You see, the playoffs have been absolute crap ever since the Warriors got bounced and the Suns/Spurs series was ended thanks to certain circumstances (I'll refrain from my biased Suns fan rant). We were left with a plain awful Pistons/Cavs series (except for Lebron's take-over game 5) and a cakewalk Spurs/Jazz series. Now it is an easy Finals victory for the Spurs (for those of you who think the Cavs have a chance, well, you're just plain wrong), and NBA fans like myself are left to despise the Finals and watch with one eye closed and the other one halfway so.
So, here is our solution:
We decided that the excitement level would be increased if you put all sixteen playoff teams in one bracket, much like the NCAA tournament. The first round would be a best-of-three (possibly best-of-five) and the second round would be best-of-five. The third round and the Finals would be best-of-seven like always. The set-up would be decided strictly by records. In the words of Leshin, "You win a division, you get a banner - now you gotta win." True statement. I don't like this whole division winner gets top 4 status just because they won a bad division (See: Utah, Miami).
So here is how it would be set-up:
1.
16.
8.
9.
5.
12.
4.
6.
11.
3.
14. NEW
7.
10.
2.
15.
What first round matchups!!! Detroit and Golden State! Cleveland and Denver! And look at these potential second round matchups: Dallas and Chicago, Phoenix and Cleveland (or Denver for that matter) and more! If Golden State caught fire like they did this year, they could hypothetically make a Finals run! It's amazing!
I still believe that the Spurs would win the whole thing if they could get past the SUNS (again, very biased - - -) but things would be different this time around. . .SO. . . . . . .
Any thoughts?
I like it!!!
What about you?
2 comments:
Thats an awesome playoff scenario to me! The lakers could get to the finals, although gs, chicago, and dallas would put up a fight.
Lakers starting lineup, 07-08
Pg: Jamal Tinsley
Sg: Kobe "trade me, trade me not" Bryant
Sf: Ron "I'm crazy!" Artest
Pf: Jermaine "I am an allstar in the West" O'Neal
C: Rony "Red Bull" Turiaf
Bench: Farmar, Walton, Evans, Mihm, Vujacic, and 2 draftee's, plus possibly PJ Brown.
I like it!
Leshin
March Madness and the college tournament are always more exciting than the NBA playoffs maybe you could pitch it to Mr. Stern??!!
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