NBA Tournament?

[Majingir]

Funny how we were talking about similar thing in OT thread a week or so ago.

https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/1777043

Quote:

Though he warned the ideas are still "in the conceptual phase," Silver told*Marc Stein of the New York Times*that the league is looking at two types of potential tournaments. One would culminate in a Final Four during All-Star weekend, while the other would take place at the end of the season, providing teams on the outside with a second chance at making the playoffs. Still, the 57-year-old says he hopes to shake up the traditional blueprint as soon as the 2021-22 campaign - the NBA's 75th season. "Another marker for me is that we're a few seasons away from our 75th anniversary. I think that milestone gives us a pillar around which to think about the history of the league and experiment - maybe just for the 75th anniversary - with some potential changes."

What would people think of this? NBA tournament? Would something like that work?

And Silver hinted at changes for 75th anniversary. What else could we possibly see?

[Master Live 013]

I like Silver, think he is the best commissioner in all of sports. I would be totally against this gimmicky tournament.

[Junior Moe]

I like the end of season play in tournament. I think it would provide incentive for those teams on the bubble to play on for a chance at the playoff as opposed to tanking.

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[OSUFan_88]

I'm absolutely a fan of having a mid season tournament. With all the breaks that they have inbetween games, you can certainly run another competition, Euro Soccer style.

[King_B_Mack]

I've been saying this for years. Run a tournament at the end of the season with the teams that are going to be missing the playoffs. Team that wins the tournament gets the number 1 pick in the draft, runner up picks second and then just go by records after that. You eliminate tanking and have compelling basketball on display for cities that otherwise would have been checked out of the product because their teams are out of it.

[OSUFan_88]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

I've been saying this for years. Run a tournament at the end of the season with the teams that are going to be missing the playoffs. Team that wins the tournament gets the number 1 pick in the draft, runner up picks second and then just go by records after that. You eliminate tanking and have compelling basketball on display for cities that otherwise would have been checked out of the product because their teams are out of it.

I do think that's a better option than the current Lotto where it's just the wild west of who is picking where.

The NBA lotto system, as currently constructed, is ****ing terrible.

[Majingir]

If they have a "loser tournament", maybe make it for a certain amount of teams. 4 worst in each conference? Because the 9-10 seeds aren't tanking. Would it be fair if a team who missed playoffs by 1 game got top pick?

Bottom 4 per conference would be fine. 1 game rounds perhaps? 1 east,1 west game for 2 days. Make it 2 days between end of season and start of rd1.

Then round 2 is "conference finals" with those 2 games scheduled in some no game day between rd1 and 2.

Finals either 1 or 3 game series, scheduled in whatever break might happen between rd 2 and 3.

Giving fans of bad teams something to cheer for would be great. And even 15 seed can win since they're playing teams who are maybe just a few games better than them. Smaller difference from 12-15 than we see in 1st or at times 2nd round in playoffs.

Winner gets top pick, but also, perhaps money on the line too?

[DieHardYankee26]

So my guys struggle for 82 games and then get clubbed over the head in a tournament and end up with the 14th pick... Very few things worse than the current lottery but that's on the short list.