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    Lightbulb All-Time NBA Champions by seeding

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    6th seed - 1/69

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    Probably already common knowledge that the NBA title is the hardest to win in the 4 major sports because there are rarely ever major upsets and a major talent or 2 or really deep teams can lead you all the way. The 69 Celtics and 95 Rockets are the only non Top 3 seeds to win and they were hard pressed through their playoff runs.

    Gets you thinking, would the league ever decide to reduce teams making the playoffs, along with taking out divisions and conferences ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legends66NBA7
    1st seed - 50/69

    2nd seed - 10/69

    3rd seed - 7/69

    4th seed - 1/69

    5th seed - 0/69

    6th seed - 1/69

    7th seed - 0/69

    8th seed - 0/69


    Probably already common knowledge that the NBA title is the hardest to win in the 4 major sports because there are rarely ever major upsets and a major talent or 2 or really deep teams can lead you all the way. The 69 Celtics and 95 Rockets are the only non Top 3 seeds to win and they were hard pressed through their playoff runs.

    Gets you thinking, would the league ever decide to reduce teams making the playoffs, along with taking out divisions and conferences ?
    or does that make it the easiest hmmm

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legends66NBA7
    1st seed - 50/69

    2nd seed - 10/69

    3rd seed - 7/69

    4th seed - 1/69

    5th seed - 0/69

    6th seed - 1/69

    7th seed - 0/69

    8th seed - 0/69


    Probably already common knowledge that the NBA title is the hardest to win in the 4 major sports because there are rarely ever major upsets and a major talent or 2 or really deep teams can lead you all the way. The 69 Celtics and 95 Rockets are the only non Top 3 seeds to win and they were hard pressed through their playoff runs.

    Gets you thinking, would the league ever decide to reduce teams making the playoffs, along with taking out divisions and conferences ?
    This is why I love the NBA, because it's fair. Even before the season starts, we already know the few teams that have a legit chance at winning. There are no Cinderella stories or major upsets because over a 7 game series, the better team wins almost every time.

    Also, Wilt in the record books again for the wrong reason. His 1969 Lakers weren't supposed to lose to the 1969 Celtics. His Lakers were the #1 seed and had won 7 more regular season games than the aging Celtics. This was Russell's last season in the league and Wilt's stacked Lakers still couldn't take advantage, losing game 7, at home, by 2 points were Wilt shot 1-11 from the FT. What makes this even more laughable is that Russell was also the head coach.

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    Hakeem's run in 1995 has to be one of the most impressive playoff runs ever, not only individually but also in terms of the teams he beat.

    1st round: Jazz (60-22) 3rd seed (Malone, Stockton)
    2nd round: Suns (59-23) 2nd seed (Barkley, KJ)
    WCF: Spurs (62-20) 1st seed (Robinson, Rodman)
    Finals: Magic (57-25) 1st seed (Shaq, Hardaway)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ClipperRevival
    This is why I love the NBA, because it's fair. Even before the season starts, we already know the few teams that have a legit chance at winning. There are no Cinderella stories or major upsets because over a 7 game series, the better team wins almost every time.

    Also, Wilt in the record books again for the wrong reason. His 1969 Lakers weren't supposed to lose to the 1969 Celtics. His Lakers were the #1 seed and had won 7 more regular season games than the aging Celtics. This was Russell's last season in the league and Wilt's stacked Lakers still couldn't take advantage, losing game 7, at home, by 2 points were Wilt shot 1-11 from the FT. What makes this even more laughable is that Russell was also the head coach.
    We already know ILt is a choker.

    Inb4, Loseruss...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArbitraryWater
    or does that make it the easiest hmmm
    What ?

    The teams with the best talent will usually win. It's hard to gather that talent and sustain it, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArbitraryWater
    or does that make it the easiest hmmm
    This is actually a very good point. If the best team wins a great majority of the time and there are rarely underdog champions, is it easier or harder to win the ship?

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    Never understood why people think the playoffs should be shortened. You get 2 straight months of important games for almost every night. As an NBA fan, why would anyone want less of that? And no, the NBA will never shorten it given the revenue.

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    This is why all the people making a stink over changing the playoffs format are silly. The teams that it would affect have 0% chance to win anyways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcastic
    This is why all the people making a stink over changing the playoffs format are silly. The teams that it would affect have 0% chance to win anyways.
    No but it changes which teams get to extract additional rounds of revenue. Im sure many owners DGAF about winning the chip, just $, which playoff seeding affects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ClipperRevival
    This is why I love the NBA, because it's fair. Even before the season starts, we already know the few teams that have a legit chance at winning. There are no Cinderella stories or major upsets because over a 7 game series, the better team wins almost every time.

    Also, Wilt in the record books again for the wrong reason. His 1969 Lakers weren't supposed to lose to the 1969 Celtics. His Lakers were the #1 seed and had won 7 more regular season games than the aging Celtics. This was Russell's last season in the league and Wilt's stacked Lakers still couldn't take advantage, losing game 7, at home, by 2 points were Wilt shot 1-11 from the FT. What makes this even more laughable is that Russell was also the head coach.
    At the risk of derailing this thread, the 1969 Celtics were underdogs in all of it's series that season and didn't have homecourt in either. A prime Willis Reed should probably feel worse than Wilt after being outplayed by an old, arthritic Russell in the EDF.

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    Quote Originally Posted by guy
    Never understood why people think the playoffs should be shortened. You get 2 straight months of important games for almost every night. As an NBA fan, why would anyone want less of that? And no, the NBA will never shorten it given the revenue.
    I agree with this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ISHGoat
    No but it changes which teams get to extract additional rounds of revenue. Im sure many owners DGAF about winning the chip, just $, which playoff seeding affects.
    Do you think adding Phoenix and Oklahoma to the playoffs is gonna add more revenue than Boston and Brooklyn?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ISHGoat
    This is actually a very good point. If the best team wins a great majority of the time and there are rarely underdog champions, is it easier or harder to win the ship?
    They would still be facing tough competition. All great champions have faced a great team.

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