Is the West as dominant as people imply?

**DukeDelonte13** · 03-12-2009, 07:24 AM

I think the East is beating the West in overall inter-conference play; if it means anything.

**1~Gibson~1** · 03-12-2009, 07:40 AM

West = good from 1-9
Scrub = 10-15

East = good from 1-5
OK = from 6-14
Scrub = 15

**lilmarcgasol** · 03-12-2009, 07:41 AM

West-deeper more talented, Utah or San Antonio for example would be the #1 seed if they played in the East.

East-freaking Hawks are a 4 seed and garbage teams like Chicago and New Jersey are competing for playoff spots. Nuf said

**1~Gibson~1** · 03-12-2009, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by lilmarcgasol

Look at it this way-in the West, only Cleveland, Orlando and Boston are good enough to make the playoffs.

The freaking Hawks lead by goddamn 39 year old Mike Bibby are like a 4 seed in that god forsaken Eastern conference.

Joe Johnson leads the team

West-deeper more talented, Utah or San Antonio for example would be the #1 seed if they played in the East.

East-freaking Hawks are a 4 seed and garbage teams like Chicago and New Jersey are competing for playoff spots. Nuf said

the East is deeper. West = 1-9
East = 1-14

Western C. teams have so many wins because they get to play the Queens, Grizz, Clippers, Thunder, GS, and Minny twice a year. That's 12 easy wins. Whereas, the East only have 2 easy wins (Washington [maybe 4 if you count Toronto]) because every other team puts up a fight.

**The_Yearning** · 03-12-2009, 08:03 AM

West has been dominating the NBA ever since Jordan retired as a Bull...

**JellyBean** · 03-12-2009, 08:03 AM

Yes.

**DukeDelonte13** · 03-12-2009, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by lilmarcgasol

West-deeper more talented, Utah or San Antonio for example would be the #1 seed if they played in the East.

East-freaking Hawks are a 4 seed and garbage teams like Chicago and New Jersey are competing for playoff spots. Nuf said

You're Dumb.

**dnyk1337** · 03-12-2009, 08:58 AM

Good thread. I've been saying this for a while... The 10th seed on the west would be the before last worst team in the East... How can you go down that much?? East>West

**Silverbullit** · 03-12-2009, 09:09 AM

Overall the East has a 195-183 advantage (0.516) so far, but the gap is closing (151-127 on February, 1st).

**MMM** · 03-12-2009, 09:12 AM

i find it funny how people refuse to give the East credit all that matters is the East leads in the head-tohead play. However many of us are still not saying hte East is better only that both conferences are more balanced. The East has more balance/avg teams while the West has more good teams/Scrub teams so overall the conferences seem balanced.

**Bigsmoke** · 03-12-2009, 09:14 AM

the top 3 Eastern Confrence teams are more talented then every west team if so better than the Lakers

but its true that all the teams in the western are well above .500

**NBASTATMAN** · 03-12-2009, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by cdbleb

In my opinion the East isnt as bad as people let on. Heres some numbers for you starting with the two best teams in the West (LA and SA):

The West has 6 teams who are sub .350 and LA has already played those teams 16x plus they have another 5 in the remainder of their schedule for a total of 21 games (Or 26% of their total schedule...1/4 of their season against terrible teams). San Antonio has already played those teams 14x with another 8 in the remainder of their schedule (Pretty much the same LA). So the two best teams in the West get to play 6 out of the 7 worst teams in the league (Based on record) one out of every 4 games on average. In the West a team is either good or terrible, whereas in the East teams are pretty evenly matched outside of the top 3. From the #4 team to the #14 team in the East there is a 13 game separation, in the West there is a 12.5 game separation between 9th and 10th.

LAs record vs the East is 17-6 or 74% (And 4 of those wins are against Boston and Cleveland so they are 13-6 against the rest of the "crappy" East dropping it to 62%), against the West they are 33-7 or 83%...San Antonio is 16-10 against the East or 62%, against the West they are 27-10 or 73%.

Even look at the worst teams from each conference...Sacramento is 14-26 (35%) against the West and 0-24 (0%) against the East. Washington is 8-15 (35%) against the West and 7-34 (17%)against the East. The two top teams in the West have a harder time with the teams in the East overall and the two worst teams in the league both have an easier time against the West overall.

Now Im not saying that the East is better Im just saying that the whole "Dominant West / Crappy East" bs is getting old. 3 of the top 4 teams in the league = East, Defending Champs = East, Longest win streak = West (Utah), Longest losing streak = West (Minn.), best home record = East (Cle), Best Road record = East (Bos), Best record against teams own conference = West (LA), Worst record against opposing Conference = West (Sac). Overall the West probably is slightly better but its not by a large margin like some people insinuate.

(All numbers current up to the morning of March 11th)

No the West no longer has the best teams, besides the Lakers not one team in the west would break the top three in the east...

**NBASTATMAN** · 03-12-2009, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Bigsmoke

the top 3 Eastern Confrence teams are more talented then every west team if so better than the Lakers

but its true that all the teams in the western are well above .500

THE top three teams in the east are not as talented or as good as the lakers... The Lakers have the best team alongside the Celtics.. Wait for the rematch...

**lilmarcgasol** · 03-12-2009, 09:20 AM

East doesn't have deeper, more average teams than the west. Just so many of the teams are awful, and play against eachother, that their records make them appear average.

Look at the garbage east, The Miami Dwayne Wade's are a freaking 5 seed for christs sake. Embarrassment. Even more embarrassing is the fact that the Hawks are a 4 seed.

Philadelphia, Milawaukee, Chicago, New Jersey, Charlotte, Indiana and New York are not average teams. They are awful teams with an average record due to them all playing eachother. Hell people, before their recent 6 game losing streak (

)the Craptors were competing for a playoff spot.

The East is not a deeper conference then the west. The disparity in quality is huge. Phoenix isn't even in a playoff spot in the West! If they were in the East they'd probably be the 4th best team. They are definately better than the Hawks and the Dwayne Wades, I don't see how anyone can argue that.

Add this to the fact that such top Eastern teams, like the Cavs, get many of their wins against the garbage east, and then choke and suck against the big Western teams.

**NBASTATMAN** · 03-12-2009, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by lilmarcgasol

West-deeper more talented, Utah or San Antonio for example would be the #1 seed if they played in the East.

East-freaking Hawks are a 4 seed and garbage teams like Chicago and New Jersey are competing for playoff spots. Nuf said

the spurs are garbage now,, they would be a 4 seed in the east..

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