I personally would like to see them do a 1-16 seeding regardless of conference and make it a true best out of the best for the championship.
But, for now this is a step in right direction.
NBA Board of Governors has approved changes to playoff seeding and qualification procedures … pic.twitter.com/mIQu9mCwLc
— Jared Zwerling (@JaredZwerling) September 8, 2015
The good thing about this is even if you are comfortably ahead in your division you have to play the season out. A weak division winner can end up being 6-7th seed if they aren’t careful.