I think the one thing there may be some interest in ... would be to maybe look at how you seed the top four teams. One thing that we have kicked around is whether you might say, all right, those same four teams are going to get the top four seeds, but maybe you do it in accordance with their records. |
I think there' s some substantial reservation ... about whether it really is an issue that has to be addressed anytime soon. My view is that there are just a lot of anomalies that come into play when you talk about playoff pairings, particularly in the first rounds. |
I think there's some substantial reservation at this point, again, just judging from the debate or lack of debate in the room about whether it really is an issue that has to be addressed anytime soon. |
I want to take it a little bit easier for a while and then see what else I might want to do. |
It was long enough. I feel I've contributed as much as I can, |
It's just time. I'm ready. I'm really happy about it, actually. I guess I'm a little taken aback by the reaction, though. I've known about this for six months, but once you announce it, it really makes it real. |
It's very unlikely we would go to reseeding after the first round. It's also very unlikely we would go to a system where we would seed teams one through eight. |
My view is that there are just a lot of anomalies that come into play when you talk about playoff pairings, particularly in the first rounds. I think the concern this year is because we have two teams in the West that seem to be way ahead of everybody else. |
On this one there was a pretty good consensus. |
One problem is where you draw the line. |
right now the focus is on the team remaining the New Orleans Hornets. |
That's at least an interesting notion. Then you're not dealing with the politicking. |
The first person I heard from was Bill Walton. He sent me the nicest e-mail. I don't know how he found out so fast. He sent it to me 10 minutes after we told the staff. |
We can probably cure the issue of the team with the second-best record being seeded fourth. |
We want the fairest arrangement we can. There is probably no perfect system. |