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The following is from ESPN.com:
The NBA's board of governors approved a realignment plan Monday that creates three divisions of five teams each in the Eastern and Western conferences.
The expansion Charlotte Bobcats, the NBA's 30th team, were placed in the Eastern Conference and the New Orleans Hornets were moved to the Western Conference. The Hornets previously played in Charlotte before moving to New Orleans two seasons ago.
Joining the new Charlotte franchise in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference will be Atlanta, Miami, Orlando and Washington. The Central Division will have Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana and Milwaukee. Atlantic Division teams will be Boston, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and Toronto.
New Orleans will play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference with Dallas, Houston, Memphis and San Antonio. The Northwest Division will have Denver, Minnesota, Portland, Seattle and Utah. The Pacific Division teams are Golden State, the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix and Sacramento.
Teams will play divisional opponents twice at home and twice on the road. They will play conference opponents outside their division three or four times, and teams from the other conference twice -- at home and away.
Divisional winners each earn a playoff berth. The remaining five playoff berths for each conference will be based on regular-season records with no regard to divisional alignment.
Home-court advantage throughout the playoffs will be based solely on regular-season records. That means a divisional winner will not necessarily have home court advantage in the playoff series.
So, how does your team fare after those changes? Remember these effects will take place as of next season. For mine, the Orlando Magic, we walk out absolute winners knowing we are in the weakest conference and that the winner of each conference receives an automatic playoff berth.
How does everyone here think their team will fare in the new system? And do you like the look of the new boundaries? I certainly do, and we need to keep in mind that the whole reason this happened was to accomodate the expansion Charlotte Bobcats franchise which is also a plus for the game.
Your thoughts people?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=1664047
The NBA's board of governors approved a realignment plan Monday that creates three divisions of five teams each in the Eastern and Western conferences.
The expansion Charlotte Bobcats, the NBA's 30th team, were placed in the Eastern Conference and the New Orleans Hornets were moved to the Western Conference. The Hornets previously played in Charlotte before moving to New Orleans two seasons ago.
Joining the new Charlotte franchise in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference will be Atlanta, Miami, Orlando and Washington. The Central Division will have Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana and Milwaukee. Atlantic Division teams will be Boston, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and Toronto.
New Orleans will play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference with Dallas, Houston, Memphis and San Antonio. The Northwest Division will have Denver, Minnesota, Portland, Seattle and Utah. The Pacific Division teams are Golden State, the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix and Sacramento.
Teams will play divisional opponents twice at home and twice on the road. They will play conference opponents outside their division three or four times, and teams from the other conference twice -- at home and away.
Divisional winners each earn a playoff berth. The remaining five playoff berths for each conference will be based on regular-season records with no regard to divisional alignment.
Home-court advantage throughout the playoffs will be based solely on regular-season records. That means a divisional winner will not necessarily have home court advantage in the playoff series.
So, how does your team fare after those changes? Remember these effects will take place as of next season. For mine, the Orlando Magic, we walk out absolute winners knowing we are in the weakest conference and that the winner of each conference receives an automatic playoff berth.
How does everyone here think their team will fare in the new system? And do you like the look of the new boundaries? I certainly do, and we need to keep in mind that the whole reason this happened was to accomodate the expansion Charlotte Bobcats franchise which is also a plus for the game.
Your thoughts people?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=1664047
When the realignment was first announced late last year I would have totally agreed with your prediction on the woeful Southeast division, but Miami have proven me wrong. I think they'll be better next season and should top it. The Central division will be hotly contested. Detroit and Indiana look like they could have a rivalry for the next few years to come. Hopefully Cleveland continue to improve. Minnesota will absolutely own the Northwest division. How strong is the southwest division? Five play-off calibre teams. :shock: New Orleans have really lost out being moved to the Western conference.
