Comments on: What’s Up with the NBA Seeding? http://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/whats-up-with-the-nba-seeding/390 Brown Bag it, Baby Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/whats-up-with-the-nba-seeding/390/comment-page-1#comment-2785 Jason Tue, 01 May 2007 22:56:18 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/05/01/whats-up-with-the-nba-seeding/#comment-2785 I agree with sunofa - we really need reseeding for the conference semis. Jazz-Spurs in the conference finals this year would be a nightmare. Of course, reseeding would make bracket contests a lot more complicated ... I agree with sunofa – we really need reseeding for the conference semis. Jazz-Spurs in the conference finals this year would be a nightmare.

Of course, reseeding would make bracket contests a lot more complicated …

]]> By: Larry Brown http://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/whats-up-with-the-nba-seeding/390/comment-page-1#comment-2779 Larry Brown Tue, 01 May 2007 18:39:33 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/05/01/whats-up-with-the-nba-seeding/#comment-2779 Yeah, that makes sense of course, but it still doesn't answer why give the way things ended, Houston and Chicago shouldn't have just been named the 4 seeds. Yeah, that makes sense of course, but it still doesn’t answer why give the way things ended, Houston and Chicago shouldn’t have just been named the 4 seeds.

]]> By: sunofa http://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/whats-up-with-the-nba-seeding/390/comment-page-1#comment-2778 sunofa Tue, 01 May 2007 18:35:12 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/05/01/whats-up-with-the-nba-seeding/#comment-2778 From my understanding, the entire reason is to not remove all worth from winning your division. The new seedings were put in place stipulating that a team with a better record can finish above a division winner, but that no division winner can finish lower than 4th. Otherwise winning your division means nothing, and all that matters is winning the most games (now there's a silly concept, the better teams win more games). The defense of this I suppose has to do with if you're in a ridiculously tough division (now there's an idea in the NBA), you deserve seeding for winning your division. With the way the schedule is set up, though, it would really make more sense just for the conferences to absolve the divisions. In this instance, you could change the 4 to the 5, I mean, in all honesty, the Rockets are the 4 seed, but they can't be called that because the division winning Jazz can't finish lower than a 4. The rule was created so that the two best record holders wouldn't meet until the finals (assuming they win, a fact which someone obviously forgot to clue the Mavericks in on). Sadly, that means we get San Antonio versus Phoenix in the second round, which may end up being the NBA Finals. Under last year's rules it would have been Dallas-GS, Phoenix-LA, Jazz-Nuggets, and Spurs-Rockets. What irritates me is the freaking bracket system. If Dallas gets knocked off, they should reseed, with Suns vs. Warriors and Spurs vs. Rockets. The current scenario leaves open the possibility of a Jazz-Spurs series, which is making me drowsy just thinking about. From my understanding, the entire reason is to not remove all worth from winning your division. The new seedings were put in place stipulating that a team with a better record can finish above a division winner, but that no division winner can finish lower than 4th. Otherwise winning your division means nothing, and all that matters is winning the most games (now there’s a silly concept, the better teams win more games). The defense of this I suppose has to do with if you’re in a ridiculously tough division (now there’s an idea in the NBA), you deserve seeding for winning your division. With the way the schedule is set up, though, it would really make more sense just for the conferences to absolve the divisions.

In this instance, you could change the 4 to the 5, I mean, in all honesty, the Rockets are the 4 seed, but they can’t be called that because the division winning Jazz can’t finish lower than a 4.

The rule was created so that the two best record holders wouldn’t meet until the finals (assuming they win, a fact which someone obviously forgot to clue the Mavericks in on). Sadly, that means we get San Antonio versus Phoenix in the second round, which may end up being the NBA Finals.

Under last year’s rules it would have been Dallas-GS, Phoenix-LA, Jazz-Nuggets, and Spurs-Rockets.

What irritates me is the freaking bracket system. If Dallas gets knocked off, they should reseed, with Suns vs. Warriors and Spurs vs. Rockets. The current scenario leaves open the possibility of a Jazz-Spurs series, which is making me drowsy just thinking about.

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