The NBA takes a step towards a better playoff system

Under the new rules, the Spurs would have met the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs. - Soobum Im-USA TODAY SportsThere's still work to do, but the board of governors has approved some changes to the NBA's postseason tournament.

The NBA took another step towards fossilizing its division system earlier this week.

The Board of Governors unanimously decided to move away from geography and towards math by removing the automatic top-4 seed division winners were previously given. Within each conference, teams will be seeded 1-8 by record. They tweaked the home court advantage tiebreaker procedures as well by making head-to-head results the first tie breaker and moving division winners…