Rachel Nichols explains why 1-16 would never be a playoff format and why we're stuck with a 2 conference system with teams below .500 getting in

Bill Simmons Pod In a playoff series you only have to go 4-3 and you advance barely above 500

In a debate about NFL vs NBA things gets heated on Jeff Teagues 520 podcast

Inside the NBA Chuck clowns on the Kings for losing 15 games in a row That's impossible You can't play 15 good teams in a row

Steve Kerr We need to play fewer games We need to take 10 games off the schedule The modern game with the pace and the space I think it would be a more competitive and healthier league if we played fewer games

Bill Simmons Pod Charlotte might go 120 in the Eastern Conference Playoffs They are just rolling through the league This is 2017 Warriors territory

John Skipper The most popular league in the world does not care about balance English Premiere League The NBA has to pretend because they have to make all these owners happy But I don't know if it's better for business The business would be better if the the favorite teams won every year