Category: Sports
Fixing the NBA
Just a quick fun little post of a thought I had.
What if each of the 30 teams played each other team twice, one at home, one away. That would be a 58 game season. Always have at least 1 day off between games.
Rank the teams 1-30 based on w/l percentage.
Eliminate the bottom 14 leaving you with 16 for the playoff round.
Divide the 16 into 4 pools. A random team finishing 1-4 goes to poll A, one to pool B, etc. Same with teams finishing 5-8, 9-12, and 13-16.
Teams in each pool play home and home against the others adding 6 more games for each team. Winner of pool A plays 2nd place in pool B, etc. 3rd and 4th place finishers are done. Those series are best of 5.
Pairs of remaining winners play best of 7 and then a final series is best of 7.
Meanwhile the bottom 14 teams have their own tournament to determine the draft order with the winner getting first pick.
NBA 2010-2011 Western Conference
Predictions:
1. Los Angeles
2. Oklahoma
3. Portland
4. Dallas
5. Utah
6. San Antonio
7. Denver
8. Houston
9. Memphis
10. Golden State
11. Phoenix
12. New Orleans
13. Sacramento
14. Los Angeles Clippers
15. Minnesota
NBA 2010-2011 Eastern Conference
Predictions:
1. Miami
2. Chicago
3. Boston
4. Orlando
5. Milwaukee
6. Atlanta
7. New York
8. New Jersey
9. Charlotte
10. Washington
11. Philadelphia
12. Detroit
13. Toronto
14. Indiana
15. Cleveland