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Make the All Star game east vs west and winner gets an additional playoff spot. (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by The_prawn_king@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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So everyone will hate this I’m sure. I think even I might hate it. BUT it would make the all star game competitive I’d hope.

Basically you’d change the play in so that the winning conference play in has 7 locked spots. 8v9 play for 8th. The loser of that and the winner of 10v11 play for an opportunity to get entered into the other conference. The other conference has 6 locked spots. 7v8 play for 7th. 9 plays against the team from the all star winning conference. If the other conference team wins they get 8th seed. If 9 wins they play the loser of 7v8.

It’s a silly idea and adds a game for that team but would add stakes to the all star game. Obvious problem is it undos a bit of the point of the play in on one conference but then opens it up on the other. Also probably too complicated.

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[–] whtge8@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Only way to actually make that game competitive is to offer like 100 million to the winning team or something ridiculous like that.

[–] horseshoeoverlook@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I had a chance to talk to Mark Tatum last week he said there will be definitely some changes to this year’s All-Star game but not this drastic lol

[–] the_greasy_one@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So if my conference loses it means less playoff teams to fend off? Great!

[–] The_prawn_king@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

No you’d still have to play the same amount of playoff teams