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I was listening to a local radio show and the host was talking about how the NBA  playoffs need to be restructured. When you look at the Western conference you have to teams struggling to make the playoffs who have 40 or more wins however when you look the abysmal Eastern conference you have teams with just over 30 wins who have almost secured their playoff positioning. So i ask how is it fair that a team with 40 wins does not get in and a team with 30 wins does??

Well here is the system that was purposed you take the conferences and throw them out the window you take the top 16 teams and go brackets style the 1 seed plays the 16 seed the 2 seed plays the 15 seed and so on. In order for this system to work the regular season would have to be changed also so that everybody plays each team the same number times.

Lets take a look at the match ups with the purposed system

Standings as of March 24th 2008 4:10pm

1. Boston 55-14
2. Detroit 49-20
3.Los Angeles Lakers 48-22
4 New Orleans 47-21
5. Phoenix 47-22
6. Houston 47-23
7. San Antonio 47-23
8.  Utah 46-25
9. Orlando46-26
10. Dallas 44-26
11. Golden State 43-26
12. Denver 42-28
13. Cleveland 40-31
14. Portland 37-33
15. Toronto 35-35
16. Philadelphia 35-35

Outside looking in

17.Sacramento 31-38
18. Atlanta 30-39

What would the playoff match ups look like

1.Boston vs 16. Philadelphia
2. Detroit vs 15.Toronto
3. LAL vs 14.Portland
4. New Orleans vs 13.Cleveland
5. Pheonix vs 12. Denver
6. Houston vs 11. Golden State
7 San Antonio vs 10 Dallas
8. Utah vs 9. Orlando

Those are not all great match ups but think about it Boston vs Philadelphia not all that interesting i understand that but Phx vs Den and SAS VS Dal 1st round match ups wow wouldn't that be entertaining. Well those are my thoughts hope you enjoyed.

The Denver Nuggets may miss the 2008 NBA Playoffs but did you know they have the 4th highest payroll in the NBA. How can a team with Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony two of the NBA top 5 scorers in the league not make the playoffs. When you look at the roster they look like a very good team you have Marcus Camby down low he can block shots and rebound he is in the top 5 in both categories then you have more role players. J.R. Smith can be a decent scoring threat from outside where he is shoot 40% so far this season. Linas Kleiza who is shooting 40% from the field and has had a few game winning shots including when Denver came to Sacramento and Linas Klezia hit a 22 foot jumper to win the game at the buzzer. Denver refused to include him in a deal that would have brought Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest to Denver so it pretty obvious they have high expectations for this young man.

Well maybe its their coach George Karl maybe hes the problem? The Denver nuggets are 5th in OPP PPG this season. So maybe Karl needs to concentrate more on the defensive end of the floor. But wait Denver leads the league in blocks per game and 3rd in rebounds per game so how can that be the coaches fault?

It is very hard to understand and see why this team may not make the playoffs yes the west is very good this year almost ridiculous but you have Carmelo Anthony, AI , Marcus Camby, J.R. Smith and a young up and comer in Linas Kleiza and still may miss the playoffs.

Please do not read into this as I'm saying Denver wont make the playoffs because thats not what I'm saying there are plenty of games to play still and Denver is only few games out of the 8th seed. What i am saying is with a talent filled roster like this team appears to have you would expect them to be a team fighting in the top 5 . well thats how i feel about this team maybe I'm wrong it wouldn't be the first time and sure wouldn't be the last.

With the NBA season quickly coming to an end who is the MVP of this season. You have several candidate who could be considered from, Kobe Bryant,Lebron James, Pau Gasol,Chris Paul, Kevin Garnett, just to name a few but what does the MVP really mean?

Does MVP mean the best individual player? Does it mean the player that makes his team better or the player that actually carry his team. This is how i see the MVP Race as of right now

1. Lebron James: PPG: 30.6 RPG: 8.1 APG 7.6

2. Kobe Bryant: PPG: 28.3 RPG 6.1 APG 5.3

3. Chris Paul : PPG: 20.9 RPG 4.0 APG 10.9

4. Dwight Howard: PPG: 21.6 RPG 14.5 APG 1.3

5. Carlos Boozer: PPG 21.5 RPG 10.8 APG 3.0

The main reason I see Lebron as the leading candidate for MVP is without him on the Cleveland Cavaliers where would they be Lebron is by far the ultimate team player. He is a player who can create his own shot or get his teammate involved in the game. He Play with high energy and is very intense on offense and defense. Also who else does Lebron have on that team Big Z thats not a lot of help and for Lebron to be as successful as he is without another true star on that team is remarkable and worthy of winning the MVP.

Kobe Bryant Has always been a amazing player. The reason i have him at # 2 is because he needs the big donminate center to help him . That is not to take away from his amazing ability and the gift to play the game . It's the fact's that show with shaq 3 ring without shaq 0 simple math if you ask me.

Chris Paul is third on my list because wow look it at where he has led his team. Who would have thought at the beginning of the year that this team would be so good this late into the season Chris Paul leads this team and is responsible for where they are today in my opin ion I dont believe the hornets would be in this position without him.

I have Dwight Howard at number 4 he is dominate down low and he is just a beast to guard in the paint and he is doing all of this at a very young age . Dwight howard is by far one of the most dominate centers of this decade.

Carlos Boozer is number five because he is the finisher and he has great low post moves. With the amergence of Derron Williams at the PG position it almost looks like stockton and Malone all over again. Carlos Boozer is beast down low on every possesion. He is a very good defender and shot blocker and he does it on both ends of the floor.