MMM
11-11-2014, 04:42 AM
The west is still the superior conference but is the East staring to become as wide open???
I feel this is the first year in about a decade where the ECF didn't have at least one team etched in stone. For example all last season Miami/Indiana was the anticipated match up and going over the years I feel the East has largely been a 2 team race while the rest of the conference was non competitive.
04-06 you had those classic Miami/Detroit series
From 03-08 The Pistons were common place in the ECF which is why i guess i have this notion of anticipatory matchups in the East.
But even over the last few years we've had Miami/Chicago, Miami/Boston, Boston/Detroit, etc all seemed pretty straightforward going into any of those particular season.
Is this season the first time that no East team is guaranteed of an ECF spot. I feel This East lacks teams as good as the recent Miami teams, Peak Rose Bulls, Big 3 Celtics, etc and maybe that is a good thing, because not only do I feel that nobody is guaranteed of an ECF but I feel there are more teams that have the potential to make it out the first round or even make the playoffs.
Maybe I'm being heavily influenced by how early on in the season it is but I feel anyone out side of Philly, Philly, Philly can make the playoffs.
okay you can possibly add the Pacers and Magic to Philly
and maybe that is what the East needs, if teams feel they aren't that far away from the playoffs, 2nd round, etc then maybe they can start being more aggressive in building their teams.
Charlotte/Toronto/Washington were all terrible just a few seasons ago and now they have real aspirations in the playoffs. I feel a few teams can join them and make the east just as wide open as the West.
I feel this is the first year in about a decade where the ECF didn't have at least one team etched in stone. For example all last season Miami/Indiana was the anticipated match up and going over the years I feel the East has largely been a 2 team race while the rest of the conference was non competitive.
04-06 you had those classic Miami/Detroit series
From 03-08 The Pistons were common place in the ECF which is why i guess i have this notion of anticipatory matchups in the East.
But even over the last few years we've had Miami/Chicago, Miami/Boston, Boston/Detroit, etc all seemed pretty straightforward going into any of those particular season.
Is this season the first time that no East team is guaranteed of an ECF spot. I feel This East lacks teams as good as the recent Miami teams, Peak Rose Bulls, Big 3 Celtics, etc and maybe that is a good thing, because not only do I feel that nobody is guaranteed of an ECF but I feel there are more teams that have the potential to make it out the first round or even make the playoffs.
Maybe I'm being heavily influenced by how early on in the season it is but I feel anyone out side of Philly, Philly, Philly can make the playoffs.
okay you can possibly add the Pacers and Magic to Philly
and maybe that is what the East needs, if teams feel they aren't that far away from the playoffs, 2nd round, etc then maybe they can start being more aggressive in building their teams.
Charlotte/Toronto/Washington were all terrible just a few seasons ago and now they have real aspirations in the playoffs. I feel a few teams can join them and make the east just as wide open as the West.