What do you guys think of this new format for the NBA regular season/playoffs?

Before I start...a couple of things.
- I did not think of this idea. It was made by this dude Bob Fitzgerald.
- The brackets used in this are based off the standings from about two years ago.

Anyways, onto the format. The proposed format for the regular season would be something like this: we have 3 conferences instead of 2: Western, Eastern, and Central. The Western Conference would consist of two divisions, the Pacific and the Northwest. The Central Conference would include the Midwest and Southwest division. Finally, the Eastern Conference would include the Atlantic and the Southest divisions.



Now why would we do this? Well the first reason is obviously travel. Think about it or not, travel plays a biiiiig part in how a team performs on the road. In fact, 60% of teams lose on the road, which is a higher percentage than in other leagues such as the MLB, NFL, or NHL. If we had 3 Conferences, travel would play a lesser part because based on this format you would play the teams in your division 5 times (as opposed to 4), the other team in your Conference 4 times, and lastly you would play the teams from other conferences twice a year. This would provide more rest for players, and it also makes more sense for geographical rivals. The current NBA schedule makes it so that each team plays its division rivals 4 times, its conference rivals 4 times, and teams from the other conference 2 times. Does that make any sense, geographically? I'll give you an example using the Warriors. Right now, the play San Antonio and New Orleans the same amount of times they play Sacramento or Los Angeles. Using this proposed new regular season format, the Warriors would play Sacramento 5 times, and San Antonio and New Orleans 2 times.

Onto the playoffs. The current 2-2-1-1-1 format in the first 3 rounds and 2-3-2 format in the Finals is perfectly fine. However, the teams in the playoffs need to change. Every year, the Western Conference has had the more dominant teams. This year, for example, we might have 8 teams with 48 wins or more this year, while the Eastern Conference has teams like Charlotte, Miami, Milwaukee, and Chicago competing for playoff spots. The West has a .573 winning percentage against teams in the Eastern conference not just this year, but for the past 10 years. How would we fix this? We award the 6 division winners an automatic bid, then the next 10 best teams get a spot, regardless of location. Here's what it would look like (remember, this is from the standing from 07-08)



and yeah... that about sums it up. I was gonna get to the cons of this idea, but I thought I'd save you guys some time...lol. What are your thoughts?

It's ok to me.It gives the players rest,i think that this makes the league more competitive with 3 Confrences and the rest is fine

It interests me.

Im not sold on the playoffs though.

But wouldn't travel still be an issue since each series would be a 7 game series - therefore, forcing certain teams to travel far distances anyway?

now its change the series will be 6 game series

Well,the playoffs will be on 6 series which means triple more then in Europe where btw the winner in 3 games takes the playoff series.Back to the topic,teams will play atleast 3 games in their home arenas,not travel around like crazy

yes travelling is a issue we have to solve it