Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) during Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
With its ridiculous 16-team playoff format, the NBA is an exercise in futility for most teams. Unlike the NFL and MLB, the NBA's lower-seeded teams have no chance. No team seeded worse than third has won the championship in this century
Want to feel better about how things turned out for the Utah Jazz? It could’ve been worse. They could’ve qualified for the playoffs, a monumentally pointless exercise in futility for most teams, and who needs the aggravation?