can the East really be this bad?

[TampaDude]

I'm totally okay with a Spurs-Pacers Ratings Apocalypse series.

No celebrity star meltdown storylines. Just good, fundamental basketball on both ends of the court.

^ truth

[TDMVPDPOY]

when the 3 clowns joined to make a superteam, it diluted the spread of talent in the east, but that also allow the emergence of new talent that was stuck behind these 3 idiots....but its still bad

[AlleyOopNazi]

Conferences essentially exist entirely for less travelling and easier scheduling of games, not at all for the betterment of the league. Technically a league with 87 games where every team plays the other team 3 times and then we go into a 16-team seeded tournament should provide the most entertainment and fair format, but that'll never happen

Its do-able. If the NBA can schedule BTBTB than this would be a cake walk. entertaining the viewer with the most winningest teams would require these e teams to nut up. No need to point out the obvious.

[Admidave50]

A Spurs-Pacers Finals would be epic, IMHO.

Basketball wise and in terms of matchups (TP vs Rondo, Manu vs Allen, Sjax vs Pierce, Duncan vs KG), Spurs-Celtics Finals would be great!

[TampaDude]

Basketball wise and in terms of matchups (TP vs Rondo, Manu vs Allen, Sjax vs Pierce, Duncan vs KG), Spurs-Celtics Finals would be great!

Yes, it would be. I have always wanted to see a Spurs-Celtics Finals.

[Arcadian]

I want spurs-celtics in the finals. Duncan and garnett rarely saw each other in the playoffs during their primes.

[Beaverfuzz]

who gives a what Stern thinks?

[maverick1948]

Pacers-Spurs final would be about as great as it gets for the old ABA fans. Only once since the ABA joined with the NBA has two ABA teams met in the finals (Nets-Spurs).