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Originally Posted by KevB
I've read the mid-season tourney idea from Bill Simmons in the past, but it was accompanied by other related ideas such as shrinking the regular season and giving the winner of the mid-season tourney a playoff spot (or something like that).
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His idea was an tournament at the end of the season. The top 7 in each conference would make the playoffs like normal, then the bottom 8 would have a single elimination tournament for the 8th seed. All 16 tournament teams would be in the lottery, and your performance in the tournament wouldn't affect your lottery position.