Talk:National Basketball Association Playoffs

message: I've read that David Stern wants to implement seedings where the top four teams (i.e. the three division winners and the top second place team) would be seeded by record, with the remaining teams seeded accordingly. This way a team like the Mavericks aren't punished for being in the same division as the Spurs, while allowing a division title to still mean something. I know Stern mentioned this on the NBA Lottery show in May, and I've tried finding an article where it was mentioned, but I've been unable to. Can anyone help me out on this? --Highway99 18:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a pure bracket system. --Howard the Duck 16:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playoff seedings 

message: How are the playoff referees selected? --Blainster 07:55, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The NBA selects who refs all the games regular season and playoffs.  As to how they go about selecting which refs work wich games remains unknown to me, but there's apparently sn emphasis on experience.  For what it's worth, the NBA itself handles all of it. Dknights411 03:14, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Referee selection

message: I wonder if it's a good idea to have separate pages for each of the rounds; we already have NBA Finals and NBA Conference Finals? How about NBA Playoffs First Round and NBA Conference Semifinals? (The MLB has articles for each round.) --Howard the Duck 16:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Playoff stages

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:NBA 2007 Playoffs logo.png

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:NBA 2007 Playoffs logo.png