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06-14-2007, 12:43 PM
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Bill Simmons to NBA : Avoid future boredom! Change Playoff/Conferences Immediatley!
well....I know spurs fans are having a great time,
too bad the rest of us are being bored to death. Everyone else with a good head on their shoulders have moved on thinking about the NBA draft.... I have called for David Stern's job for the last 4 years. Any other business with a declining product would start at the top. Bill Simmons thinks drastic change is needed.... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page...ex?name=simmons in a nutshell...he proposes abolishment of the conferences since they have been utterly useless. makes some valid points....I totally agree.....too many people are jumping ship after their team loses. change the system. or make david stern step down. |
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06-14-2007, 12:51 PM
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Commisioner Cuban
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06-14-2007, 02:01 PM
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Dirk is nothing but Class!!!
Soon, Dirk will raise that Championship trophy |
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06-14-2007, 03:35 PM
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stern get out!
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06-15-2007, 08:03 PM
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He wants to keep the conferences and divisions, because he wants local rival teams to play each other more often than teams far away. He's open to new ideas about playoff seeding though. The problem with a plain 1-16 ranking system with that though is that East teams would get artificially high seedings play playing weaker teams more. You could adopt Hollinger's idea, but it's way too confusing for casual fans. You could keep the divisions, but rearrange the conferences, as in baseball where both leagues spread out over the country. For example, you could move the Pacific division over to what is now the East, and send the Atlantic division to what is now the West. It would achieve a little more balance in power and both conferences would be spread out over the country. You could throw out the conferences, and have a similar seeding to what we have now, but it would be 1-16. The top eight seeds go to the six division winners and the two best non-winners arranged by record, with 9-16 arranged by record after that. The question is what method best resolves the issues of travel, rivalries, and balance of power? There's no easy answer. |
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06-15-2007, 08:35 PM
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It happens in every sport. Every sport. You get two teams where one looks overmatched and the ratings go down.
It's just not that big of a deal.
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06-15-2007, 10:52 PM
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06-16-2007, 05:45 AM
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one of them being that I'm almost positive that the successor's bunghole wouldn't be as wrinkly and as pollutedly smelly as Stern's. for more reasons and my awesome insight, PM me.
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