It was changed in the middle of the 03-04 season if I remember correctly because the lakers started off slow and they knew they wouldn’t have home court. Could have been the year before also.
I see only one way of saving the league:
Keep the length of the season the same(October to April).
Reduce the games from 82 to 60.
No more back to backs.
Reduce playoff teams from 16 to 14. Seeds 1 & 2 in each conference each get a bye round. The 1st round is best of 3. This also means...
The nba is in shambles. What kind of f***ery is this? Lotteries are rigged, multiple teams tanking, no defense, regular season is a mess, no element of surprise, no rivalries. What is the point?
Hahaha I started rooting for tanking to keep our pick but that’s looking more and more unlikely. If they keep playing like this they could come out of the play in but that’ll be it