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The NBA playoffs should be best of one, amirite?
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Yup, have never seen any sports fan think best of 1 is a good option in anything other than American football, and even then I don't necessarily think it leads to the best team winning, it's just the ONLY option.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
March Madness would like a word. That being said it works in that scenario because there are 64 teams, so there is still plenty of money to be made. In the case of the major sports leagues having 1-and-done playoffs, just a terrible take by OP (but def unpopular) ;) It's all about money, the longer the series the more money to be made by the leagues.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
The biggest sport in the world begs to differ
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Sometimes they have 2 rounds in the knockout stages (one home, one away game for fairness), but I've never seen a final be a series. They also tend to have a league and a cup (regular season/playoffs) be seperate competitions.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Honestly the most dogbrained thing you can do is watch regular season basketball
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
no i think soccer watchers will always have all the dogbrains
by Percivalblick2 weeks ago
Not a bad point lol
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
This is some casual take. We would not get Cavs 3-1 comeback if the finals ended in just 1 game. If a team is deserving of a champion, they should be able to beat the opposite team 4 times. In basketball, teams could have a game where they shoot in high FG percentage like Miami heat did in game 2 vs Celtics. So, just 1 game in each round doesn't make any sense
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Best of 7 is not the only format that produces comebacks. We just had one of the greatest World Cup finals last year which was full of back and forths in a best of 1. France almost completed the comeback if not for a crazy save by the Argentina keeper in the last minute
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
There is no way you watch basketball.
by WaltzFirm2 weeks ago
I do. And I watch soccer, and track. I'm able to compare the merits of all of them. Best of 1 is truly the most hype format. Best of 7 is for nerds
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
and baseball is also a best of 7 series lol
by maggie192 weeks ago
That was my point? I'm not sure if you are agreeing with me or not lol
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Hahahah no I am agreeing with you. You'd assume they wouldn't like baseball if they felt this way about basketball
by maggie192 weeks ago
Football plays 17 games. The NBA plays 82. A 1 game playoff in the nba would be the equivalent of the Super Bowl being 12 minutes long.
by WaltzFirm2 weeks ago
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world but one of the big things hampering its growth is the best of 7 format in the playoffs Where did you see this is hampering the growth of the game?
by kiarramoore2 weeks ago
The biggest tournaments in the biggest sports are best of 1 (FIFA World Cup, Cricket World Cup, Superbowl, 100m dash). Best of 1 brings weight to the final and brings more eyes to the game globally.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
I hate whenever people suggest this because of NCAA. College basketball is terrible and it needs the concept of win or go home to make it interesting. NBA is actually good basketball, i would prefer the better team win rather than one team just getting hot from three for a game.
by ValuableBest2 weeks ago
Yeah the NCAA playoffs isn't designed to be a fair tournament where the best team typically wins. It's designed to be chaotic and lean into the "March Madness" marketing. That kind of playoff format is terrible for professional leagues.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Then why do the nfl playoffs do it… beta
by Asleep-Cycle2 weeks ago
Best of 1 doesn't boil down to skill as best of 7. To beat a team 4x you have to truly be better than them. Best of 1 could just be a bunch of YMCA players in the zone against the favorites on an off night.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Your overall point is dead on, but no squad from the YMCA could defeat the Celtics or Nuggets even on their worst of days…
by Few_Bad_65792 weeks ago
Sir, the Miami Heat in Game 2 are a bunch of YMCA players.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Go back to the best of 5 in round 1.... Or reduce the NBA season. In season tournament is a good gap to fill
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
the real issue is that the nba season desperately needs to be reduced. why tf are there 82 games?
by No_Yak90042 weeks ago
Reducing the schedule kinda impacts records and stats from a historical standpoint though
by Omann2 weeks ago
I agree. The in-season tournament is a great replacement for games. The NFL is popular in the US because of the shorter schedule
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
I think the NFL's popularity is more due to having fewer games than the shorter schedule. When you only have 17 games, each one matters way more than when you have 82. Also having a dedicated day for 90% of the games just makes it easier to keep track of.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
yeah they would gladly make them play more games if they could. It's because they literally own a day of our lives
by maggie192 weeks ago
Disagree with BO1 but agree with the sentiment behind it. I think the compromise is a BO3 or BO5 in Round 1, then BO5 in Quarter Finals, and then BO7 for the Conference Finals and Final Final.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Seeding takes care of that. You want home court, be better in the regular season
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Are you aware that about 30 years ago the first rounds where first to 3 wins? they changed it upwards for one reason. $
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Anything to reduce the sheer volume of games would increase the quality of the game: less injuries more highlights more meaningful games Best of 3 or 5 the whole way and a 50 game season.
by Bmoen2 weeks ago
Best of 2 at most IMO. Champions League format
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
I think it should be best of 5. 7 is way too long for a single series it feels like
by Helpful-Object2 weeks ago
I think I agree that best of 7 is too long, but best of 1 is a bad idea imo. I think 3/5 (probably 5) would work better.
by ImpressionNo2 weeks ago
Iirc they used to be best of 5...best of 1 seems a bit extreme though...maybe best of 3?
by Hbins2 weeks ago
We already have the NCAA college basketball tournament for that....truly a unpopular brain dead opinon
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
They'll never do it because it would cost them millions in revenue but I wouldn't mind seeing more 1 and done tournaments like the in season tournament. Like maybe every conference has a 1 and done conference championship that takes place during the season.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
I do hate the regular season, it's too long so I either catch up late and watch the end, or start early and get bored mid season and then come back for playoffs. Honestly the playoffs might be the only thing that I should watch.
by astridquitzon2 weeks ago
This would be a foul baiting flop fest.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
That's called March Madness which is infinitely more entertaining
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
May be one of the worst sports related ideas I have ever read, besides the fact that it would be horrible business for the NBA, it would ruin so many great series comebacks we have seen over the years
by makennabaumbach2 weeks ago
They added an In-Season Tournament just for you. Lakers were the champions.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Wait til you see the NHL…
by Any_Experience53772 weeks ago
Hampering its growth? Revenue, global and domestic viewership have all grown over the last decade.
by Sophiedonnelly2 weeks ago
best of seventeen
by ApprehensiveRoyal2 weeks ago
How do you feel about the NHL? They also do best of 7
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Agreed for the most part. Should be Bo3
by Various-Barber2 weeks ago
I would rather see NFL be best of 7 for the Superbowl.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
7 weeks of Super Bowl games might be overkill
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
No 7 games 1 game every other day. Might only last a week if a team sweeps 4 games.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Look, I love football, I'm all about more football, but the players would die and then we'd have zero football.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Have you seen an NFL game?
by kiarramoore2 weeks ago
Yep.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
That is physically impossible to achieve. Players already are higher risk of injury on short weeks where they play Sunday and Thursday. Football is too physically demanding to play more than once a week. I could see them doing a best of 3, but that'd require shortening the playoff field, which no pro league will ever do.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
So they play a 17 game season and then a 7 game championship?
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
All playoffs should be best of 5 the Bowl best of 7.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
certainly an unpopular opinion but I think they definitely need to move to a best of 5 for round 1 maybe even round 2
by maggie192 weeks ago
Especially in the NBA. It's so common for teams to have an outstanding home record while having an average, or even below average, road record.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Basketball may be my least favorite sport, but I can at least agree its growth is doing just fine. I'd leave it the way it is.
by Glad_Light2 weeks ago
It should be best of 3. That is enough to determine the better team.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
No it's not
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
I was going to say best of one, but I was trying to be nice and decided to give you best of three, but you got greedy. You know, in war you don't get seven chances to prove that you are a better army. You only get one. It does not matter what your mood was that day, and how many soldiers were sick that day. So I say, NBA playoffs should be like March Madness. You get once chance or you're out.
by Anonymous2 weeks ago
Can we all just agree basketball is a stupid sport to watch and the opposite to exiting. Independent of format it would still be trash to watch.
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