The reason that the current system exists is that it makes teams look better than the actually are.
Especially poor teams.
With 32 teams in the league, there should be about half of them below .500. With the extra points, right now there are 9 teams below .500, and that number will go down as the season gets older.
In 2018-2019, there were 7 teams below .500, and 2 of them were 1 game below.
In reality, .500 is closer to 90 points in 82 games.
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