The crappy East is already showing..

[jaybee682]

in the east, lakers would battle for 6-8th spot without any probs

Uh no they wouldn't this Lakers team is no better than any team in the East.

[Marchesk]

Goddamn, that'd be such bullshit if that happened.

It could though. It would suck massively. The only good thing is the league might be forced to reconsider playoff format. Just read that 11 times out of the last 14 years, the 9th place team in the West had a better record than the 8th seeded team in the East.

[Mr. Jabbar]

in the east, lakers would battle for 6-8th spot without any probs

true, + the crappy competition confidence boost, maybe 4-5