[festar35Participant]

After being in Vegas the last couple of days they would be perfect for an NBA team. Bring them in, bring back the Sonics & move Memphis and Minnesota/New Orleans East.

 

2 x 16 team conferences. 8 x 4 team divisions.

 

78 games:

4 games vs your division (12) 

3 games vs conference (36)

2 games vs other conference (30)

[festar35Participant]

Should have said move Memphis, Minnesota or New Orleans – it’d likely be Memphis.

Pacific: Seattle, Portland, Minnesota, Utah
California: Clippers, Lakers, Warriors, Kings
Mid: Denver, Oklahoma, Vegas, Phoenix
South: Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, New Orleans

Atlantic: Toronto, Boston, New York, Brooklyn
Mid-East: Chicago, Milwaukee, Indiana, Detroit
Mid-Coast: Memphis, Washington, Cleveland, Philadelphia
South-East: Miami, Atlanta, Orlando, Charlotte

[Dr.RedParticipant]

I think most of your thoughts are spot on. However, there were a few things with the new alignment that made me laugh. Minnesota in the Pacific? Toronto in the Atlantic? Minnesota would be 1200+ miles from their closest divisional foe and are less than 400 miles from both Milwaukee and Chicago, which are both natural regional rivals. Toronto is only a few hours from Detroit and Cleveland and much farther from the other teams than Philly. IMO, needs to be a bit different.

Here is a simple fix to that:
Northwest: Seattle, Portland, Golden State, Sacramento

Southwest: Lakers, Clippers, Las Vegas, Phoenix

South: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, NOLA

Midwest: Denver, OKC, Utah, Memphis

 

Northeast: New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia

Central: Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Washington 

North: Minnesota, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indiana

Southeast: Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[festar35Participant]

The names were only for my reference really, I don’t live in USA & wasn’t 100% certain of everything.

I do like the idea of NY, Bkn, Bos & Philly in same conference that be awesome, but I’d love to keep GSW along side the Lakers, Clips & Kings.

 

[OhCanada-Participant]

 They wanna keep Toronto travelling lol. For Philly it doesnt really matter much if you put them in Central or Atlantic. Although I must say I would love to see Toronto get out of that division, its gonna be a nasty one for years to come with Phillly and Boston.

[festar35Participant]

One more correction – 80 games (32 vs non-conference opponents)

[-Aria-Participant]

 Depends on if the NBA got over this

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDEa422k7s

[RUDEBOY-Participant]

 +1 for suggesting The League should send Memphis East. Been saying that for yrs!! 

[stifler101Participant]

 

I think the way to go in this scenario would be to go back to 4 bigger divisions of 8 teams, rather than 8 small divisions of 4.  With the 6 divisions of 5 we have now we’ve already essentially eliminated the importance of divisions altogether.  I think that having fewer divisions would make winning a division title important again so that we might want to reward it again with a guaranteed top 2-4 seed in the playoffs.  This is how it was before there were 30 teams as a frame of reference for the young folks.  Here’s how I’d suggest doing it:

EAST:

Atlantic: Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Washington
Central: Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, Minnesota (moved East), Toronto

WEST:

Midwest: Dallas, Denver, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Utah
Pacific: Golden State, L.A. Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland Sacramento, Seattle
 

 

[220Participant]

 Interesting thought. I like the reformatting as it is crazy that some teams like Memphis and New Orleans are in the West. I don’t imagine the league expands anytime soon.

[HobbyOGParticipant]

 I actucally did this in 2k last year..created the Sonics and Las Vegas Aces, moved the teams you mentioned to the east. 

[dmo21Participant]

Make a couple new franchises, relocate a couple teams and voila, you have my masterpiece! 4 divisions of 8 teams (East, North, Mid-South, West). Top 4 of each (or top 3 of each with a couple wild cards) make playoffs. More division games so there is less travel and more rivalry.

East:
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Miami
Charlotte
Brooklyn
Orlando
New York

North:
Toronto
Indiana
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Pittsburgh/Louisville/St.Louis or keep Atlanta (sorry Atlanta, you’re kind of in a location gap and your attendance sucks)

Mid-South:
Houston
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
New Orleans
Denver
Memphis
Dallas
Kansas City/Albuquerque or keep Atlanta (again, sorry Atlanta..)

West:
Golden State
Utah
Lakers
Portland
Clippers
Phoenix
Sacramento (possibly moved to Seattle or Vegas)
Seattle/Vegas

That’s the best I got!

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