The spiral bound document says "Make Every Game Count: The NBA Play-In Tournament." 

It's a proposal to take the eighth and last playoff spot in each conference and, instead of awarding it to the eighth team, making it the first and only prize in a single-elimination tournament between each conference's eight laggards. 

If we have learned one thing from the NCAA tournament or the NFL playoffs, it's that single elimination tournaments are thrill-rides. 

They're not as good at deciding who's better. But you'd have to be insane not to watch. 

The NBA needs some of that "lose and go home" magic. They need cinderella teams, and underdogs sending favorites packing. They need multiple season-deciding buzzer beaters on the same...