NBA to Implement New Playoff Seeding System in 2015-16

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsNeed another reason to lament over the Clippers playoff frustrations of yesteryear? Well, according to the NBA's new playoff seeding system, those two grueling first-round match-ups never would've happened.

The NBA announced Tuesday that beginning this season, playoff teams will be seeded in what this blogger likes to call "the right way," with the best eight teams in each conference being placed simply, first through eighth.

Previously, playoff teams were ranked based on their finish in their division. Each division winner was guaranteed a top 4 spot--which caused a lot of ruckus in last season's playoff seeding, and ultimately determined that the Clippers…