Why not give home court to the winning conference?

Sanjan · Post #1 » by **Sanjan** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:58 pm

make the all star game work playing for. Regular season is good for giving home court up to the conference championship but really its much easier to get the best record in the league if your in the east. So really i don't think its a bad idea.

Post #2 » by **INKtastic** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 12:11 am

it's a stupid idea in baseball, why copy it for basketball.

Philly Fresh · Post #3 » by **Philly Fresh** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 12:15 am

I always thought homecourt should go to the team who won he season series.

crzy · Post #4 » by **crzy** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 12:16 am

How about no?

JordansBulls · Post #5 » by **JordansBulls** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 12:29 am

lj4mvp wrote:it's a stupid idea in baseball, why copy it for basketball.

Also with HC it means your team should be the one that is considered better. How can a team that wins 65 games in the season not have homecourt if the team from the other conference only wins 50 games?

KnicksH20 · Post #6 » by **KnicksH20** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 2:23 am

The NBA wouldn't do that because the All-star game would be much less entertaining. Instead of seeing dunks, alley-oops and stuff, we'd see people playing hard defense and actually going at each other one on one. For some crazy reason the NBA hates this because they want people to tune in and see dunks and crossovers and stuff.

The players wouldn't like it either because they'd be forced to actually play hard. And then, the biggest problem, is that some players might get angry. If you're Byron Scott, and you want homecourt advantage in the finals if you get in, you'd play Kobe and Duncan practically the whole game. Then guys like West and Roy would be sitting on the bench and the NBA wouldn't like it.

D-Wade · Post #7 » by **D-Wade** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 2:25 am

The MLB should be crucified for this.

I mean, look at it like this:

Let's say the East wins the All-Star game. If the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference is 42-40 and they make it to the Finals and play some 60-22 juggernaut, why the hell should they deserve home court? Even then, what if they didn't have a SINGLE PLAYER contribute to the winning All-Star team that got them home court? Exactly. It's dumb, no offense.

KnicksH20 · Post #8 » by **KnicksH20** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 2:28 am

D-Whistle wrote:The MLB should be crucified for this.

I mean, look at it like this:

Let's say the East wins the All-Star game. If the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference is 42-40 and they make it to the Finals and play some 60-22 juggernaut, why the hell should they deserve home court? Even then, what if they didn't have a SINGLE PLAYER contribute to the winning All-Star team that got them home court? Exactly. It's dumb, no offense.

That's not a valid argument, man. If the 42-40 8th seeded team made it all the way to the Finals, more power to them. And if the 60-22 juggernaut can't defeat the 42-40 8th seed despite having THREE HOME GAMES IN A ROW in games 3-5, then sorry, the 'juggernaut" didn't deserve to win.

You'd actually see people trying to win the game, which is why this idea is good.

casey · Post #9 » by **casey** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 2:59 am

It makes perfect sense to give home court to the team with the better record. It makes no sense to base it on the results of some exhibition game. Really a stupid idea.

Joseph17 · Post #10 » by **Joseph17** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:01 am

I think it's a great idea. I would like to see the best players in the world giving it 100% on the basketball court. Who wouldn't want to see that?

Post #11 » by **INKtastic** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:03 am

KnicksH20 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

That's not a valid argument, man. If the 42-40 8th seeded team made it all the way to the Finals, more power to them. And if the 60-22 juggernaut can't defeat the 42-40 8th seed despite having THREE HOME GAMES IN A ROW in games 3-5, then sorry, the 'juggernaut" didn't deserve to win.

You'd actually see people trying to win the game, which is why this idea is good.

make the records closer then - a 60 win team and a 55 win team. Home court could decide that series and the team that worked hard all season doesn't get it because of an exhibition game that they may not have even had any participants in.

celticspierce34 · Post #12 » by **celticspierce34** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:07 am

you would see some players who are on ture contenders try, but others would still treat it the same. and it's a game for the fans anyway, they want to see flashy moves. making it worth something actually kinda takes something away from it

High 5 · Post #13 » by **High 5** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:20 am

I'm all for it because it would make the All Star game most interesting the Hawks won't be in the Finals any time soon.

LakerFanMan · Post #14 » by **LakerFanMan** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:28 am

lj4mvp wrote:it's a stupid idea in baseball, why copy it for basketball.

This thread really should have ended with this post.

Post #15 » by **Klomp** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 5:30 am

joeyyowee wrote:I think it's a great idea. I would like to see the best players in the world giving it 100% on the basketball court. Who wouldn't want to see that?

Its called the Olympics

JellosJigglin · Post #16 » by **JellosJigglin** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 5:34 am

I like the idea. Winning 60 games in the east is really like winning 50 in the west anyway.