Eastern Conference gotta do better
- Thread starter pete clemenza
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fukk outta here Shaq & Penny's Magic
Patrick Ewing and the Knicks
Alonzo/Hardaway & the Heat
Reggie + Pacers
Blaylock/Mutombo/Smith - Hawks
Grant Hill + Pistons
etc
this is a historically bad eastern conference... nobody outside of raptors fans could really think they had a chance against the cavs... and thats the same thing for the other 6 playoff teams in the east
end this conference shyt and make the playoffs top 16
end this conference shyt and make the playoffs top 16
Ron Mexico
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Stopped watching that shyt in the 2nd quarter.
Cavs against the rest of the East is as predictable as watching the UCONN women at this point.
Cavs against the rest of the East is as predictable as watching the UCONN women at this point.
The east is worst than the AFC in the 80's and 90's chew on that for a minute
DaKidFromNoWhere
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East was just as bad during Michael's run.
And didn't hurt MIchael's legacy at all.
Illuminatos
#OVOXO
Ya'll told me the Raptors and Heat could have upset the Cavs. 
The entire season ya'll were talking about how Cleveland looked "vulnerable" and wouldn't come out of the East. Now what? About to go into Game 2 of the ECF and still haven't lost a game.
The entire season ya'll were talking about how Cleveland looked "vulnerable" and wouldn't come out of the East. Now what? About to go into Game 2 of the ECF and still haven't lost a game.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Outside of the short lived Shaq and Penny, those teams aren't worth the folklore tied to them.
Shaq & Penny's Magic
Patrick Ewing and the Knicks
Alonzo/Hardaway & the Heat
Reggie + Pacers
Blaylock/Mutombo/Smith - Hawks
Grant Hill + Pistons
etc
They're only talked about because they orbited planet Jordan.
East was just as bad during Michael's run.
And didn't hurt MIchael's legacy at all
Bulls were sweeping better teams in the 1st round in the 90s than this Toronto team
neg that nikka for me
Ya'll do realize 9 of those 16 teams would be Eastern Conference teams right????this is a historically bad eastern conference... nobody outside of raptors fans could really think they had a chance against the cavs... and thats the same thing for the other 6 playoff teams in the east
end this conference shyt and make the playoffs top 16
The Bulls and Wizards would of both been playoff teams in the West and the Bulls would be among those 16 teams
No one will care 20-30 years from now. See Showtime Lakers.
The East did get better though. We just didn't get that team that could step up to LeBron
The H2H record against the West was significantly better than it had been in previous years, we had teams miss the playoffs with winning records for the first time in nearly 20 years, the Wizards for example were the 10th seed this year at 41-41 when that would've been good enough for the 6th seed last season. shyt if we took the top 16 teams record-wise in the playoffs this year, there would've been more East squads than West.
So yeah the conference did improve, but there's still a ways to go before it can become competitive top to bottom
Ain't nobody knockin' the Cavs. They've been favored to come out the East since Bron came back home.. but cot damn. This is more about the Eastern teams drafting, developing players, and acquiring free agents. Sh*t has been non existent for years now. Philly better make good on all this good fortune tanking sh*t in a couple of years
keeps getting the top pick, tho
short lived? 1992-1995 is short lived?
ok, which era u wanna talk about
1980s? with Larry and the Celtics, Isiah and the Pistons, Barkley, etc
1996-1998? Knicks, Pacers, Hawks, Heat, etc.
folklore? the Pacers took the Bulls to 7 games and were up 14 in the 4th
The Knicks were up 2-0 on the Bulls in the 93' ECF
The Magic beat the Bulls in 95'
this is one of the most asinine arguments I've ever heard actually.