East and West evening out a LITTLE bit

[J Shuttlesworth]

Don't get me wrong, it's still a big disparity, but at least there are only 2 sub 500 playoff teams in the east. There is one sub 500 playoff team in the West



#1 in the East would be tied for 4th in the West.

Toronto - 7-2 vs. West
Washington - 5-1 vs. West

Curious to see how this shifts throughout the season. I wonder if it will get more even or more lopsided by the end of the season

[bdreason]

You also have to take into consideration that Eastern Conference teams get to play more games against Eastern Conference teams.

[KG215]

No, it's not.

[Smoke117]

Every fan of western teams that aren't at the very top: but but if we were in the east!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...pathetic. Way to push your teams mediocre to the top I guess...

[SugarHill]

Sub 500 playoff teams in the brutal West? Say it ain't so!

[J Shuttlesworth]

No, it's not.

Cnosidering a couple weeks ago, Jabbar made a thread showing that first place in the East would be 7th in the West, I'd say it's a step in the right direction.

West is still way more top heavy, but at least the East has 4 teams that can make things interesting. I don't think any team in the East can win a chip, but at least the last two rounds of the East should be competitive

[J Shuttlesworth]

Every fan of western teams that aren't at the very top: but but if we were in the east!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...pathetic. Way to push your teams mediocre to the top I guess...

Any team under Dallas is still a scrub team in the East

[buddha]

not really OKC has played most the year without Durant and Westbrook, they'd be a top 3 seed with them. also, Sacramento would be above .500 if Cousins had been playing lately.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Evening out how?

Lemme put it this way: Which team in the West that has a reasonable shot do you favor the Eastern Conference champ. against?

[Fudge]

Lol.

Bron fans will say the darndest things to somehow boost Bron up and his level of competition.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Evening out how?

Lemme put it this way: Which team in the West that has a reasonable shot do you favor the Eastern Conference champ. against?

I just mean they're evening out in win count, and competitiveness. Again, I don't think any team in the East has a shot to win the chip this year, but we should get a more entertaining Eastern playoffs than the last few years. It was always assumed the last 4 years that the Heat would win the east. Now East is a lot more wide open.

The standings earlier this year were just pathetic though. I think that only 2-3 teams in the East were over 500 for a while

[J Shuttlesworth]

Lol.

Bron fans will say the darndest things to somehow boost Bron up and his level of competition.

My 5 year old niece has better reading comprehension than you

[Timmy D for MVP]

I just mean they're evening out in win count, and competitiveness. Again, I don't think any team in the East has a shot to win the chip this year, but we should get a more entertaining Eastern playoffs than the last few years. It was always assumed the last 4 years that the Heat would win the east. Now East is a lot more wide open.

The standings earlier this year were just pathetic though. I think that only 2-3 teams in the East were over 500 for a while

Oh I see.

Yeah it's a little bit more competitive this year in that there aren't 2 sure fire teams that will be in the ECF. We can't compare that to the West this year though because it's really up for grabs. It's the one year where we'd get like a 7 vs. 5 CF match up and be like: "Yup that makes sense."

I know the NBA is all about stars, and it's one of the only sports, I think, that benefits long term by having less parity that it's competitors. But every now and again we get these years where it's super wide open, and very very exciting. Just knock on wood that injury doesn't rear it's ugly head and we get to see a crazy playoffs.

[Fudge]

My 5 year old niece has better reading comprehension than you

Am I wrong doe?

[UK2K]

Also, Cousins and Durant/Westbrook have missed more games then they've played....

But besides that, yeah its kinda even, sort of.

I mean if you want to skew the stats, why not just point out that there are three teams from the East with 17 wins, and 7 teams from the west with 17 wins. Is it even now?