gonna be June 29th - July 12th.
TNT's All Elite Wrestling Championship will proceed in Vegas May 23rd. Tickets are available.
 you can't make this stuff up.
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| Laker_Dynasty_01 wrote: | | Steve007 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | I still like the idea of all 32 teams making it with the first two games being one game playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. One game decides who plays in the second round, reseed then another one game. You would be down to 4 teams per Conference, reseed and have a 3 game series. Conference finals and the Finals would be best of 7. That is the only way that every team has a chance and no one could complain. |
So the Warriors have a 15-50 record and you think they are a playoff team?
An early April Fools joke? |
And if Klay should return, it'd take one hot shooting night from the Splash Bros. to knock the #3 overall seed and defending champ out of the playoffs.
Luckily that seed would be Toronto, and not Milwaukee. But the playoff shares of some higher seeded teams would be in undue jeopardy under this idea. |
That could bring some NCAA tournament excitement to the playoffs instead of the usual boring first couple of rounds. If the NBA wants ratings and revenue then that format should bring them.
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Most teams don’t make the NCAA Tournament, and even teams with winning records miss the tournament every year. Every year people complain about some decent teams getting left out.
In this stupid format Golden State, a team that lost 77% of its games would still get in and have a shot. And that’s supposed to be fair? 
This is nothing like the college basketball tournament. HORRIBLE idea. |
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| Steve007 wrote: | Most teams don’t make the NCAA Tournament, and even teams with winning records miss the tournament every year. Every year people complain about some decent teams getting left out.
In this stupid format Golden State, a team that lost 77% of its games would still get in and have a shot. And that’s supposed to be fair?
This is nothing like the college basketball tournament. HORRIBLE idea. |
No NCAA tournament was played after the season prematurely ending. Every NBA team has been affected I a bastardized season. It wouldn’t be business as normal, nothing is normal. You underrate the goal of the league to make a profit. They are talking about reducing future player payments, they aren’t in great financial shape. Future TV payments are in jeopardy. You fail to even minimally grasp the depth of the situation. Still it is all academic, the season is likely over.
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Yup, it's over unless they hold playoff games in South Korea in quarantined arenas.
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| So if the season is cancelled do Lakers/Bucks still get the last picks in the draft? They competed until almost the end of the season for the top spots. And don't get any benefit from it, but still get the negatives of a low draft pick? |
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| eureca wrote: | | So if the season is cancelled do Lakers/Bucks still get the last picks in the draft? They competed until almost the end of the season for the top spots. And don't get any benefit from it, but still get the negatives of a low draft pick? |
I would think all teams would be involved in the lottery.
Imo windhorst is being used for negotiations between NBA and NBAPA. We will see what happens. Not a coincidence this comes out when they are apart on salary/compensation for rest of season. |
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| Damn I’m not surprised of it does get canceled but it still sucks to see it’s about to happen |
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