An NBA Playoffs Alternate Reality 🤔
The NBA would never do this but this would be a fun alternate reality so behind me is what this year’s NBA playoff bracket would look like if conferences and divisions didn’t exist you already know Celtics heat would be an absolute War but now we get matchups that would otherwise be impossible like
Embiid versus gobear in the first round or James Harden versus his old team in round two I mean how fun would these first round matchups be Cav Suns bucks Kings Luca versus joic now there are two reasons why the NBA would ever do this one is tradition and then two is the
More important one that much travel would cost the league more money and be exhausting for the players but also it’s objectively more fair to see teams this way and again we could still keep the play in and we just get a better shot at the best four teams being the final four
Oh and here’s my last crazy idea what if as a regular season incentive the top four seeds got to choose their first round opponent imagine the drama
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Thanks for jinxing gafford
Wait am I missing something because I swear harden never played for the magic
could you talk about march madness when that time comes around??
Since when did James Harden play for the Magic?
Ur a joker
Hot take here racism=bad
We all know Boston would chose Phila😂😂😂😂
W video been watching since 20k
Idk I would love to see this🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
I'd love to see it.
Tradition is pointless. 1-16 no conferences would be goated. Especially if the schedule became more balanced.
I remember Mark Cuban discussing this and saying how a Portland-Miami first round matchup would be completely untenable
shush
I have another playoff alternative: instead of having full seeding, they do the play in, but then the #1 seed gets to pick who they play out of the 5, 6, 7, 8. Then the 2 seed picks out of the remaining teams, and then the 3 seed, and then the 4 seed gets whoever is left. But there is still conferences. Pls review this in a reply, or a vid. Also I am a big fan, always loved your videos and I mostly agree with your takes.
Edit: rip I said this before I watched the end of the video 😭😭😭😭💀💀💀💀my bad andrew
Reason number 1 – is money – an east team playing away out west would have an impact on viewership.
This also isn’t an objectively fair scenario as the schedule does use division and conference – to be fair the schedule needs to be fair.
In round 2 as if the magic wouldn’t sweep
can you make a video on the new orleans pelicans
I mean they did do the division playoff bracket that one year so who knows… 🤷♂️
Travel is meaningless. MLB does it.
On top of that 8 teams in the play-In
No Lakers, stfu
I still don't know whats the point of this. As you said, there is an in-season tournament already, so if I assume correctly, you want to see more competition. My idea is, instead of your idea, why not do a play-in format for the entire playoffs, just like how Olympics have the two losers of the final four play each other to determine whos Bronze. 1v8, 2v7, 3v,6, 4v5 then the winner of each, moves on, but the loser can play against the loser of the other remaining 3 teams in their Conference and have a shot at the title, like a second chance. It'll take longer to finish, but we can always shorten the regular season as many fans and players think its too long anyway. Lastly, if you do the math, its 9 Rounds with Round 8 being 3 teams remaining, so the top team in Round 9 gets extra rest just like the Finals.
When did Harden play for magic
Its a completely and utterly horrible idea, the east vs west landscape of the league is at its core. Rivalries were already nearly killed off when divisions were removed, this would just be the nail in the coffin for the league as a whole. Look at how this realignment and destruction of historical rivalries and matchups is killing college sports. And then you go and suggest we do that to the nba too? Disgusting
Dont even get me started on the second idea, pure nonsense
I mean the records right now are based on the current way of scheduling things so each team would likely have a slightly different record.
Ah yes. James Harden vs his old team the magic.
Also would give less rivalry in the league since teams are less likely to play against each other
I was thinking of this
We found Laker hater…. 😂😂😂😂
So you want to make the worst playoffs in all of sports even worse?
Why the hell was i subscribed to this guy
Never cook again boy 😂 A bye series is a much better way to reward the top seed and keep the original format.
There would be so many upsets if your last idea was real because teams would feel disrespected
I do like this idea because there is always 2 or 3 series mostly in the firdt round which are almost not worth watching
The first seeds would probably just choose cakewalk opponents lmao
it would be hella disrespectful for the top team to choose their opponent
“Gobeet”
Yeah that ain't happening
Western Conferences owners favor this but not the Eastern Conferences owners.
This would be horrendous for the eastern conference if it happened at the start of this year, the talent in the East is virtually non existent when compared to the west this year
The last one is crazy but would be exciting.
Worst take ever
Lol dude thinking about story lines when he really just made the regular season not matter at all.
This may be one of the dumbest ideas the internet has seen 🤣