East Standings

[TaLvsCuaL]

Right now:

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[Lebronxrings]

so competitive. :eek:


heat at 8. :lol

[Hittin_Shots]

so competitive. :eek:


heat at 8. :lol

Difference between them being 2nd and 8th was one point today though.

[raprap]

Bloodbath! :eek:

[Gus Hemmingway]

Bloodbath

[MP.Trey]

Beastern conference holds no prisoners.

[CarlosBoozer]

Bloodbath

[WayOfWade]

This isn't a bloodbath, it's a slaughterhouse

[Hotlantadude81]

[QUOTE=TaLvsCuaL]Right now:

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[nathanjizzle]

the east is bathing in blood and the west is bathing in bubbles.

[SpaceJam]

Cleveland is the only legit team there. It's Cleveland and a bunch of speed bumps.

Pretty much.

GSW
OKC
Spurs
Cavs
Clips (If they get their sh^t together

Are who I have as top 5 contenders

[stalkerforlife]

Not a single team outside of the most stacked team in the NBA has a shot in the east. :roll:

[TheMarkMadsen]

Dat bath of blood. That's pretty crazy but lets wait and see if all 8 playoff teams have 50+ wins before we go wild

[brownboyfly]

Hawks coming for that #1 seed back to back anyway

[Heavincent]

One title contender and then a bunch of teams that are merely decent.

Meanwhile, you have 3 bonafide title contenders out West.

[Killbot]

It has the potential to be the tighteast

[DoctorP]

so much mediocrity.

[wordsRweapons]

so much mediocrity.


Word. Magic 1.5 games away from 2nd seed :wtf:

[305Baller]

Word. Magic 1.5 games away from 2nd seed :wtf:

Whomever gets their act straight will go against bran muffin, apparently.

[Akrazotile]

It's an absolute murderers row. Havent seen anything like this in years. Maybe ever.

It's unreal.

[Dresta]

One title contender and then a bunch of teams that are merely decent.

Meanwhile, you have 3 bonafide title contenders out West.
OKC are not a title contender - if they were playing in the East they'd be right in that pack with the rest of them. They are 7-8 vs. the East, and have been beating up on shitty western teams, of which there are many. Their last 4 losses (bunched among easy victories against the Lakers, Nuggets, Kings, Jazz, and Blazers), were agains the Bulls, Cavs, Hawks and Heat.

They really aren't very good.

[Dr Hawk]

Toughest conference of all time

[AirBonner]

Toughest conference of all time
This. Bron might not even making it out of the first round.

[JohnnySic]

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[Wade's Rings]

Dat bath of blood. That's pretty crazy but lets wait and see if all 8 playoff teams have 50+ wins before we go wild

I see all them falling between 45-55 Wins if this is kept up for the rest of the year.

[DMV2]

This. Bron might not even making it out of the first round.
Miami beating Cleveland in the first round would break ISH for 48 hours.

[AirBonner]

Miami beating Cleveland in the first round would break ISH for 48 hours.
Would be the most hilarious thing ever.

[DMAVS41]

OKC are not a title contender - if they were playing in the East they'd be right in that pack with the rest of them. They are 7-8 vs. the East, and have been beating up on shitty western teams, of which there are many. Their last 4 losses (bunched among easy victories against the Lakers, Nuggets, Kings, Jazz, and Blazers), were agains the Bulls, Cavs, Hawks and Heat.

They really aren't very good.

The Thunder started off poorly, but have been playing much better as of late. They are up to the 3rd best SRS...and their defense is improving.

I agree they would be, record wise, middle of the pack in the East right now, but that doesn't make them a non contender.

They absolutely would be a contender in the East. In fact, only a healthy Cavs team in the East would be favored over a healthy Thunder team in a playoff series.

There isn't one other team in the East that would be favored to beat them in a series.

[Legends66NBA7]

Toughest conference of all time

96-97 East, 07-08 West, 13-14 West, and 14-15 West come to mind first.

[ArbitraryWater]

One title contender and then a bunch of teams that are merely decent.

Meanwhile, you have 3 bonafide title contenders out West.

reminds me of 2008-2010 West minus '09 Nuggets and '10 Suns, now you know what it feels like :lol

with the exception that the East then had 3 contenders and the West now with 2.

[Young X]

96-97 East, 07-08 West, 13-14 West, and 14-15 West come to mind first.The west in 2014 is the GOAT conference.

[TheMarkMadsen]

reminds me of 2008-2010 West minus '09 Nuggets and '10 Suns, now you know what it feels like :lol

with the exception that the East then had 3 contenders and the West now with 2.



Pre-season GM Poll

Which team will win the finals ?

2008 (http://www.nba.com/preview2007/gmsurvey_predictions.html): SAS, Suns, Mavericks, Dallas, Detroit, Boston

2009: (http://www.nba.com/2008/tipoff/10/21/gmsurvey.predictions/) Lakers, Boston, New Orleans, Houston, Spurs

2010 (http://www.nba.com/news/features/gmsurvey.predictions/): Lakers, Boston, Cavs, Spurs

in 08 and 10 all western conference playoff teams won 50+ games. Chris Paul, Nash, Dirk, Duncan all on 50+ win teams, who exactly in the east is on 08/09 Chris Paul's level leading a 50+ win team?

[BlazerRed]

One title contender and then a bunch of teams that are merely decent.

Meanwhile, you have 3 bonafide title contenders out West.
This.

[Legends66NBA7]

The west in 2014 is the GOAT conference.

Werr a Lillard game winner away from having 4 first round game 7's.

:applause:

[ArbitraryWater]

Pre-season GM Poll

Which team will win the finals ?

2008 (http://www.nba.com/preview2007/gmsurvey_predictions.html): SAS, Suns, Mavericks, Dallas, Detroit, Boston

2009: (http://www.nba.com/2008/tipoff/10/21/gmsurvey.predictions/) Lakers, Boston, New Orleans, Houston, Spurs

2010 (http://www.nba.com/news/features/gmsurvey.predictions/): Lakers, Boston, Cavs, Spurs

in 08 and 10 all western conference playoff teams won 50+ games. Chris Paul, Nash, Dirk, Duncan all on 50+ win teams, who exactly in the east is on 08/09 Chris Paul's level leading a 50+ win team?

Who cares what people thought in the pre-season? Do you know how seldomly pre-season predictions are right?

Lakers and Jazz were LARGE title favorites according to pre-season ODDS in 1999..

Plus who cares about pre-season picks when the Lakers at that point didn't even have Gasol yet LMAO classic DaOldLion

[SugarHill]

bloodbath

[TheMarkMadsen]

Who cares what people thought in the pre-season? Do you know how seldomly pre-season predictions are right?

Lakers and Jazz were LARGE title favorites according to pre-season ODDS in 1999..

Plus who cares about pre-season picks when the Lakers at that point didn't even have Gasol yet LMAO classic DaOldLion


Those teams that were predicted to be in contention to win a title went on to be elite 50+ win teams. How does that not speak to how much competition was in the West?

and since you ducked this question I'll ask you again.. who in the east is on 08 Chris Paul's level leading a 50+ win team?


Lakers and Jazz were LARGE title favorites according to pre-season ODDS in 1999..

oh the team with the league's best player and the team coming off a finals trip were favorites to win the title? Is this supposed to be breaking news?


Plus who cares about pre-season picks when the Lakers at that point didn't even have Gasol yet LMAO classic DaOldLion

What does Gasol have to do with anything? In 08 favorites to win the title all came from the West except for Boston, then the Lakers got Gasol and another legit contender emerged.. the West had like 5 contenders. I don't know what that last part is supposed to mean you little weirdo

[ArbitraryWater]

Those teams that were predicted to be in contention to win a title went on to be elite 50+ win teams. How does that not speak to how much competition was in the West?

and since you ducked this question I'll ask you again.. who in the east is on 08 Chris Paul's level leading a 50+ win team?



oh the team with the league's best player and the team coming off a finals trip were favorites to win the title? Is this supposed to be breaking news?



What does Gasol have to do with anything? In 08 favorites to win the title all came from the West except for Boston, then the Lakers got Gasol and another legit contender emerged.. the West had like 5 contenders. I don't know what that last part is supposed to mean you little weirdo

and what happened? Exactly, the predictions in the pre-season are fun and thats it... its like you quoting USA Today on someone saying he felt Kobe's 2002 finals performance was the best of a non-FMVP... you don't need to quote nobody, we all can say that ourselves. Like with a few fun pre-season picks. We look back and laugh how stuff really turned out.

The '08 Hornets weren't a dominant 56-win team, but the 'heavy load carried by one individual' type of team, evidenced by Paul's historic advanced numbers, his raw ones weren't so shabby either, thats why they flamed out in the following year.. hard to sustain that.


Your question is phrased weirdly.. what is it, who in the East could lead that team like Paul did? What?

Well, first of, the Pistons were at least an equally good team. I think this matters more, maybe you can clarify, Lion.

[TheMarkMadsen]

and what happened? Exactly, the predictions in the pre-season are fun and thats it... its like you quoting USA Today on someone saying he felt Kobe's 2002 finals performance was the best of a non-FMVP... you don't need to quote nobody, we all can say that ourselves. Like with a few fun pre-season picks. We look back and laugh how stuff really turned out.

The '08 Hornets weren't a dominant 56-win team, but the 'heavy load carried by one individual' type of team, evidenced by Paul's historic advanced numbers, his raw ones weren't so shabby either, thats why they flamed out in the following year.. hard to sustain that.


Your question is phrased weirdly.. what is it, who in the East could lead that team like Paul did? What?

Well, first of, the Pistons were at least an equally good team. I think this matters more, maybe you can clarify, Lion.



and what happened? Exactly, the predictions in the pre-season are fun and thats it...

I don't know why you bring up 99 when that would obviously be the hardest year to predict a pre season champion considering the circumstances leading into the season. The lock-out in 99 and it forced a condensed scheduled where teams were having to play b2b2b's and it really wasn't favorable for older teams like the Jazz


its like you quoting USA Today on someone saying he felt Kobe's 2002 finals performance was the best of a non-FMVP... you don't need to quote nobody, we all can say that ourselves.

Like I already told you, that guy had been covering the NBA for 30+ years and had seen more finals games than you have seen regular season games. His opinion is more educated than some random guy on ISH


The '08 Hornets weren't a dominant 56-win team, but the 'heavy load carried by one individual' type of team, evidenced by Paul's historic advanced numbers, his raw ones weren't so shabby either, thats why they flamed out in the following year.. hard to sustain that.


Your question is phrased weirdly.. what is it, who in the East could lead that team like Paul did? What?

you are such a joke when it comes to discussing anything that happened before 2011. Those Hornets had an all star power forward, they had Tyson Chandler, they had Peja still putting up 16 ppg. They were a very good team who won 56 games in a conference where every playoff team won 50+

The question isn't confusing. Who in the east is on Paul's level that has a team good enough around them to win 50+ games? Nobody... you are trying to compare the 16 east the 08-10 west which is dumb as hell because there aren't any players out east as good as guys like 08 Paul, 08 Dirk on teams good enough to win 50+ games. The level of competition was much higher in the west than it is now in the east.