NBA playoff seeding rules have changed! Now entirely by record

[Fallen Angel]

Now based on W/L record, winning your division does not guarantee you a spot.

DETAILS: http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=18243

[Fallen Angel]

The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved changes to playoff seeding and qualification procedures effective with the 2015-16 season, the league announced today.

As part of the modifications, the eight playoff teams in each conference will be seeded in order of their regular-season record. Most recently, every division winner was guaranteed a top four seed in its respective conference regardless of its record but did not receive home-court advantage if its playoff opponent had a better record.

The Board also approved changes to tiebreak criteria for playoff seeding and home-court advantage. Head-to-head results have become the first criterion to break ties for playoff seeding and home-court advantage between two teams with identical regular-season records; the second criterion is whether a team won its division. Under the old tiebreak system, a division winner was awarded the higher seed and received home-court advantage in a series if the two teams met in the playoffs.

The NBA’s Competition Committee unanimously recommended each of these changes prior to the Board of Governors vote.

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[90sgoat]

Ok, that only makes it more difficult for Western teams while changing nothing for Eastern?

[Mr. Jabbar]

wtf is that weak change? the lebron eastern colussion stilll in full effect. do they think no1 notices this fkn joke?

[Fallen Angel]

The winner of the crappy ass Atlantic Division is no longer guaranteed a Top Four seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, this probably impacts them more than anyone else.

[JT123]

wtf is that weak change? the lebron eastern colussion stilll in full effect. do they think no1 notices this fkn joke?
This comment is unbecoming of a member of the Lebron family. :mad:
Shape up Mr. Jabbar, or I will have to report your actions to Dubeta. :no:

[Spurs m8]

About mother****ing time

[noob cake]

The winner of the crappy ass Atlantic Division is no longer guaranteed a Top Four seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, this probably impacts them more than anyone else.

Portland has benefited greatly from this in recent years

[Mr. Jabbar]

This comment is unbecoming of a member of the Lebron family. :mad:
Shape up Mr. Jabbar, or I will have to report your actions to Dubeta. :no:

you are right brother. i should keep this kind o stuff for myself. its just that our KING aka KANG deserves all the respect he can get, and we need him in a good conference for that

#longlivethekang

[90sgoat]

Adam Sliver claims to fix the playoffs, makes it even easier for Lebron. Should change name and call it the National Lebron Show.

[dubeta]

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[Young X]

Clippers got f*cked because of that stupid division rule.

They could've been the 2nd seed, faced Dallas in the 1st round and gotten homecourt against the Houston in the 2nd round.

Instead they had to face the defending champs in the 1st f*cking round and face Houston on the road.

Spurs also IMO would've beaten Memphis and we would've gotten to see them against the Warriors SMH.

[FreezingTsmoove]

Portlands shitty team ruined the 1st round. Glad to see this in effect

[MP.Trey]

Ok, that only makes it more difficult for Western teams while changing nothing for Eastern?
It means you don't automatically get homecourt advantage for winning a shitty conference. Subtle change but I like it. I do recall a couple 4-5 East and West matchups where the worse team had HCA and this eliminates that.

[insidehoops]

There was some confusion as to if this applied to seeding, OR to the act of making the playoffs (which is before seeding takes place), so just spoke to a league official, 3rd and 4th paragraph here: http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=18243

[Legends66NBA7]

The winner of the crappy ass Atlantic Division is no longer guaranteed a Top Four seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, this probably impacts them more than anyone else.


Eh, Toronto did have the 3rd and 4th record respectively in the East both years they won the Atlantic. Doesn't change much, the winner of the Atlantic still should have a high enough record to make the playoffs. No way can all 5 teams miss the playoffs in the East.

[DaSeba5]

It's an improvement, but I want them to get rid of the conferences and seed teams by record.

[T_L_P]

Would have been too drastic to just eliminate Conferences.

It'll happen soon though imo, and then we can actually watch the best teams play as opposed to what we get in the Eastern Conference.

[sportjames23]

wtf is that weak change? the lebron eastern colussion stilll in full effect. do they think no1 notices this fkn joke?


Even as a founding member of the Lebron Family, I have to agree.

[TheMarkMadsen]

wtf is that weak change? the lebron eastern colussion stilll in full effect. do they think no1 notices this fkn joke?

as a bran fan this makes me happy but as a fan of competition this makes me sad

[dubeta]

lmao we gon act like the best basketball wasnt played in the East this year :lol


We gon act like the Warriors didnt have the easiest road to the Finals of any team in NBA history :lol

[Sarcastic]

It's an improvement, but I want them to get rid of the conferences and seed teams by record.

Why in the world would they do that? No professional league in the US does that, so why should the NBA do it?

[KnittingRyu]

Boo! After all the talk of a top 16 playoff seeding, this is BS we get?

[Gileraracer]

LeBald still cakewalkin' to the finals :banana:

than you Adam silba :cheers:

[DMV2]

Why in the world would they do that? No professional league in the US does that, so why should the NBA do it?
Because each professional league is different? :confusedshrug:

And because this new format doesn't change anything in the East. The Raptors are still going to play shitty ass Sixers and Knicks 4 times each. A sub .500 East team will still likely make the 8th or even 7th seed, while at least two .500 Western team will still miss the playoffs.

No point in changing if the outcome effects the West and have very little impact on the East. Either go full Top 16 in the league (not top 8 in conference) or just don't change it at all.

[Lebron23]

Eastern Conference Teams needs to hire better GM"S. Former Western Conference All Stars like Melo and Deron's team were playing in the 2nd round and 3rd round of the playoffs in the West, but once they played in the East. They failed to advance deeper into the post season.

[Lebron23]

Spurs GM and Draft Scouts aren't even doing anything special. They are just Captain Obvious. If you are a good scout you can easily see those players who can make an impact in the NBA.

[Lebron23]

Sixers should start competing right now. Although Ben Simmons has the potential to become the best player of his generation. They still have Noel and Okafor.

[ArbitraryWater]

OP we knew this since months :facepalm

[Dbrog]

lmao we gon act like the best basketball wasnt played in the East this year :lol


We gon act like the Warriors didnt have the easiest road to the Finals of any team in NBA history :lol

We gonna act like Bron wouldn't have lost in the first round in the West? :lol

[Sarcastic]

Because each professional league is different? :confusedshrug:

And because this new format doesn't change anything in the East. The Raptors are still going to play shitty ass Sixers and Knicks 4 times each. A sub .500 East team will still likely make the 8th or even 7th seed, while at least two .500 Western team will still miss the playoffs.

No point in changing if the outcome effects the West and have very little impact on the East. Either go full Top 16 in the league (not top 8 in conference) or just don't change it at all.


So you want to get rid of conferences, and 60+ years of history, for 2 teams from the West, that have 0% chance to win it all anyway? Makes sense. :rolleyes:

[DMV2]

So you want to get rid of conferences, and 60+ years of history, for 2 teams from the West, that have 0% chance to win it all anyway? Makes sense. :rolleyes:
Making it Top 16 overall. Making it more exciting, better matchups like the WC. Yup, I'm down with that.

Through 60+ years of history, there were tons of changes in between. 3-Point line being one of the biggest changes. The game should always change for the better.

[ArbitraryWater]

Everybody is down with top 16 besides 2-3 ISH flies like Sarcastic

[Derka]

I don't mind Top 16. Celtics still would have made it and been swept in the first round last year :lol

[qrich]

Good, Division crown should just guarantee a playoff slot.

[OmniStrife]

Top 16 or go fck yourselves

[GoatBoy]

Lebron won't let the league implement a top 16 format while he is still playing in the least.

[kshutts1]

Very underwhelming change, but real change does take time. It sets a solid precedent, however, and that should make further change, towards something legit useful, much easier.

[WayOfWade]

Very underwhelming change, but real change does take time. It sets a solid precedent, however, and that should make further change, towards something legit useful, much easier.
It is a little overwhelming. It does seem kind of huge when you first look at it, but the cases where the division playoff seedings seriously affected the playoffs are far and few inbetween, although the Blazers/Spurs seeding showed that it did indeed need to be changed, seeing as it hampered more than helped.

[insidehoops]

Bump! Useful reminder.

[Im Still Ballin]

J Sizzle! What's the go bro!