The NBA is just returning from the All-Star break, which means meetings were held, and discussions about various topics were had. Fixing a playoff format that can seem broken at times due to the often lopsided nature of the NBA conferences has often been one of them.
There have been times when one, if not multiple teams from the West would have made the playoffs had they been in the East, causing better teams in the West to get higher draft picks than playoff teams in the East with worse records, which doesn’t help in reversing the talent gap between the two conferences.