NBA 2013?14 Season

OUAriakas_sl said:

I know that this doesn't take into account playing more games against weaker divisional opponents, but how do you work all schedules to be fair outside the 58 home/away games played against each other team in the league?

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That's basically it...you have to go to 58 games or 116 if you get rid of conferences. You can't even go the division route anymore to add more games that way, because you'd have the same problem where someone is upset because they're in a strong division and playing more division games. Bill Simmons has proposed a system where the bottom 2 seeds are a single-elimination tournament that the bottom 16 teams play for. That's a better solution than no conferences.

UNLESS...(My proposal)
Drop down to 20 teams. Give everyone 5 years noticed right now...in 2020 we will be dropping to 20 teams and the bottom 10 will be joined by 10 new franchises to form a 2nd league.
Then each team plays the others 4 times (76 game schedule). Top 16 make the playoffs...bottom 4 are relegated to NBA2 and replaced by the Final Four NBA2 teams. All 40 teams have an equal shot at the lottery, so there's no benefit to losing.
Downside is the mudflation that would come from an extra 120 roster spots, but the talent pool would eventually meet the demand (I think there were only 16 teams back in 1970). That's how I would build a league if I could...too drastic of a change for the NBA to ever do it, though. Hell, Bill Simmons idea is too drastic for them.

As I have said before and I will say it again, the NBA needs to adopt the way that MLS teams make the playoffs.

Muurloen_sl said:

As I have said before and I will say it again, the NBA needs to adopt the way that MLS teams make the playoffs.

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What? You want MORE flopping?

Adam12_sl said:

What? You want MORE flopping?

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Is that even possible?

Daezuel_sl said:

Is that even possible?

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Nope, the King of Flops has it completely covered.

Going back to his tantrum after the no-call, I do find it funny that these guys play for millions of dollars and don't know the rules of the game. Even after watching the replay they don't realize it wasn't a foul because the hand is part of the ball. Even Spoelstra was still saying it was a foul, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he knew it wasn't and was just scared to argue with LeBaby.

Everyone flops. It's part of the game.

Gaige_sl said:

Everyone flops. It's part of the game.

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Please provide proof of Magic, Bird, Jordan or Kobe flopping.

Flopping's for pussies

Gaige_sl said:

Dead weight kobe with the worst flop in nba history - YouTube

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That explains everything. You don't even know what a flop is.

Falling after landing awkwardly is a new low, even for Kobe.

And who could forget this classic?



Tearing his achilles in order to sell a foul, LOL!

Oh man, back when Harrison Barnes contributed to the team.

This season has been proof that Wade needs to take a MASSIVE paycut or LeBron needs to leave Miami.

Araysar_sl said:

Kobe or Jordan never had to leave to win championships

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To be fair, no one should hold him leaving Cleveland against him. It's actually one of the natural laws of the world that championships cannot be one in that shithole.

Adam12_sl said:

What? You want MORE flopping?

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No I want teams that have the best regular season records making the playoffs and teams that suck get put into the lottery.

*edited example*

If the Memphis Grizzlies finish the season with a better record than Brooklyn #5, Charlotte #6, Bullets #7, Atlanta #8. Memphis will be put into the Eastern Conference bracket and is slotted into the 5th seed, every subsequent team that has a worse record than Memphis will get bumped down a seed, and Atlanta should be put into the lottery.

Just have team draft picks be on a rotation. Shitty teams will make shitty picks anyways and the level of tanking nowadays is a way bigger problem