NBA playoff seedings might change. Maybe. Here’s a possibility.
Here’s the Dallas Morning News blog reporting on a possible change to NBA playoff seedings. Many suggestions have been made as to improve the postseason seeding system. The current setup works fine. The playoffs are awesome. But there are definitely some possible tweaks that make sense, and what’s mentioned below is one of them.
A subtle, but significant, change to the NBA playoff seedings is being considered by the league’s competition committee.
It could have a positive impact on the Dallas Mavericks and everybody else in the ultra-tough Southwest Division.
League officials are considering seeding teams one-through-eight in each conference for the playoffs without regard for division winners being placed no lower than fourth, sources said.
While this would devalue winning a division, it could make a difference for teams in the Southwest Division. All five teams made the playoffs in the Southwest last season.
