[季後賽改制] Adam Silver: 常規賽前16名進入季后賽很合理 問題是地理位置

NBA總裁Adam Silver今天來到了金塊和活塞的比賽現場，並接受了現場電台RadioKoz的訪問。
主持Jason Kosmicki問到了關於季後賽改制的問題，Adam Silver表示聯盟正在認真研究解決方案:“我們正在認真探討改制的事，距離研究出解決辦法還有很遠的距離。當然，讓常規賽前16名進入季后賽是很正常的，問題是兩個分岸地理位置上隔得很遠。 ”

引用“We're serious about looking at it. We’re far from a place where there's a solution. Of course it makes sense to seed teams 1-16 in the league but we have two conferences that are geographically apart…."

“我們的問題是用戰績來排前16名，成績必須基於平衡的賽程，你要讓球隊之間打相同數量的比賽。如果要做到平衡各支球隊的賽程，那麼他們就必須要長途跋涉去打客場比賽。”

引用"...the issue for us is in order to seed 1-16 based on record, the records have to be based on a balanced schedule you have to have played the teams an even number of times. To move from a balanced schedule it would require a lot more travel on behalf of the teams."

“想想如果首輪是拓荒者對熱火。那麼他們就必須橫跨整個國家去比賽，這會為球員增加額外大的疲勞，也會讓比賽的質量下降。當然也會出現更多的潛在傷病問題，所以我們還未準備好做出改變。”

引用"You can also end up in the first round with Portland playing Miami. To crisscross the country it adds enormous fatigue to the players and it would cut down on the quality of the competition and also potentially lead to more injuries....we're not ready to make a change yet."