Personally this is what I would like to see... the league expands to 32 teams, 16 in the West and East each. The first round of playoffs is a 3 game series where its 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15 ... for both the west and east. The 'second' round of the playoffs in the new format is the current first round of the playoffs, where it is assumed that teams 1-8 will win their 3 game series, but it gives teams 9-16 an opportunity to pull off an upset and make the second round of playoffs. It also gives teams incentive to play hard for a full 82 games in the regular season so that way for the first round of the playoffs, they can draw perhaps a lower quality team and improve their chances of advancing. Just a thought
