NBA commish Silver considering playoff reseeding

Being considered is the idea of continuing to take the top eight teams from
each conference, but then seeding them from 1-16, regardless of conference.
Such a system could pave the way for the top two overall teams facing in The
Finals regardless of conference.

"You also would like to have a format where your two best teams are ultimately
going to meet in The Finals," Silver said. "You could have a situation where
the top two teams in the league are meeting in the conference finals or
somewhere else. So we're going to continue to look at that. It's still my hope
that we're going to figure out ways."

A chief concern for Silver regarding the considered change remains travel
scheduling. Among the solutions Silver offered up is creating a more balanced
schedule in order to accommodate the potential of more frequent cross-country
trips in the playoffs.

"Maybe ultimately you have to add even more days to the season to spread it
out a little bit more to deal with the travel," Silver said. "Maybe air travel
will get better. All things we'll keep looking at."

Any such change would require approval from 20 of the 30 teams.

--Field Level Media