NBA commissioner Adam Silver has picked a good season to go on record about restructuring the NBA's playoff bracket. In his first full year running the show, Silver is addressing what is now turning into a Conference imbalance that has droned on for over a decade and a half. The Western Conference is clearly better than the Eastern version. It hardly matters if an eventual NBA Finals between representatives from each conference turns out to be a competitive one, because deserving playoff squads are being cut from the postseason rotation out West while mediocre or worse Eastern squads are being handed playoff dates. In years past, opponents of such restructuring (such as your humble, misguided author) could point to the cyclical nature of conference inbalances dating back through the NBA's long history, or the tough travel that would result with either the abolishment of conferences or the allowance of letting the 16 best teams into the playoffs regardless of conference affiliation. Those arguments aren't working in 2014-15, and while nothing will be changed this spring, Silver is at least considering his options. Via Pro Basketball Talk , here's what Silver said to the Comcast...