NBA季後賽,由東西岸前八名球隊進入的模式,或許會在將來得到改變。
近年,西岸球隊最少要拿到45勝左右才能進入季後賽。相反,東岸球隊即使得勝率未過半,仍有機會晉身季後賽。一直有球圈內外的人不滿,現時西強東弱的情況減低了比賽的可觀性,而且西岸過強的競爭,也令他們體力過於付出,使東岸球隊有以逸待勞的情況出現。
NBA總裁Adam Silver在昨天到了現場觀看勇士對小牛的比賽,當時他接受訪問時談到了季後賽的改革。
Adam Silver表示,他們的終極目標,是讓最好的16支球隊打入季後賽,現時東西不平衡的狀態是不公平的。
Silver表示,他們正考慮6個分區冠軍,再加上成績最好10支球隊晉身季後賽的方案。不過,不再分開東西兩岸最大的問題,便是旅途問題。因為即使現時球隊也有私人專機,球隊若需要在幾天之內穿州過省,這樣也會大大影響球員的體力,影響他們的作戰狀態。
不過,Silver表示,這個將會是他們和競賽委員會認為討論的問題,因為他認為需要認真考慮改變。
引用“Ultimately we want to see your best teams in the playoffs. And there is an unbalance and a certain unfairness. There is a proposal (from one of the broadcasters)… where the division winners would all automatically go into the playoffs and then you’d seed the next 10 best teams. I think that’s the kind of proposal we need to look at. There are travel issues of course, but in this day in age every team of course has their own plane, travels charter. I don’t think the discussion should end there. And as I’ve said, my first year I was studying a lot of these issues and year 2 is time to take action. It’s something I’m going to look at closely with the competition committee. I do think it’s an area where we need to make a change.”
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