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What's the point of divisions in the NBA?
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:22 pm
Sorry for the ignorance as I am not an avid NBA follower. I do however love basketball. Do divisional opponents play each other more than other teams? Or is divisions only used to determine seeding for playoffs? If so would it be better just to get rid of divisions and just have conferences?
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Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:23 pm to vidtiger23
Yes, they play each other more.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:26 pm to TheSexecutioner
Ah thanks for the clarification
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:27 pm to vidtiger23
Divisons basically have no effect on playoff seeding anymore. You just play those "closer" teams a few more times.
8 teams make the playoffs in each conference. A division winner is guaranteed a Top 4 spot. But in the case that the 5 seed has a better record than the 4 seed, the 5 seed gets home court advantage. So basically it doesn't mess up seeding at all.
8 teams make the playoffs in each conference. A division winner is guaranteed a Top 4 spot. But in the case that the 5 seed has a better record than the 4 seed, the 5 seed gets home court advantage. So basically it doesn't mess up seeding at all.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:37 pm to SwaggerCopter
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You just play those "closer" teams a few more times.
the difference is, you never play those teams 3 times.
you always play your division mates 4 times and you play most of your conference mates 4 times and some 3 times. that rotates
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:38 pm to vidtiger23
It used to be to save on travel, not really a necessity anymore with charter flights etc.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:41 pm to vidtiger23
Divisions are dumb and should be done away with
Posted on 3/15/15 at 4:53 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Divisions are dumb and should be done away with
Agreed makes no sense if you ask me lol. Especially with the way travel is like one poster said
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 3/15/15 at 5:14 pm to vidtiger23
division: its about cutting costs.
unrelated complaint:
regrettably, the west/east conference idea means that some bad teams get in, while some good teams do not.
I would prefer that only the 4 best from west and east get to be in the playoffs at all. Put the 1 from west vs the 4 from east. 2 from west vs 3 from east.
unrelated complaint:
regrettably, the west/east conference idea means that some bad teams get in, while some good teams do not.
I would prefer that only the 4 best from west and east get to be in the playoffs at all. Put the 1 from west vs the 4 from east. 2 from west vs 3 from east.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 5:28 pm to vidtiger23
You play everyone in your division 4 times.
You play another division in your conference 4 times, and the other division in your conference 3 times. That switches each year.
You play everybody in the other conference twice.
Now, division winners also affect playoff seeding and home court.
There are 8 teams that make the playoffs in each conference. The 3 division winners automatically will be seeded in the top 4. The extra team in the top 4 is the team with the best record who did not win a division. The top 4 are ordered by record.
So, for example, the Warriors, Blazers, and Grizzlies can all win their division and be seeded in the top 3, no matter their record. But say the Thunder (who are in the Blazers division) finish with a better record than both the Warriors and Grizzlies, the teams could be seeded:
Blazers
Thunder
Warriors
Grizzlies
Also, the top 4 teams by record get home court. So technically, if the 5th seeded team has a better record than the Grizzlies but got shut out of the top 4 because the "wild card" was the Thunder, the 5th seeded team would get home court when they play the Grizzlies in the playoffs.
So theoretically, if a division is just terrible, and the division winner has the worst record of any of the playoff teams, that team would still be seeded 4th. A division winner cannot be seeded lower than 4th.
I hope that was a clear explanation.
You play another division in your conference 4 times, and the other division in your conference 3 times. That switches each year.
You play everybody in the other conference twice.
Now, division winners also affect playoff seeding and home court.
There are 8 teams that make the playoffs in each conference. The 3 division winners automatically will be seeded in the top 4. The extra team in the top 4 is the team with the best record who did not win a division. The top 4 are ordered by record.
So, for example, the Warriors, Blazers, and Grizzlies can all win their division and be seeded in the top 3, no matter their record. But say the Thunder (who are in the Blazers division) finish with a better record than both the Warriors and Grizzlies, the teams could be seeded:
Blazers
Thunder
Warriors
Grizzlies
Also, the top 4 teams by record get home court. So technically, if the 5th seeded team has a better record than the Grizzlies but got shut out of the top 4 because the "wild card" was the Thunder, the 5th seeded team would get home court when they play the Grizzlies in the playoffs.
So theoretically, if a division is just terrible, and the division winner has the worst record of any of the playoff teams, that team would still be seeded 4th. A division winner cannot be seeded lower than 4th.
I hope that was a clear explanation.
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 5:32 pm
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