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