NBA needs to get rid of conferences.
The biggest reason I think we should do this is because of the number of good teams in the east and west.
There are only two really good teams in the East, but the West has the Thunder, Spurs, Rockets, Clippers, and Trail Blazers (Aldridge is back now), all of which could at least win their conference in the playoffs.
Also, the west currently has 5 teams below .500, and the east has 9!
I think we should keep divisions, but conferences seriously need to go.
The fact that Brooklyn, Washington, Charlotte, and Atlanta will all probably be in the playoffs despite them all (currently) having below .500 records, but that fact that Dallas may not get in despite having a record above .500 is absurd.
All 8 teams in the west will probably have above .500 records, and the east meanwhile will have at least 3 teams that have lost half of their games.
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