You'd think the East sucking and getting all the high draft picks while the West gets older and start rebuilding.. Just natural cycle, right?
In theory at least..
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02-07-2015, 01:10 PM #1NBA All-star
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Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
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02-07-2015, 01:24 PM #2Banned
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
It's funny that you say that when the 3 best draft picks in recent years are in the West (Anthony Davis, Lilliard and Wiggins).
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02-07-2015, 01:49 PM #3NBA Superstar
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
The NBA will change to a top 16 format long before that happens. Adam Silver said it himself. Change is coming.
All of the good, intelligent organizations just happen to be out West. Spurs, Mavs, Suns, Warriors, Blazers, Grizzlies, etc. All of these teams have front offices that know exactly what they're doing.
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02-07-2015, 01:58 PM #4NBA Legend
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
Poor management in the east leads to continued losing. The Wizards could have drafted Curry but traded the pick for Miller/Foye who were on expiring deals.
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02-07-2015, 01:59 PM #5The Wizard
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
Teams in the west finish with winning records, but still get loterry picks. Eastern teams finish with losing records but are out of the loterry. It helps build a talent disparity.
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02-07-2015, 02:22 PM #6Gambling expert
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
Originally Posted by Eric Cartman
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02-07-2015, 03:37 PM #7Land o' Lakes
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
It's what happens when all the free agents go and join contenders, there's none left for the bottom teams. Most of them just happened to go out West.
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02-07-2015, 05:07 PM #8.
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
I wouldn't say Wiggins is better than Drummond yet. Originally Posted by Eric Cartman
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02-07-2015, 05:09 PM #93-time NBA All-Star
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
That's the symptom not the cause. Over recent NBA history FAs aren't breaking their backs to get to Memphis, Houston, NO, PHX. It's good management, not the free agents. Originally Posted by sammichoffate
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02-07-2015, 05:11 PM #10Teen heartthrob
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
East Coast = Least Coast
Basketball and otherwise.
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02-07-2015, 05:26 PM #11Banned
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
You are right, then 3 out of 4 top draft picks. Originally Posted by Legends66NBA7
This year could be more of the same, yes you have the Sixers and Knicks up there, but also the western teams minny (although they playing better) and the lakers.
Western teams have more capacity in terms of running successful NBA franchises.
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02-07-2015, 05:27 PM #12The Beast In Me
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
No.
WC franchise are simply better than the Eastern ones. Not to mention a team like the Jazz finishes with a worse record out West than they would in the East, which means a higher draft pick.
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02-07-2015, 05:30 PM #13Very good NBA starter
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
It's been like this since the 1999 lockout.
Helped inflate a number of careers....
You can add Vince and T-Mac to the list.
Most of these players went to the West and disappeared.
Lebron is clever.
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02-07-2015, 05:31 PM #14Buck Dynasty
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
The Bucks are about 2 seasons away from being elite, imo.
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02-07-2015, 05:54 PM #15College superstar
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Re: Sooner or later, the East will become better than the West, right?
Yes. There is going to be a point where the East becomes just as competitive, if not better, than the West. It is just a matter of time. It is a cycle.
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