So as I understand it Charlotte enters the Central Division and New Orleans moves to the MidWest?
Can anyone confirm?
Can anyone confirm?
New League Alignment.
- Thread starter ocelot
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yes....
Memphis..houston...Dallas..S Anton....New orleans...
yeah that is right 5 playoff teams in 1 division...
go to school mrs stern... you **** it all up
Memphis..houston...Dallas..S Anton....New orleans...
yeah that is right 5 playoff teams in 1 division...
go to school mrs stern... you **** it all up
There will be 6 divisions next year instead of 4. The division winners in each conference are automatically seeded 1-2-3, then 5 wildcards. Already I see problems for this with the NBA's fixed brackets in the playoffs.
You're going to get a pretty darn strong #4 seed in each conference each year. Meanwhile, you are probably going to get a weak #3 seed winning it's division. In the second round, the winner of the 1st/8th series always plays the winner of 4th/5th, and the winner of 2nd/7th always plays the winner of 3rd/6th. This means you are going to get the conference's top team playing the best wildcard team (or 2nd best) every year. Meanwhile the 2nd place team gets to beat up on a weak division winner.
The setup in the NHL is similar to what the NBA is adopting...BUT... in the NHL the brackets are not fixed. The highest-surviving team gets the lowest. So if a #7 seed pulls off an upset in the NHL, they face #1 next. But if a #7 pulls off an upset in the NBA, they will have a MUCH easier ride, getting the winner of 3 vs 6, if you follow me.
Anyways, the divisions for next year:
East
Atlantic Division
New York
New Jersey
Boston
Philadelphia
Toronto
Central Division
Detroit
Indiana
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
Southeast Division (How is THIS for weak??)
Miami
Orlando
Atlanta
Washington
Charlotte Bobcats ... ouch
West
Midwest Division
Memphis
New Orleans
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Northwest Division
Minnesota
Denver
Utah
Seattle
Portland
Pacific Division
Sacramento
Golden State
LA Lakers
LA Clippers
Phoenix
You're going to get a pretty darn strong #4 seed in each conference each year. Meanwhile, you are probably going to get a weak #3 seed winning it's division. In the second round, the winner of the 1st/8th series always plays the winner of 4th/5th, and the winner of 2nd/7th always plays the winner of 3rd/6th. This means you are going to get the conference's top team playing the best wildcard team (or 2nd best) every year. Meanwhile the 2nd place team gets to beat up on a weak division winner.
The setup in the NHL is similar to what the NBA is adopting...BUT... in the NHL the brackets are not fixed. The highest-surviving team gets the lowest. So if a #7 seed pulls off an upset in the NHL, they face #1 next. But if a #7 pulls off an upset in the NBA, they will have a MUCH easier ride, getting the winner of 3 vs 6, if you follow me.
Anyways, the divisions for next year:
East
Atlantic Division
New York
New Jersey
Boston
Philadelphia
Toronto
Central Division
Detroit
Indiana
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
Southeast Division (How is THIS for weak??)
Miami
Orlando
Atlanta
Washington
Charlotte Bobcats ... ouch
West
Midwest Division
Memphis
New Orleans
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Northwest Division
Minnesota
Denver
Utah
Seattle
Portland
Pacific Division
Sacramento
Golden State
LA Lakers
LA Clippers
Phoenix
