This. IMO, at least 6 teams should be eliminated from the NBA.
Personally I'd get rid of Charlotte, Indiana, New Jersey, Minnesota (thorry Emmz), Toronto, and New Orleans. 3 of those teams cannot draw to save their life (I don't think MIN, IND or TOR do to well either), and as far as I know none have any outstanding plans for a new arena. All of these franchises are consistently bad-terrible, too. None have any kind of important history either, maybe a possible exception for Indy with the Reggie Miller era. However, some good-great players from these teams could be dropped into the pool for other teams. Chris Paul, David West, Emeka Okafor, Boris Diaw, Chris Bosh, Al Jefferson, Devin Harris, Gerald Wallace, Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert, Brook Lopez, Kevin Love, Andrea Bargnani... that could go a ways toward restoring the fearsomeness of some franchises we saw back in the old days. Oh, and try to move someone back to Seattle.
Then, with the 24 teams left, bring back the pre-2004 divisional alignments, with the necessary adjustments:
Atlantic: Celtics, Knicks, 76ers, Magic, Heat, Wizards
Central: Cavaliers, Pistons, Bulls, Bucks, Hawks, Grizzlies
Midwest: Spurs, Rockets, Mavericks, Thunder, Nuggets, Jazz
Pacific: Suns, Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Warriors, Blazers
I have no clue why I just wrote all that, but hell I'll open it up for some Q&A.