Is the East better than the West now?

[djohn2oo8]

Miami - Wade Bosh LeBron
Boston - Allen Pierce, Garnett (Aging)
Orlando
Bulls - Rose, Boozer, Noah
Hawks
Milwaukee
Charlotte
?


West

Lakers

and ???

[DMX7]

Yeah, probably. But the West may be deeper.

[Leetonidas]

No. All of the playoffs team in the West would curbstomp any teams in the East except for Miami, Orlando, and Boston. Every other team isn't as good as the 50 win team in the 8th spot next season.

[Ashy Larry]

East is top heavy ....... after the top four teams ....... floating turds

[spursfan1000]

West is still the dominant conference, but I guess we really wont know until we watch next season.

[Chieflion]

Nope. Delonte West > LeBron James in the East.

[kobyz]

also 3 top picks in the draft go to East

[HarlemHeat37]

The West is extremely overrated by fans of the West, TBH..3 of the 4 best teams in the NBA are in the East, and Phoenix/Utah both got a lot worse in this off-season..

[Kevin Durant 35]

West has two good teams.

Lakers: Kobe, Gasol,Odom, Artest & Bynum

OKC:
Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green

[HarlemHeat37]

You shouldn't include Jeff Green if you're trying to argue for OKC, TBH..

Ibaka > Jeff Green..

[TheNextGen]

West has two good teams.


OKC:
Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green

:lmao:rollin:lol

[ogait]

Jazz and Suns got weaker with the departures of Boozer and Amare but the west got 3 good teams last year and continues with the same number this year only Miami instead of Cleveland. West is still stronger overall.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Yeah, probably. But the West may be deeper.

The East is like the 2010 Lakers. Great top 4-5, beyond that pretty bad.

The West is like the 2010 Cavs. Fantastic top 1, probably best in the NBA. Big drop off from there, but still deep all the way to 9-10.

[Venti Quattro]

The West will be a jungle, as usual, but the East is the stronger conference this year.

[WildcardManu]

I like watching WC games, the EC games are too predictable..

[Kevin Durant 35]

I like watching WC games, the EC games are too predictable..

Sad but true.

[eisfeld]

Whoever said the East is top heavy and the West more deep is absolutely right.
After the Heat in the East there are only a couple of locks for the Playoffs:
- Bulls, Celtics, Magic, Hawks, maybe Milwaukee

In the West after the Lakers there are:
- Mavs, Spurs, Jazz, Blazers, Thunder, Denver, Houston (if healthy), Grizzlies (if improving)
and a few darkhorses in the Clippers (with Blake healthy) and the Warriors (with Lee) - this will be a pretty competitive regular season.

[spursncowboys]

west is still deeper but the east's three big teams are in a different league with only LA

[narmerguy]

Just because the teams in the west are of comparable talent doesn't make them "deeper." In considering playoff worthy teams, the east is stronger than the west. Miami, Orlando, Boston, Chicago, Milwauke, Atlanta, all solid teams.

The spurs? The mavs? the suns? Jazz? Spurs may not even get splitter to cooperate and mavs and suns just shot themselves in the face. Jazz also took a big loss, and the blazers are the blazers. Who exactly is considered a threat in the west besides lakers/okc?

[resistanze]

Let's be real, they both have sucked. The West look poised to get Bukkaked by the Lakers for the 4th straight year. The Lakers and Spurs have won 11 of the past 12 Western Conference Titles. You expect for all this 'deeper' talk you'd have different teams coming out of the West. If anything, it's the West that's been traditionally top-heavy.

[eisfeld]

Spurs may not even get splitter to cooperate and mavs and suns just shot themselves in the face.

You must have been asleep the last day... :bang

[lotr1trekkie]

Don't sell the Jazz short. Haywood may be the steal of the draft. Replaces Korver +. Boozer is replacable because he has never improved the teams he landed with. He will have an effect vs South Beach if they meet in the playoffs.

[lil_penny]

What the hell is it with peoples delusions that okc is a threat lol.. they have a stud with durant, a good pg with westbrook but honestly they need some low post scoring and a better bench. A healthy houston and portland team would have there way with them.. shit a injury riddled portland team last year took 3 out of 4 meeting without half there roster and even had the better record lol

Lakers
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Blazers
Spurs
Nuggets
Jazz
Thunder

[lil_penny]

What the hell is it with peoples delusions that okc is a threat lol.. they have a stud with durant, a good pg with westbrook but honestly they need some low post scoring and a better bench. A healthy houston and portland team would have there way with them.. shit a injury riddled portland team last year took 3 out of 4 meeting without half there roster and even had the better record lol

Lakers
Mavs
Blazers
Spurs
Nuggets
Jazz
Thunder

[Drachen]

Whoever said the East is top heavy and the West more deep is absolutely right.
After the Heat in the East there are only a couple of locks for the Playoffs:
- Bulls, Celtics, Magic, Hawks, maybe Milwaukee

In the West after the Lakers there are:
- Mavs, Spurs, Jazz, Blazers, Thunder, Denver, Houston (if healthy), Grizzlies (if improving)
and a few darkhorses in the Clippers (with Blake healthy) and the Warriors (with Lee) - this will be a pretty competitive regular season.

Speaking of the clippers, does Blake win ROY?

[The Gemini Method]

Speaking of the clippers, does Blake win ROY?

It's going to be wide open. I think you have to really give the nod to Wall, but Blake can be a viable candidate. If you think there was multiple candidates last year, this year will be way broader in the scope of those vying for the award.

[Darrin]

I don't know if the Conference is better, but it has gotten stronger. Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Boozer, both All-Star big men, were stolen from the West. The top-3 picks in last year's draft, and one the Rookie of the Year favorites (John Wall, Blake Griffin), are in the East.

The Best:

Miami--the Potential to be one of the best teams in NBA history.
Chicago--they look good, especially if they sign Howard and have Redick and Korver on in the backcourt.
Orlando--They look more pedestrian in comparison to those other two teams.
Boston--They managed to grab Jermaine O'Neal to replace Rasheed Wallace and keep all their free agents.
Atlanta--This is a 50-win team from last year that could be bounced in the first round. When was the last time a team like Atlanta could say that in the East?
Milwaukee--Bogut is back and healthy. They brought Drew Gooden in, and Brandon Jennings just got better. They could upset someone in that top-four.

The Rest:

New York: They added Amare and he's back under D'Antoni. Another year on Danillo Gallinari, Toney Douglas has been lighting up the summer league, and they landed Raymond Felton. They could be a playoff team next year. Plus, they drafted Rautins and Fields.
Cleveland: Like it or not, the Cavaliers have enough talent without Lebron James to make the postseason. Jamison, Williams, Hickson, West, Varejao, Moon, Parker, Powe--all these guys have deep playoff experience and they will be tough defensively. Byron Scott is bound to ask them to run and he has the pieces to do it.
Washington: Look, they have a tremendous rookie in Wall, they landed Hinrich as his backup, Blanche, Thorton, and McGee looked good at the end of the season, and their offensive system looks ready to be implemented. I think this is where the talent-level drops off in the East.
Toronto: The Raptors got a replacement, a more defensive-minded one, for Chris Bosh in Tyson Chandler. Andrea Bargnani looked really good last season. They could be a playoff team next season.
Indiana--Solid team, but I doubt they'll play all that well.
New Jersey--They have added some depth, although Brook Lopez, Devin Harris, and Derrick Favors better play exceptional for anything magical to happen there. Avery is the right coach for this.

The worst:

Philadelphia--Concerns about Evan Turner already popping up. They will challenge for the worst in the Conference.
Detroit--Just a pitiful offseason so far. Maybe having everyone grow in the offseason and staying healthy will add to the win-total, but I doubt it. They have serious problems defending anyone.
Charlotte--They are talking about losing Diaw, they've already lost Felton and probably won't bring back Bell. They've gotten rid of Chandler. In short, Charlotte is in for a big dropoff this season. It's Wallace and Jackson and nothing else.


West: Oklahoma City, Sacramento, Houston, and Minnesota will be better next season. Utah has back-slid. Golden State looks pretty good on paper. Phoenix is going to fall off the map. Denver probably won't impress anyone this year. San Antonio is bringing over Splitter. Mavericks, Thunder, and Lakers are the class of the Conference.

[Kevin Durant 35]

:lmao at whoever thinks Cavs will make the playoffs this season