How or Should the NBA Realign Divisions After Seattle Takes the Kings?

[dankrutka]

I redrew a map on my laptop....no clue what the conference names would be but here's my groupings:



Yellow, Brown & Green would make up the Eastern Conference and Blue, Red, and Purple would be the Western Conference. Of course the Kings and Trailblazers would just swap places if the Kings went to Seattle and became the Sonics.

As you can see, I'm really aiming for a shake up of what we've become used to. After all, it is a realignment.

Lol. As Charles Barkely would say, this is tuuurrrriiibbbblllleeeee. You break up so many teams from their most logical, closest rivals.

[Matt]

Here's an idea I've been working on for our division:

[OKCisOK4me]

Lol. As Charles Barkely would say, this is tuuurrrriiibbbblllleeeee. You break up so many teams from their most logical, closest rivals.

See last sentence in original post. I don't know how blind you guys are. I'm just having fun, lol.

[OKCisOK4me]

Here's an idea I've been working on for our division:

That is 'retarded awesome'!! hahaha

[Snowman]

Here's an idea I've been working on for our division:

The downside with this is with that many statistically bad teams we would be guaranteed to soon be playing against some of the best talents in the NBA to win our division and in four to six years several will have the experiences to make it difficult unless all their front offices are stupid. Right now most of our division's teams are on the treadmill of mediocrity, with Denver the only one looking to possibly be emerging from it on the positive side of that anytime soon.

[trousers]

If a changes are made I think other factors other than just geography will come into play, market share being one of them.

[KayneMo]

I like this guy's idea:



NBA Divisional Realignment - a modest proposal

I like this one as well.

[Just the facts]

It would be so much easier if the NBA just added 2 teams.

[BoulderSooner]

It would be so much easier if the NBA just added 2 teams.

geographic divisions don't matter in the nba .. they don't really make a difference in the schedule

[Matt]

I like this one as well.

I like Kilgore's tweak of it even better. Memphis to Southeast, New Orleans to Southwest, and Phoenix to Midwest. Makes even more sense, and we'd still get to play New Orleans just as often as we do now, and we wouldn't have to play Memphis as much.

Midwest/old Northwest is still borked, but it's always gonna be borked.

[boitoirich]

If a changes are made I think other factors other than just geography will come into play, market share being one of them.

I agree. However, this is one of the biggest reasons for keeping Pacific and Northwest divisions. Placing all of the West Coast teams in the same division leads to a Midwest division (someone mentioned above PHX, SLC, DEN, MSP, MEM or MKE) that is roughly equivalent in market size to the old Northwest division. The downside is that it is more geographically sprawling than it needs to be. All things being equal in market size, it would probably make more sense for the NBA to go with a more geographically compact division alignment.

[SoonerBoy18]

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[ljbab728]

I have something to say about the title of this thread...

WHO THE #%^.+ CARES!!!!!!!!!!

I'm thinking that if you don't care you don't have to read this thread.

[Snowman]

I agree. However, this is one of the biggest reasons for keeping Pacific and Northwest divisions. Placing all of the West Coast teams in the same division leads to a Midwest division (someone mentioned above PHX, SLC, DEN, MSP, MEM or MKE) that is roughly equivalent in market size to the old Northwest division. The downside is that it is more geographically sprawling than it needs to be. All things being equal in market size, it would probably make more sense for the NBA to go with a more geographically compact division alignment.

Only the conferences really matter how sprawling they are and unless they go away from the east/west format we are more sprawling no mater what lines you draw, the divisions only affect the schedule if a lockout shortens the season. Pretty much the only thing that a division determines is who are the three that are guaranteed a top four seed in the playoffs. Which if you are not naturally at least a top four team in your conference, you are going out first or second round anyway.

[Mississippi Blues]

Nvm.

[MonkeesFan]

I have something to say about the title of this thread...

WHO THE #%^.+ CARES!!!!!!!!!!

Since you replied, it is obvious that you do care

[Hawk405359]

It would be so much easier if the NBA just added 2 teams.

I hope they do't. The talent in the league is already watered down, expansion just waters it down further.

[dankrutka]

The downside with this is with that many statistically bad teams we would be guaranteed to soon be playing against some of the best talents in the NBA to win our division and in four to six years several will have the experiences to make it difficult unless all their front offices are stupid. Right now most of our division's teams are on the treadmill of mediocrity, with Denver the only one looking to possibly be emerging from it on the positive side of that anytime soon.

First, I'm sure you know he was kidding. Secondly, how long have those teams been bad? Being bad doesn't mean you will be good. The Kings just got rid of the #5 pick as a rookie to save money. The Hornets will likely improve, but on the whole, these teams could be bad for a while...

[Snowman]

First, I'm sure you know he was kidding. Secondly, how long have those teams been bad? Being bad doesn't mean you will be good. The Kings just got rid of the #5 pick as a rookie to save money. The Hornets will likely improve, but on the whole, these teams could be bad for a while...

I caught that. While the old Kings management should be a case study in bad management on several business fronts, either new management team coming next year in Seattle or a new local group is bound to be a drastic improvement. Surprisingly Charlotte has a bit of a handicap too, for a good a player MJ has issues to work on owning a team. New Orleans it is still two early to tell how their owner is going to run the team but is putting in effort. I have never followed much with Orlando.

While I don't see any of them making as quick a turn around as we did, I would bet in six years there are more top ten teams on that list than the list of our division rivals.

[Jersey Boss]

I hope they do't. The talent in the league is already watered down, expansion just waters it down further.

Contraction would benefit the league and fans as well. Another benefit to the league would be to set up the draft for play like baseball. If you don't go after high school, you are ineligible to come in for 3 years. The NCAA needs to do their part as well and not disqualify someone for entering the NBA draft and not making a team.

[Just the facts]

How about add two teams and reduce the rosters by 1 player. This would keep the same number of players and increase playing time for all of them.

Then create an NBA Senior league (I posted this proposal some time back) for players like Derek Fisher who are still pretty good but maybe don't have the legs for the added playing time.

[BoulderSooner]

How about add two teams and reduce the rosters by 1 player. This would keep the same number of players and increase playing time for all of them.

Then create an NBA Senior league (I posted this proposal some time back) for players like Derek Fisher who are still pretty good but maybe don't have the legs for the added playing time.

umm no .. what would be the benefit to adding any teams??

[Matt]

How about add two teams and reduce the rosters by 1 player. This would keep the same number of players and increase playing time for all of them.

Then create an NBA Senior league (I posted this proposal some time back) for players like Derek Fisher who are still pretty good but maybe don't have the legs for the added playing time.

What.

[Just the facts]

umm no .. what would be the benefit to adding any teams??

To increase the market size. Of course, adding a team must add to the overall profitability of the league otherwise it is a step backwards. I think adding a team in Seattle (assuming Sacramento stays put) and a team in say, Omaha, would enhance the league.

A team in Omaha would add 3 TV markets to the NBA - Omaha, Des Moines, and Lincoln (total TVs in those markets: 1,118,710). OKC/Tulsa is 1,245,730.

So I'm just throwing out ideas.

[Hawk405359]

How about add two teams and reduce the rosters by 1 player. This would keep the same number of players and increase playing time for all of them.

Then create an NBA Senior league (I posted this proposal some time back) for players like Derek Fisher who are still pretty good but maybe don't have the legs for the added playing time.

The number of players isn't the problem, the quality is. There's a limited number of top tier talent in the league. When you add more teams, you dilute them between more teams, which decreases the overall quality. A team isn't going to be all superstars, and the last roster spot typically never plays, so removing one player wouldn't counteract dilution of talent, it'd just mean teams take one less practice squad player to games.