How to fix the NBA Playoffs

Fixing the NBA is a tall order, but fixing the playoffs isn't. With ratings down 25% from last year and dropping each game, something has to be done to regenerate interest in the NBA Finals. The key thing that's missing is momentum. With only one game played last week Sunday to Saturday, it was easy to forget the NBA is on. I forgot to check the game after The Sopranos finale. Barring the break between series, there should be one day between games - no more, no less. And the de facto finals were of course played in the second round. Just taking the top 16 teams is too drastic a measure, but eliminating the divisions and just having two conferences, and reseeding each round, would insure that the best basketball would be played in the conference finals if not the NBA Finals. It's not as if division races or division rivalries generate any excitement. And in this scenario even if the finals are a mismatch, if the conference finals are compelling the NBA would have some momentum going into the Finals.