Instructional Video regarding all the Basics of the National Basketball Association, including Teams, Format, Schedule and more! (Some logos and images are property of the NBA)
I’ve been looking to get into other sports other than football. Real excited to start watching basketball. I decided to be a fan of the 76ers and I noticed that at the time of this comment we aren’t really doing so well I don’t know if that’s normal or anything and hopefully we could start doing better. But I’m glad I found this video and hopefully I can understand the NBA and become a fan like I am for football. Hopefully he made videos like this for other sports
same with me, i’m starting to explore outside of football(soccer) and have enjoyed nfl and now trying to get into nba. I live in the DC area so I’m following the wizards. 🤘
I’m a sorare manager from the UK and I’ve just gotten into basketball through sorare but the whole playoff structure was confusing for me. This video cleared it up so much, great work!
A great video but this is my first time watching NBA and I'm really excited....still looking for a team that I cop a feel for. But the NBA workings are a bit complicated to understand. Hopefully I will get a knack of it soon
Thanks for creating this video!! Just one thing, in the playoffs, the first round is the one that goes up to 7 games, and the team who wins 4 of those passes onto the conference finals?
Thanks for watching! All 4 playoff rounds go up to 7 games. We have the 1st round, the 2nd round/conf semifinals, the 3rd round/conf finals, and then the NBA Finals
01:13. As a clarification, there is currently no NBA team in Seattle. The Seattle Supersonics became the OKC Thunder in 2008. Just to keep the Conference in balance, they remained a part of the Northwest conference. There is actually a much more updated map that shows this instead of the one displayed here.
Yh I’m trying to get into nba cause all i really watch is (real) football. Nba is like the only american sport that can rival other big sports globally and it is pretty fun to watch
For the Play-in this season, 7th didn't play 8th and 9th didn't play 10th? Please could you explain why? E.g. Nets played 9th place instead of 8th. Thanks
Great intro vid for someone who's not familiar with the NBA. My question is, how the teams decide which team to play 3 or 4 times for the other 36 conference games. Wouldnt it make a lil bit unfair since 1) homecourt advantage for the 3 games 2) they could face an easier team for the 4 games hence making thier win records better. Thanks btw
Thanks for watching! I think it just rotates each year. So for example, if the Heat and Bucks play 4 times one year, they might play 3 times the next season. Whichever team gets that extra game at home alternates as well
@@snowmansportsmedia Hmm, i see. It's kinda odd for me coming from football/soccer where how many games played and home advantage are really important factors that could affect the games. Thanks
Im very glad I’m not the only one who didn’t understand this…….I think I even smelled my hair a-burning…..poor little gerbil was givin it all it had lol
What I find disgusting in the system of the NBA is, how much your potential efford lies upon where your team is located and how good the other teams in your division are right at this moment. E.g. You are Phenix Suns and Have to play 4 times against Back-To-Back Champions Warriors, the always shiny Lakers, the Clippers, while at the same time other franchises maybe just have 1 taff matchup out of all these games so mostly much more points out of it. Thats so damn unfair.
Who arrange the match? Like who decide Lakers Vs Brooklyn how did he get so accurate that it won't be confusing.. and how do they know if it's homecourt or away.
It’s just kind of random, but it’s usually only two in conference teams that a team will play 3 times and it’s always opponents from the other divisions
Pls I need help with this question. For instance when a team has already won 4 games and the other team is trailing by 2 why is the final game always so important to them? I mean arent they already losing? What am I not understanding
Are you talking about the playoffs? If a team wins a series 4 games to 2, then they wouldn't play a game 7, it would stop at 6. Playoff series automatically end when a team has 4 wins. That's why they can be anywhere between 4 and 7 games
great video, but who the fuck came up with this bullshit of a system in the first place? honestly just really confusing Edit: But thanks for the video. it makes it a lot easier to understand
So if the divison doesn't determine your position in order to qualify or the teams you play then what are they for? Isnt it easier to just call east/west conference if it doesnt make a difference?
They used to have more weight to them, but not anymore. The division winners used to be given a seed 1-4 guaranteed, (one of those top 4 seeds wouldnt be a division winner naturally) but those days are over
Ive always said the NBA would be even more popular if they shrank the season and number of games. Really who's watching the NBA in dec, jan, feb, march.
In the 82 games they play they play 36 games against the teams in their conference but not in their division But how are those 36 because there are 10 teams left so why arent it 30 (if they play everyone left 3 times) or 40 (if they play everyone left 4 times)
This is the most complicated format i have ever seen...82 games and then 3 play off games best of 7..and then finals best of 7....not mentioning the ones who have yo also qualify the play ins...are they trying to kill them?
Their model structure is too complicated with that structure you can make teams look better than there not on the lines of rigging games ...every team should play each other 3 times a year , best 16 from east and best 16 from west enter the finals.simple .
If it's 3x then teams would complain about the home/away imbalance. "We had to play the #1 team on the road twice, but team X only had to play the #1 team on the road once"
@@ran4sh The team who has the lower season record, for the 3rd game ,it should be there home court advantage because they are the lest ones expected to win
@@howlloud2990 That sounds good from a sports perspective but not a business perspective. Currently all teams are guaranteed 50% of all games at home. Owners are not going to agree to a season structure where the worst team only gets 29 home games but the best team gets 58 home games.
Finals MVP is an award given to the best player of the Finals every season, the Finals being the 7 game Championship series in June that determines the NBA Champ. Regular Season MVP is an award given to the best player from the 82 game Regular Season
Whoever the better seed is has homecourt advantage in the playoffs. So if it's a 1-8 matchup, the 1 seed would be at home for 4 of the 7 games, while the 8 seed would only be at home for 3. The better seed is at home for Games 1, 2, 5, and 7, while the worse seed is home for Games 3, 4, and 6
The reason the nfl works is that its relatively short, action packed and to the point...Every game is looked forward to in the regular season, 16 games and immediate kockout playoffs....basketball should be at worse a 50-game regular season where the 1st seed gets a bye, series that aren't the finals should be best of 5, Finals can be 7
Definitely agree, NBA regular season sometimes feels like a grind to get through, not many meaningful games. I think we can at least cut it down to 72 and see how it goes
If a team is in the "Bonus", that means they shoot free throws every time there is a team foul for the rest of the quarter. It takes 5 fouls to get in the Bonus each quarter, or 2 in the last 2 mins of a quarter
I still don't get it, what do you mean 16 division games, 36 other conference games and 30 non-conference games, like what is the difference between division, other conference and non-conference games.
It's just the NBA's way of grouping teams. Each team is a part of a 5 team division, which is then also a part of a 15 team conference, which then makes up the entire 30 team league
@Snowman Sports Media the problem is that it has a negative impact on sport. Players are more interested in the money than the actual game. Shaq moved for money in the end, Ronaldo, Messi ect
Lol seeds are just the teams rankings for the playoffs! Teams with better regular season records generally play teams with worse records in the playoffs
It’s not fair how you can tank. It’s like the afl. I don’t like it. I like soccer (football) It’s a better scenario. Where you pay for your players and team. You can’t tank. You are paid more money the higher you finish.
And to play your own teams 4 times isn’t fair. What if the other 3 teams are just at that period where they are useless and need rebuilding. That’s easy wins and not fair to other teams. The nab should have every team play eatcother twice and that’s it. Playoffs is the top 16.
@@goatstix7750the more losses the better draft pick so I mean for so actually in the nba you should either be tanking or contending because if you are jsut mid you aren’t going to win a title but you aren’t going to get a good draft pick
@@thefrenchfryguy9959How is champions league more complicated? get a group of 4 teams top 2 go to the r16 and 3 go to Europa, 4. can pack their bags home, then quartfinals and semifinals and then finals I don't understand why you think it is complicated?
I understand how a game works but not how the actual NBA works so i'm glad i found this
Same! I’m new to basketball and the nba always wanted to watch
@@darkchocolate9349 same I’m new I’ve never played basketball so I’m excited to learn more.
I'm new into basketball, and it's because of Luka Doncic, lol! Binge watching nba or any basketball related videos. 😊🏀
Would love a video that explains seeding especially divisions and how that aspect changed
I’ve been looking to get into other sports other than football. Real excited to start watching basketball. I decided to be a fan of the 76ers and I noticed that at the time of this comment we aren’t really doing so well I don’t know if that’s normal or anything and hopefully we could start doing better. But I’m glad I found this video and hopefully I can understand the NBA and become a fan like I am for football. Hopefully he made videos like this for other sports
Hows it going man, i chose celtics
@@erlenddahle9413 This season seems to be going well. nice to see a rival
same with me, i’m starting to explore outside of football(soccer) and have enjoyed nfl and now trying to get into nba. I live in the DC area so I’m following the wizards. 🤘
@@simple823 cool man I’m a big fan of nfl if you have any questions for nfl let me know I can help
@@erlenddahle9413 I support celtics too
Great video man, really breaks everything down and simple to understand and just makes basketball that much more fun and interesting 🔥
Thank you, I've always wondered how the NBA system works, and this video has been really informative and easy to digest for me. Thank you once again!
Excellent video, thanks for explaining it so well
Thanks!
Very good job on the graphics. Snowman could make a cogent argument for reducing the season, or improving it beyond the in-season tournament.
Finally understood how the NBA playoff is formatted. Thank you.
You saved my online English class. Thanks a bunch from Brazil!
thanks for this explanation. Appreciated 😍
Really well done video, very informative thank you sir. 👌
Thanks very much for this !
I’m a sorare manager from the UK and I’ve just gotten into basketball through sorare but the whole playoff structure was confusing for me. This video cleared it up so much, great work!
A great video but this is my first time watching NBA and I'm really excited....still looking for a team that I cop a feel for. But the NBA workings are a bit complicated to understand. Hopefully I will get a knack of it soon
I love this channel, u have no idea how much it's helped me
Thank you so much!
Let me know if there's ever a video topic that you think might be helpful!
Very informing
Brilliant
it's quite hard to understand how these matches works for someone new like me.
Init I like football ⚽️ and watched it since 3 so I’m trying to another sport as well as still loving football
@@AllAboutRs same,
Thanks for creating this video!! Just one thing, in the playoffs, the first round is the one that goes up to 7 games, and the team who wins 4 of those passes onto the conference finals?
Thanks for watching! All 4 playoff rounds go up to 7 games. We have the 1st round, the 2nd round/conf semifinals, the 3rd round/conf finals, and then the NBA Finals
01:13. As a clarification, there is currently no NBA team in Seattle. The Seattle Supersonics became the OKC Thunder in 2008. Just to keep the Conference in balance, they remained a part of the Northwest conference. There is actually a much more updated map that shows this instead of the one displayed here.
thanks so much! i just got into the nba and i have no idea how it worked, this helped a lot!
Awesome, thanks for watching and enjoy the games!
Wtf who are u??
Bruh just realized he meant he got interested🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@justin249 hahaha
@@justin249 Hes the new point guard for the lakers.
I did understand to some degree but I'll watch for clarity
Do one on how the commissioners picked
Yh I’m trying to get into nba cause all i really watch is (real) football. Nba is like the only american sport that can rival other big sports globally and it is pretty fun to watch
Hey, good video. Could you explain how the draft lottery and trades works. Thanks
Thanks! I can definitely do a draft lottery vid before the next one!
For the Play-in this season, 7th didn't play 8th and 9th didn't play 10th? Please could you explain why? E.g. Nets played 9th place instead of 8th. Thanks
We’ll explained. Thanks
Great intro vid for someone who's not familiar with the NBA. My question is, how the teams decide which team to play 3 or 4 times for the other 36 conference games. Wouldnt it make a lil bit unfair since 1) homecourt advantage for the 3 games 2) they could face an easier team for the 4 games hence making thier win records better. Thanks btw
Thanks for watching! I think it just rotates each year. So for example, if the Heat and Bucks play 4 times one year, they might play 3 times the next season. Whichever team gets that extra game at home alternates as well
@@snowmansportsmedia Hmm, i see. It's kinda odd for me coming from football/soccer where how many games played and home advantage are really important factors that could affect the games. Thanks
Im very glad I’m not the only one who didn’t understand this…….I think I even smelled my hair a-burning…..poor little gerbil was givin it all it had lol
What I find disgusting in the system of the NBA is, how much your potential efford lies upon where your team is located and how good the other teams in your division are right at this moment.
E.g. You are Phenix Suns and Have to play 4 times against Back-To-Back Champions Warriors, the always shiny Lakers, the Clippers,
while at the same time other franchises maybe just have 1 taff matchup out of all these games so mostly much more points out of it.
Thats so damn unfair.
I mean sun's aren't doing too bad😂 the worse you do the better draft pick you get usually also
Imagine if the Premier League works like this
Please is anything played during the off season period
I don't rlly understand the 3 or 4 times part when it comes to the conference games 🤔
Who arrange the match? Like who decide Lakers Vs Brooklyn how did he get so accurate that it won't be confusing.. and how do they know if it's homecourt or away.
The regular season schedule is determined before the season starts by the NBA. They decide who plays who, when and where.
Very helpful
Man this is complicated...
How to determine the 36 games for other conference team(10 teams)? Which will be faced 3 or four times?
It’s just kind of random, but it’s usually only two in conference teams that a team will play 3 times and it’s always opponents from the other divisions
Pls I need help with this question. For instance when a team has already won 4 games and the other team is trailing by 2 why is the final game always so important to them? I mean arent they already losing? What am I not understanding
Are you talking about the playoffs? If a team wins a series 4 games to 2, then they wouldn't play a game 7, it would stop at 6. Playoff series automatically end when a team has 4 wins. That's why they can be anywhere between 4 and 7 games
Thank you. So useful. 🙏
I'm a Football fans ⚽ but most of Friends are watching the NBA so I'm trying do some research on it, tryna avoid FOMO
the playoff is confusing for me
but if we make each temas play 2 round only and we add 6 teams we only get 68 match and its definitely lower then 82
great video, but who the fuck came up with this bullshit of a system in the first place? honestly just really confusing
Edit: But thanks for the video. it makes it a lot easier to understand
So if the divison doesn't determine your position in order to qualify or the teams you play then what are they for? Isnt it easier to just call east/west conference if it doesnt make a difference?
Ha yeah that's a good point, the divisions are not as important as the NFL, it's more about the conferences in the NBA
They used to have more weight to them, but not anymore. The division winners used to be given a seed 1-4 guaranteed, (one of those top 4 seeds wouldnt be a division winner naturally) but those days are over
Ive always said the NBA would be even more popular if they shrank the season and number of games. Really who's watching the NBA in dec, jan, feb, march.
Yeah I agree, should be somewhere between 56-72 games, not 82
Just make 2 or 3 Games against each team.
I would june and jully we need a break since it's summer than
As a football fan i keep wondering what other sports i should watch
A lot of people bro
Ive been a football fan all my life and juat never really cares for basketball until probably tonight. Why tf are there so mamy games, holy shit
In the 82 games they play they play 36 games against the teams in their conference but not in their division
But how are those 36 because there are 10 teams left so why arent it 30 (if they play everyone left 3 times) or 40 (if they play everyone left 4 times)
Too complex
Just one question. You said each team plays 82 games but in the example season each team has only played 72.
Think I was using standings from the COVID shortened season
This is the most complicated format i have ever seen...82 games and then 3 play off games best of 7..and then finals best of 7....not mentioning the ones who have yo also qualify the play ins...are they trying to kill them?
0:47 The map has Seattle on it instead of Oklahoma City
Ahh memories
How is the home court advantage decided for finals??
Team with better record in regular season!
Does the play in tournament have a best of 7?
Nope they're just single games
How are divisions made? Are random teams from a conference thrown into a division every season?
The divisions are the same every season and they're based off of geographic location!
Nah it’s different from football the teams are fixed, no relegation
Their model structure is too complicated with that structure you can make teams look better than there not on the lines of rigging games ...every team should play each other 3 times a year , best 16 from east and best 16 from west enter the finals.simple .
If it's 3x then teams would complain about the home/away imbalance. "We had to play the #1 team on the road twice, but team X only had to play the #1 team on the road once"
@@ran4sh The team who has the lower season record, for the 3rd game ,it should be there home court advantage because they are the lest ones expected to win
@@howlloud2990 That sounds good from a sports perspective but not a business perspective. Currently all teams are guaranteed 50% of all games at home. Owners are not going to agree to a season structure where the worst team only gets 29 home games but the best team gets 58 home games.
What is the in season tournament?
I would watch this video to find out! ua-cam.com/video/O1QBVAcHBRU/v-deo.html&t
What the difference between champions mvps and league mvps
Finals MVP is an award given to the best player of the Finals every season, the Finals being the 7 game Championship series in June that determines the NBA Champ. Regular Season MVP is an award given to the best player from the 82 game Regular Season
can you explain who is having home court advantage and who doesn't
Whoever the better seed is has homecourt advantage in the playoffs. So if it's a 1-8 matchup, the 1 seed would be at home for 4 of the 7 games, while the 8 seed would only be at home for 3. The better seed is at home for Games 1, 2, 5, and 7, while the worse seed is home for Games 3, 4, and 6
The reason the nfl works is that its relatively short, action packed and to the point...Every game is looked forward to in the regular season, 16 games and immediate kockout playoffs....basketball should be at worse a 50-game regular season where the 1st seed gets a bye, series that aren't the finals should be best of 5, Finals can be 7
Definitely agree, NBA regular season sometimes feels like a grind to get through, not many meaningful games. I think we can at least cut it down to 72 and see how it goes
please explain me the 36 other conference games work
It's 36 games against the other 10 teams in your conference, so either 3 or 4 games each against those other conference opponents
@@snowmansportsmedia is it random if you end up playing 3 or 4 games? That’s confusing me tbh
What does bonus mean in the scoreboard and how it works
If a team is in the "Bonus", that means they shoot free throws every time there is a team foul for the rest of the quarter. It takes 5 fouls to get in the Bonus each quarter, or 2 in the last 2 mins of a quarter
@@snowmansportsmedia Thank you for your response!
I still don't get it, what do you mean 16 division games, 36 other conference games and 30 non-conference games, like what is the difference between division, other conference and non-conference games.
It's just the NBA's way of grouping teams. Each team is a part of a 5 team division, which is then also a part of a 15 team conference, which then makes up the entire 30 team league
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Is the regular season still 82 games?
Yep
what is the rule for 2nd round playoffs?
It’s the same for every round. Win 4 games and move on. If you don’t, you’re eliminated
What a great community of phoop fans
How do YOU work Mr Snowman
Bahahaha
why is one in canada?
its the Raptors
There used to be two but yeah only one left
Starts at 0:30
So basically all season you can lose and then win the championship?
The worst record for a championship winning team was the Washington Bullets in 1978. They went 44-38 in the regular season
Basically a way to get the lakers in the playoffs?
Not anymore :(
bro why is basketball so complicated like in football if you win every game in a row your the world champion
Funny how their trying to reduce nba games and the increased nfl
I only watch football i am thinking of watch another sports beside football i was thinking basketball
Great sport to get into!
That looks like they just make as many games as possible so they can make as much money as possible
Money makes the world go 'round, my friend
@Snowman Sports Media the problem is that it has a negative impact on sport. Players are more interested in the money than the actual game. Shaq moved for money in the end, Ronaldo, Messi ect
i need to figure out how this will affect my boss' mood at my new job. thank you. - sincerely non-sports person
Thanks i needed because im European 😂😂
I'm left with more questions. Wish you explained certain words, I'll watch a different video
Which words?
@@snowmansportsmedia seed
I find it hard to comprehend this video , too many games , this is open to rigging
You lost me at seeds
Lol seeds are just the teams rankings for the playoffs! Teams with better regular season records generally play teams with worse records in the playoffs
You are talking super fast, I had to watch the video on 0.5x no joke
You need your ears checked man, he was speaking at a pretty normal speed for an informational video
It’s not fair how you can tank.
It’s like the afl.
I don’t like it.
I like soccer (football)
It’s a better scenario.
Where you pay for your players and team.
You can’t tank.
You are paid more money the higher you finish.
And to play your own teams 4 times isn’t fair.
What if the other 3 teams are just at that period where they are useless and need rebuilding.
That’s easy wins and not fair to other teams.
The nab should have every team play eatcother twice and that’s it.
Playoffs is the top 16.
@@goatstix7750the more losses the better draft pick so I mean for so actually in the nba you should either be tanking or contending because if you are jsut mid you aren’t going to win a title but you aren’t going to get a good draft pick
seattle isn’t in the nba it’s oklahoma city
why does the loser in 7/8 in the play-in advance?
As a reward for finishing in the top 8, compared to the 9/10 teams
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American always makes everything complicated
Bro it’s not even that bad lol. The champions league is more complicated than this
@@thefrenchfryguy9959How is champions league more complicated? get a group of 4 teams top 2 go to the r16 and 3 go to Europa, 4. can pack their bags home, then quartfinals and semifinals and then finals I don't understand why you think it is complicated?
Yu explain badly bro
Too fast