Why is the East open this year?

[And1AllDay]

I noticed at the start of the playoffs you could make a case for at least 4 different teams but for the last 8 years only one guy made it to the Finals and it was a lock becos of his dominance so I ask why is the east open this year


What changed


Why

[paksat]

Refs stopped giving one team ( ie one player ) a free pass


simon how many times has l39ron been in foul trouble?

[Wally450]

Refs stopped giving one team ( ie one player ) a free pass


simon how many times has l39ron been in foul trouble?

Cringe.

[TheCorporation]

Refs stopped giving one team ( ie one player ) a free pass


simon how many times has l39ron been in foul trouble?

Lol at asking why is the best two-way player in NBA history not fouling out



Why is the East open this year?

[3ball]

I noticed at the start of the playoffs you could make a case for at least 4 different teams but for the last 8 years only one guy made it to the Finals and it was a lock becos of his dominance so I ask why is the east open this year

[COLOR="DarkRed"]What changed[/COLOR]

The East didn't require a superstar cast to make the Finals, but one guy stacked his team with 2 superstars and monopolized the conference for 8 years

But now he's gone, so it's back to 1-superstar teams making the Finals, just like pre-2011, pre-"decision"/collusion

Btw, even though lebron's collusion ruled the East for years, he almost never ruled the LEAGUE, because he rarely won the championship... indeed, he only beat the West 3 times, so he would only make 3 Finals out West for his career and his Finals appearances were therefore conference-dependant

[superduper]

Hey OP is there any team in the East with #1, #2, and #4 PER players on the same team?

Can you EVER even imagine that happening in real life? What kind of a shameless winless loser would you have to be to even consider diluting the league to such an extent?

[bullettooth]

Because a known colluder isn't colluding in the east anymore. He tried in the west and couldn't even make the playoffs.

[ImKobe]

Lebron missed the Playoffs...

[TheCorporation]

So why is the East open this year?

[bullettooth]

So why is the East open this year?

Cuz nobody stacked the deck, dumbass.

[TheCorporation]

Cuz nobody stacked the deck, dumbass.

Bron IS the deck.

Dumbass

Canadian too? Double yikes

[superduper]

Bron IS the deck.

Dumbass

Canadian too? Double yikes

What happened to the deck out west?



Yikes..

[TheCorporation]

What happened to the deck out west?



Yikes..

Injury

2018

Bye

[bullettooth]

Bron IS the deck.

Dumbass

Canadian too? Double yikes

REALLY!? Then why couldn't this juggernaut even make the playoffs in the West???

[TheCorporation]

What happened to the deck out west?



Yikes..

Wait arent you a Canada ghey boi too?

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