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If a 7 seed faces an 8 seed in the finals, the regular season might well and truly be dead
I'd be all for the NBA finding ways to further incentivize, you know, trying.
I like the idea of higher seeds getting to pick their opponent from all the lower seeds.
Is the idea of having a league with that level of parity in competition a bad thing??
No, but there’s barely any real reason to bust ass for wins in the regular season, and outside of my team I barely pay attention to regular season, and then tune in for the playoffs. One extra home game ain’t enough of a reward in the playoffs to incentivize overtaxing your players
Whereas every NFL game has huge stakes. A regular season NFL game between two shit teams on a Thursday gets better ratings than other sports’ playoff games
I love the “pick your opponent” thing also because it adds some spicy gamesmanship. The bucks would’ve picked the Nets I gotta think, C’s probably pick the Hawks, but hard choice for the Sixers, between Heat, Cavs, and Knicks