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But realignment would actually hurt the big market teams even more? And yes, while at this stage it is predominantly media led however there are more and more "fans" whining about this on comments sections and yes, even several NBA execs have mentioned it. Personally uuo don't think it will ever happen because it would hurt the bottom seeds by making it even harder to compete. It would also be so boring because NBA playoffs are built around historical conference rivalries that a non-conference format 16 seed table would eliminate. Further i think we' ve all become thoroughly accustomed to playoffs being about one division at a time until Finals, tables would put east and west teams against each other at every round of playoffs..