How did the eastern conference get so weak?
- Thread starter ajnapoleon
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No..Money..Mo..Problems
it is what it is
Terrible fan bases
shytty draft luck more than anything. It just seems like whenever those top prospects come out, the west always has the top pick. If the Hawks get the 2nd pick in 07 then the entire landscape changes. All that said, the east isn't as bad as people try to make it seem. There are more defensive oriented, slower paced teams in the East. The west has the run and gun squads. Run and gun will get you more regular season wins but the slower, more hard nosed basketball will get you farther in the playoffs.
The east can claim the best team post Jordan with the 66 win Celtics
And best player in LeBron
With that said the smart execs are out west for the most part.
Bernie Madoff
Banned
Vs
Same reason the tech money is out west and not in the east...
How significant is conference depth? For all the talk about how great the West is you would think there would be greater diversity in who comes out of that conference. There was a 13 year stretch starting in 1999 where only 3 different teams came out the West, compared to 9 in the East. Seems to me the cream will always rise to the top.
Put Spurs or Lakers in east and this is never even a topic.
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
yea.
one thing i noticed is that the west harbors alot of teams that accumulate gawdy regular season records, that you know arent serious threats to the chip.
Bishop_BP_Jakes
Prophesying on your CD's and tapes
East conf. teams traded their good players across country in the late 90's.
Shaq from Orl to LA
Kobe from Cha to LA
Sheed from DC to Port
CWebb from DC to SacTown
Not to mention Utah already having Stockton and Malone
Seattle having Payton and Kemp
Rockets had Dream, Barkley, and Drexler
Twolves had a young KG to build around
Spurs drafted Duncan to put alongside Robinson
Phoenix had JKidd and McDyess
East never really recovered
Shaq from Orl to LA
Kobe from Cha to LA
Sheed from DC to Port
CWebb from DC to SacTown
Not to mention Utah already having Stockton and Malone
Seattle having Payton and Kemp
Rockets had Dream, Barkley, and Drexler
Twolves had a young KG to build around
Spurs drafted Duncan to put alongside Robinson
Phoenix had JKidd and McDyess
East never really recovered
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Just look at this year. As bad as the East was, the West got the top 2 picks. They replenish their talent
krazykid18
Superstar
East has always been worst league shyt i think jordan was a sixth seed with a 30 and 52 record in his second yr
But i think to answer the question when an east team travels to west coast they are usually playing games 1030 so they might be sluggish while the west comes to the east and they r playing games 430 mentally that time difference gives west an advantage while the east gets no advantage
But i think to answer the question when an east team travels to west coast they are usually playing games 1030 so they might be sluggish while the west comes to the east and they r playing games 430 mentally that time difference gives west an advantage while the east gets no advantage
Its the stupid lottery and allowing 8 teams per conference to get in the playoffs.
You have good teams missing the playoffs in the West getting lottery picks and improving. While bad teams in the east aren't getting lottery picks because they are making the playoffs
You have good teams missing the playoffs in the West getting lottery picks and improving. While bad teams in the east aren't getting lottery picks because they are making the playoffs
the Jordan bulls made the playoffs with 30 wins