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Above all, travel between the United States and Europe would undoubtedly be an issue. European teams would have several trans-Atlantic treks a season and teams located beyond the East Coast would have epic journeys half way around the world (“NBA Players Cautious Over European Expansion”). Jet lag, loss of sleep, and other factors could affect quality of play, as well as create reluctance amongst players to cross the Atlantic Ocean to play in Europe. Determining an effective schedule and analyzing travel discrepancies will be a major issue with the implementation of the NBA in Europe. Under the current structure of the NBA, there is often times when teams play a road game one night, and then have to travel home after the game because of a game that is scheduled that next night. It simply is not feasible for the Los Angeles Lakers to play a game in Moscow Russia one night then make it back for a home game the next, there is a severe time difference and the traveling alone would discombobulate the entire schedule of the season. For one game a team would absolutely need 2 travel days because of the severe time-difference. Not only are traveling logistics a concern, but there are several cultural and economic issues that could greatly affect the success of the NBA expansion in
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With a Eastern Conference containing 10 Eastern Conference American and Canadian teams such as: Boston, New York, Toronto, and 7 other old Eastern Conference teams, as well as the new 11 European franchises, and having the “old Western Conference” gain 5 “old Eastern Conference” teams would allow for very easy traveling and scheduling as well.
2.) The two conferences would play only teams within their conference within the regular season. This would be very similar to the current set up of Major League Baseball. In the MLB there is an American League and a National League; each league plays only teams that are within their conference and at the end of the regular season the top teams from each league meet in the championship. It is our vision and recommendation that the NBA implement this same kind of league division. It would aid to the easiness of the traveling and scheduling concerns, as well as give an additional appeal to the professional basketball
With a Eastern Conference containing 10 Eastern Conference American and Canadian teams such as: Boston, New York, Toronto, and 7 other old Eastern Conference teams, as well as the new 11 European franchises, and having the “old Western Conference” gain 5 “old Eastern Conference” teams would allow for very easy traveling and scheduling as well.
2.) The two conferences would play only teams within their conference within the regular season. This would be very similar to the current set up of Major League Baseball. In the MLB there is an American League and a National League; each league plays only teams that are within their conference and at the end of the regular season the top teams from each league meet in the championship. It is our vision and recommendation that the NBA implement this same kind of league division. It would aid to the easiness of the traveling and scheduling concerns, as well as give an additional appeal to the professional basketball