11-23-2019, 09:28 PM
There’s multiple things discussed here, so thought it may be helpful to summarize what we know.
An In-Season Tournament to be added
- At this point, discussions are leading toward this occurring post-Thanksgiving and leading into mid-December
- Regular season division games will make up the “1st round” of the tournament
- The 6 divisional winners/leaders and the two teams with the next best overall records advance to the 2nd round
2nd round and beyond will be single elimination
- There will likely be some sort of compensation for teams, details not worked out
A Play-In Tournament prior to the regular playoffs
- Will be used to decide the 7 and 8 seeds of each conference
- Will involve teams 7-10 from West and East
- 7 will host 8 for the 7th seed
- 9 will host 10, winner plays the loser of 7v8 for the 8th seed
Re-seeding the Playoffs after the 1st round
- Following the 1st round, will re-seed the remaining 8 teams regardless of conference
Regular season length will change
- Most teams will play 78 or 79 games
- Theoretical possibility of playing up to 83 games factoring in mid-season tournament and play-in tournament
When it would go into effect
- 2021-2022 season at earliest
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My thoughts:
- Mid-season tournament is cool though pointless. Will be interesting to see how they schedule the early part of the season since the “1st round” is made up of division games. You’d think they’d have to ensure at least 1 home and away against each division team by then.
- Play-in tournament is dumb.
- Re-seeding the playoffs may help get the best 2 teams in the finals if they are from the same conference, but doesn’t help that better teams in one conference get left out while worse one in another conference get it. Need to get the best 16 teams in or don’t bother.
An In-Season Tournament to be added
- At this point, discussions are leading toward this occurring post-Thanksgiving and leading into mid-December
- Regular season division games will make up the “1st round” of the tournament
- The 6 divisional winners/leaders and the two teams with the next best overall records advance to the 2nd round
2nd round and beyond will be single elimination
- There will likely be some sort of compensation for teams, details not worked out
A Play-In Tournament prior to the regular playoffs
- Will be used to decide the 7 and 8 seeds of each conference
- Will involve teams 7-10 from West and East
- 7 will host 8 for the 7th seed
- 9 will host 10, winner plays the loser of 7v8 for the 8th seed
Re-seeding the Playoffs after the 1st round
- Following the 1st round, will re-seed the remaining 8 teams regardless of conference
Regular season length will change
- Most teams will play 78 or 79 games
- Theoretical possibility of playing up to 83 games factoring in mid-season tournament and play-in tournament
When it would go into effect
- 2021-2022 season at earliest
——————————————-————————————
My thoughts:
- Mid-season tournament is cool though pointless. Will be interesting to see how they schedule the early part of the season since the “1st round” is made up of division games. You’d think they’d have to ensure at least 1 home and away against each division team by then.
- Play-in tournament is dumb.
- Re-seeding the playoffs may help get the best 2 teams in the finals if they are from the same conference, but doesn’t help that better teams in one conference get left out while worse one in another conference get it. Need to get the best 16 teams in or don’t bother.