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jlog,

Not to critique your idea in minute detail, but wouldn't Minnesota be a better fit than Memphis in the East. The alignment would look better if it looked like this:

Central Division

Chicago

Indiana

Milwaukee

Minnesota

Midwest Division

Dallas

Denver

Oklahoma City

Phoenix

Southwest Division

Houston

Memphis

New Orleans

San Antonio

NBA Realignment(If they only cared about the fans!):

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Northeast Division

Boston Celtics

Brooklyn Nets

Montréal Avalons

New York Knicks

Philadelphia 76ers

Toronto Raptors

Atlantic Division

Atlanta Hawks

Charlotte Hornets

Miami Heat

Orlando Magic

Puerto Rico Coquis

Washington Wizards

Central Division

Chicago Bulls

Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons

Indiana Pacers

Minnesota Timberwolves

St. Louis Griffins

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

Dallas Mavericks

Houston Rockets

Memphis Grizzlies

New Orleans Pelicans

Oklahoma City Thunder

San Antonio Spurs

Northwest Division

Colorado Nuggets

Kansas City Flash

Portland Trail Blazers

Seattle Supersonics

Utah Jazz

Vancouver Ravens

Pacific Division

Arizona Suns

Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Lakers

Sacramento Kings

San Francisco Warriors

San Jose Lasers

Name: ZZZZ-

Actual Logo Set: ZZZZZZZZ-

I think that Brandiose should just change it's name to Brandlose. That'll instantly dry up business.

Nice series thus far. Any thought if doing some Minnesota-themed jumpers?

AnythingChicago,

Did the NHL not realign itself this past off season? And you would move a team that's moderately successful in Columbus, to a city that was once abandoned by the league(although it is building a new coliseé that would place it mid-pack in the league)? If Québèc is to gain a new team, instead of the Blue Jackets, why not the Panthers? (Sorry Hamilton.)

NFL (Geographical) (How I use to realign the NFL on old Maddens and NFL 2k5)

AFC (Western)

AFC East

Chicago

Detroit

Green Bay

Indianapolis

AFC North

Denver

Kansas City

Minnesota

St. Louis

SNIP

Thou have altered perfection. Thou shall pay the most irrevocable price thou will pay, DEATH!

*J/k

Screw geography, let's do the NFL again.

AFC North

Cincinnati

Kansas City

Miami

Tennessee

AFC South

Denver

Indianapolis

New England

Pittsburgh

AFC East

Baltimore

Houston

New York Jets

Oakland

AFC West

Buffalo

Cleveland

Jacksonville

San Diego

NFC South

Arizona

Carolina

Dallas

Tampa Bay

NFC East

Atlanta

New York Giants

St.Louis

Washington

NFC West

New Orleans

Philadelphia

San Francisco

Seattle

NFC North

Chicago

Detroit

Green Bay

Minnesota

(C'mon, you'd expect me to mess with the Norris division? Never.)

Are you ready for the fifth through eighth levels of American Pigball? No, too bad buckaroo, I'm doing it anyway.

The Pigball Conference

Billings City

Brooklyn Borough PC

Buffalo Central PC

Chicago Wrigleyville PC

PC Columbus(Ohio)

Davenport & Moline United

Des Moines Athletic

Fresno PC

Grand Rapids PC

Jackson United(Mississippi)

Kitchener Club

Knoxville City

Macon Town

Nantucket Memorial PC

North End PC(St. Paul, MN)

Orange County Surf Club

Pittsfield City

Puerto Rico United

Rhode Island Plantation PC

South Texas PC

Tulsa PC

Victoria Kingfish PC

White Plains PC

Wilmington 1787

The Pigball Conference 2

Aroostook Union(Maine)

Atlanta Heritage

Baton Rouge PC

Canton Bulldogs

Colorado Springs City

Dallas Fair Park

Villa El Paso

Flint PC

Gatineau Ville

Golden Coast PC(Ventura, CA)

Gulf Coast Gamblers(Biloxi, MS)

Iron Range United(Hibbing, MN)

Langley Town(British Columbia)

Manchester Arsenal(New Hampshire)

Modesto PC

North Bronx

Ottawa Fabulous Fifteen

Rochester Kodak(New York)

Salisbury City

South Missouri PC

Tallahassee United

Trenton United

Utica Lasers

Wyoming PC

Pigball Conference 3(Seventh level split into regional leagues)

Eastern Sector

Bahamas National Team

Binghamton Town

Boston West

Dayton City PC

Duluth-Superior Twins

Erie United

Frankfort Racers

Greenville Union(South Carolina)

Lake Superior United

Lancaster 1776(Pennsylvania)

Morgantown City

New Haven PC

Pensacola Twist

Philadelphia Suburbs PC

Ville de Québèc

Richmond City

Southern Maine United

Toronto Croatia

Washington Rovers

Williamsport United

Western Sector

Amarillo United

Arkansas PC

Bakersfield United

Carson City PC

Columbia Jefferson PC

Denton PC

CD East Los Angeles

Inland Empire

Lethbridge PC

Logan Town

Manhattan City(Kansas)

Menlo United PC

Midland Ruffnecks

Rapid City Monuments

Regina City United

Scottsdale City

Spokane Falls

Tacoma PC

Tijuana Fiero

Wenatchee Valley

Pigball Conference Four(The eighth level of professional pigball, split into four regional leagues)

Northeast Sector

Akron United

Barrie Loyalist PC

Bowie Town

Charleston Charlies(WV)

Coney Island PC

East Kentucky Mining Club

Evansville United

Harrisburg Capitol City

London Clash

New Britain PC

Northern Virginia

Poughkeepskie United

Southern Suburbs PC(Illinois)

Spring Garden District PC

Springfield Fame PC(Massachusetts)

Staten Island

Southern Sector

Asheville Mountain PC

Augusta National PC

Bowling Green United

Charleston Battery(South Carolina)

Chattanooga City

Fort Lauderdale Stars

Jackson PC(Tennessee)

Liberty Town United(Miami)

Montgomery Town

Myrtle Beach Bums

Palm Beach United

Pensacola United

Raleigh City

Roanoke United

Sarasota Suns PC

Talladega PC

Central Sector

CS Cedar Rapids

Corpus Christ Bay

Dubuque Town

Frisco Fire

Highland Park United(St. Paul)

Houston Aeros PC

Joplin Town

Las Cruces Unidos

Lincoln Capitol Town

Mankato United

Overland Park Town

Pine Bluff

Pueblo City

Rochester Docs(Minnesota)

St. Joseph City

Stillwater 1890(Oklahoma)

Pacific Sector

Bellingham Town

Cedar City Lasers

Central Oregon United

Flagstaff

Idaho Falls PC

Kern County

Long Beach United

Monterey Peninsula Triplets

Moose Jaw City

Red Deer Outrage

Reno City

Sacramento United

South Oregon Cowboys

Vancouver Island United

Yakima Valley

Yuma Villa

There you have it, the entire 244-team pyramid of professional pigball in North America. There are 32 smaller regional-pro and amateur leagues, but I won't go over those levels as I did here.

Cool story bro.

You probably didn't realize that Pigball is not a real sport

Speaking of pointless, here's an alignment on a pointless sport, Pigball:

American Pigball Premiership(The first division)

Allentown United

PC Birmingham

Boston Rovers PC

Boston Union

Brooklyn City

Chicago West End

PC Denver

Georgetown United(DC)

Green Bay Legends PC

Hawai'i Alliance

Hollywood Town PC

PC Kansas City

Memphis PC

Villa Miami

New York Scotch

Philadelphia 1776

St. Paul City

San Jose City PC

Washington City PC

Winnipeg PC

American Pigball Championship(The 2nd division)

PC Albuquerque

Atlanta Fire PC

Chicago South PC

PC Cleveland

Dallas City

Detroit PC

Hamilton Hammers

Hartford PC

Houston La Raza

Indianapolis 16

Los Angeles City

Louisville PC

Milwaukee Bavarian PC

Club d'Etoile du Minneapolis

Castors du Montréal

Nashville Gulch PC

New Orleans PC

Oklahoma City 1937

Phoenix City

Queens PC

San Jose United

Seattle Sonics PC

Tampa City

Toronto Lakeside

Pigball League 1(The 3rd division)

Arch PC(St. Louis)

Baltimore Pompei PC

Buffalo Falls PC

Camden County PC

Cincinnati United

Colorado Springs City

Durham United PC

PC Edmonton

Fall River City

Illinois Center PC(Plays in Peoria)

Johnstown PC

Kalamazoo Union

Las Vegas PC

Madison PC

Montana Frontier PC

Omaha City

Orlando PC

Pittsburgh Steel

Rose City United(Portland)

San Antonio PC

San Francisco Seven Hills

Vancouver United

Vermont 1791

Wichita United

Pigball League Two(The 4th division)

Anaheim Sun PC

Calgary United

Capitol Region PC(Plays in Albany)

Charlestown Freedom PC(Boston)

Charlotte United PC

Dayton 1903

Detroit Motor City

Fargo City

Fort Myers Town PC

Fort Worth United

Greensboro Bees

Idaho PC

Jacksonville Town

Lansing United

Newark City

Norfolk City

Oakland Docks

Old Towne(Philadelphia)

Palmetto Legion(Columbia, SC)

San Diego City

Syracuse Scorpions PC

Tucson City

Utah 1896

Worcester City

Those are your first 4 levels of American Pigball(yes, I'm doing Promotion and Relegation, just don't remind me of how bad it is). If your city and/or region isn't listed in this post, don't worry, I've got 4 more levels to go.

EDIT: I had 21 teams in the Premiership(Sorry, Tulsa).

Some people have some weird ideas for realignments and get too serious. Why can't it be like the first dozen or so pages? I'd go through and 'like' most of them, but it would be weird up-voting stuff that's three years old. I read them for laughter's sake

You mean like this:

GREATER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

Benjamin Franklin Conference

Pierre Trudeau Division

Québèc(expansion state)

Michigan

New Mexico

Virgin Islands(expansion state)

Rhode Island

South Dakota

Hawai'i

Mississippi

Andrew Jackson Division

Tennessee

Alaska

Wisconsin

Saskatchewan(expansion state)

Colorado

Nova Scotia(expansion state)

Delaware

Oklahoma

George Washington Conference

Theodore Roosevelt Division

New Jersey

Minnesota

Idaho

Arkansas

Prince Edward Island(expansion state)

Oregon

South Carolina

Vermont

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Division

New York

Kansas

Bahamas(expansion state)

British Columbia(expansion state)

Utah

Maine

Indiana

Louisiana

Abraham Lincoln Conference

Thomas Jefferson Division

Pennsylvania

Washington State

Florida

Manitoba(expansion state)

Arizona

North Dakota

New Hampshire

West Virginia

John Adams Division

Massachusetts

Virginia

Newfoundland(expansion state)

Puerto Rico(expansion state

Illinois

Wyoming

Nebraska

Nevada

John F. Kennedy Conference

Richard Nixon Division

California

Ohio

Connecticut

Alberta(expansion state)

Alabama

New Brunswick(expansion state)

Iowa

Maryland

Lester B. Pearson Division

Ontario(expansion state)

Texas

District of Columbia(expansion state)

Kentucky

Missouri

Montana

Georgia

North Carolina

Future expansion:

Cuba

Jamaica

Bermuda

Guam

Yukon

Nunavut

Northwest Territories

Greenland

If the NBA were to foolishly dump ESPN for Fox, there could be a dramatic realignment.

ESPN Super League(All NBA defectors but one):

Eastern Conference:

Boston Celtics

Chicago Bulls

Miami Heat

New York Knicks

Washington Wizards

Western Conference:

Dallas Mavericks

Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns

Seattle Supersonics(expansion)

Super League playoffs(based on the McIntire system of giving top teams double chances of playing for the title):

Division Champions play in 2nd semifinal series(Winner to the Super Final)

Next 2 teams play in 1st semifinal series

Winner of 1st semifinal plays loser of 2nd semifinal in Preliminary final series

Winner of Preliminary Final series goes to the Super Final Series to face 2nd semifinal series

All series are best of 7.

NBA

Atlantic Division:

Atlanta Hawks

Charlotte Hornets

New York Nets(renamed from Brooklyn)

Orlando Magic

Philadelphia 76ers

Toronto Raptors

Central Division

Chicago Zephyrs(expansion)

Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons

Indiana Pacers

Milwaukee Bucks

Minnesota Timberwolves

Midwest Division

Denver Nuggets

Kansas City Griffins(expansion)

Memphis Grizzlies

New Orleans Pelicans

Oklahoma City Thunder

San Antonio Spurs

Pacific Division

Anaheim Clippers

Portland Trail Blazers

Sacramento Kings

San Francisco Warriors

Utah Jazz

Vancouver Titans(expansion)

NBA playoffs(returns to format used from 1984-2004).

Trying to get this back on track, here's some of my ideas for a realigned NBA.

Idea 1(Imagine there's no conferences):

Atlantic: Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington

Central: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, Minnesota

Midwest: Dallas, Denver, Houston, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Utah

Pacific: Golden State, LA Clippers, LA Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento

Southern: Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans, Orlando

Scheduling: 6 games against divisional foes

2 games vs everyone else(plus 1 additional game vs. teams who finish in the same position as you)

Playoffs: 16 teams(1-5 go to divisional champions)

1st Round: 2-game, total points

Quarterfinals: best-of-3

Semifinals: best-of-5

NBA Finals: best-of-7

Idea 2(NFL style-conferences)

American East: Brooklyn, Charlotte, Orlando, Philadelphia, Toronto

American Central: Detroit, Indiana, Memphis, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City

American West: Golden State, LA Clippers, Portland, San Antonio, Utah

National East: Atlanta, Boston, Miami, New York, Washington

National Central: Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Minnesota, New Orleans

National West: Dallas, Houston, LA Lakers, Phoenix, Sacramento

Scheduling & Playoffs: same as now.