Is this the absolute worst round of NBA playoffs ever?

[Killer2121]

NBA desperately needs to contract 4 teams and go back to making the 1st round best of 5

New Orleans
Orlando
Milwaukee
Sacramento

not a single person would notice they were gone, 4 horrific franchises in 4 equally awful cities

How/why the hell do Milwaukee and Sacramento have NBA teams? Two boring, random ass unknown cities.

[Booya711]

sorry, you're the first that need to go. the vast majority of New Orleans is an utter shit hole, the arena is terrible, and people either can't afford or don't want tickets.

Not just NO but the whole state is an utter shit hole

[Smoke]

At least we had the Kobe rape story to keep us captivated.

[frogsrangers]

Reduce number of teams in the playoffs

Regular season is absolutely meaningless

[DOM-Ganador]

Maybe it hasn`t been great, but some of the games have been played with high intensity.

It will only get better next round when the dregs hit the bricks.

Obviously, LESS teams overall, and less playoff team would make a WAY better product.
Obviously, this is fantasy island as it would mean less money, and all pro sports never go the route of less money.
"Hey, lets put Pepboys on our uniforms"

The best solution would be splitting the league into 2 , 16 team divisions.
Champions plays for the title, second tier 16 plays for 4 spots following year up in Champs, while bottom 4 in champs drop down.
And F`k 82 games. Too many. 60 would be plenty, and games would be so competitive.

[Time is Money]

it's only noticeably bad this year cause of all the blowouts

more often than not chalk advances round 1 anyway whether it takes 4 games or 7

[lakerboy]

Not just NO but the whole state is an utter shit hole

Absolute dumpster from top to bottom.

[existential]

round 2 will only have 2 watchable series

[lakerboy]

We should have a few good games. Can someone tell us in advance.

[Harry N. Lloyd]

It is pretty pathetic. First round of playoffs is just atrocious. I'd rather watch pre-season games. How can the Celtics be competitive at home but lost by 30 in Atlanta? Not San Antonio.....Atlanta?! The series will definitely get better as they go but this is embarrassing. Just awful.