2005 Division Powerhouse: Midwest or Central?

[milkyway21]

of Milwaukee Bucks made the Central division a better Division this season than the Midwest

Can you spot the weak link in the Central?

The easy answer would be the Bucks, who went 30-52 last season, but they've rapidly upgraded their roster.

this season, i think they're the best division.

DEtroit

Indiana-J O'Neal the return of Artest, SJax
Chicago-6th MOY Gordon, Curry(?), Chandler, Nocioni

Cleveland-LeBron, Z, Hughes

Milwaukee Bucks-Redd, 1st pick Bugot, TJ Ford, 2005 MIP Simmons

meanwhile;

Midwest, the best division in 2004-05 season:

Spurs-Champ; 2nd seed in playoffs
Dallas-made 2005 playoffs
Houston-made 2005 playoffs
Memphis-made 2005 playoffs

Hornets-the ONLY team missing the 2005 playoffs, still next year's one of the weakest team.

..or do you think another division will emerge this yr. other than these two?

[ALVAREZ6]

Midwest division is the best.

[milkyway21]

i can see that bec. there's the Spurs, our favorite team and i believe that Dallas, Houston, Memphis can still make the playoffs this year...

but there's the Hornets...

and the Bucks are better than they are next season..

hmm

[FromWayDowntown]

Uh, there isn't a Midwest division anymore.

The Spurs play in the Southwest Division.

[exstatic]

Thank you, FWD. You beat me to the punch. Spurs have now won division les in every division they've been in: Central, Midwest, and Southwest. They've also made the Conference finals in both the East and the West.

[duncan_21]

The central is the poor man's version of the midwest.

[Sense]

Consider the one in which atleast 4 of the teams make the playoffs.

[TDMVPDPOY]

The 4 teams in the midwest are garunsheed 50wins, if they play in the east that is a top2 seeding. Now most of the teams in the east struggle to win 50 games..

[jochhejaam]

It it yet to be proven but I'd give the edge to the Central.
BTW, you left Kirk Hinrich (team leader in assists, steals and second leading scorer) off the Chicago roster.

[Extra Stout]

Let's compare the Central and Midwest in 2004-2005:

Central:

Detroit Pistons -- Eastern Conference Champions
Chicago Bulls -- #4 seed
Indiana Pacers -- #6 seed, conference semifinalist
Cleveland Cavaliers -- bright future with LeBron James
Milwaukee Bucks -- crap

Midwest:

This division has no teams because it no longer exists


Hands down, Central wins.

[Extra Stout]

Also, I applaud a lot of the Spurs fans in this thread for following the team so closely that they don't even know in which division the team plays. That's not bandwagon-esque at all.

[Dex]

You mean...we're no longer in the ABA?

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