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[HoosierDaddyKidd]

I fully agree with this. The way I see it, there are two ways to make this make more sense.

1) Remove conferences completely... the 16 best teams in the whole NBA make it to the playoffs.

2) Make divisions matter more... i.e., only allow 2 teams per division to make it through to the playoffs. This can only happen after an expansion to 32 teams though... because then you have 16 teams per conference, split into 4 divisions of 4 teams each. The trickle-down effect of only allowing 2 teams per division through... star players will automatically spread themselves around the league, to improve their chances of making the playoffs. So instead of the Western Conference being more loaded, now teams in the East will be on par with those in the West. It will also force team Front Offices to be better. It will also make divisional rivalries matter again.

#2 would be my preferred option.

That sounds good. Question is where would the expansion teams be located?  I can think of Seattle and maybe Las Vegas since they already added an NFL, NHL and possibly MLB since the A's might move there.