03-29-2020, 07:33 AM
Thinking about BBall for the first time in a while. Hollinger article below seems well thought out to me. Every team finishes the season with five games (Dallas would finish the season with 72 games played. LAL would only get in 69). Doesn't really matter as these five games are simply there to get teams back in basketball shape. Next up playoff play-in. This gives teams 9-15 some reason to show up. Top six in each conference are safe. 7 & 8 would essentially play the winner of a single elimination tournament among everyone else. 8 & 9 would line up in the same bracket as would 7 (Dallas) and 10 (New Orleans). It would be frightening to have to put a season's worth of accomplishment on the line in a single game. But, if you don't do something like that, what reason to teams 9-15 have to show up for the final five regular season games. Single elimination would make for some compelling TV.
https://theathletic.com/1696891/2020/03/...ould-work/
https://theathletic.com/1696891/2020/03/...ould-work/