NBA: Way-too-early playoff seeding predictions for 2022

Way-too-early NBA Playoffs seeding predictions for 2022. 

The NBA playoff play-in format certainly adds a lot of intrigue, but does it actually impact the playoffs much? In the 2020 Disney bubble, both ninth seeds lost to the eighth seed.

Last season, one of the four teams outside the top eight in their conference broke through and made the playoffs, evidence that this format is working. While teams in the top four or five may still be willing to drop a few seeds to rest key players down the stretch, the sixth, seventh, and eighth seeds are still coveted.

With the season almost 40 percent over, here are my way too early playoff seeding predictions, meaning top 10 teams per conference.