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Fan Editorial by Tim Thomas

There only conference in sports that can boast the claim that 79% of their teams have .500 or better records is the NBA's western conference. As of Dececember 14 records, 11 of the 14 teams in the Wild Western Conference has records of .500 or better.

Who would have thought that a month and a half into the season, the Denver Nuggets would be a half game behind first at 14-9, and Memphis would be only a game behind at 13-9? The last place team in the division is the surprising Utah Jazz at 12-10, and they're playing without John Stockton and Karl Malone.

This just shows the depth of the teams in the Western conference, comprised of veteran teams such as the Lakers, Kings, Spurs, Mavs, and Wolves, along with the young up-and-coming teams like Memphis, Golden State, and Denver. If these teams were in the eastern conference, they would be battling for the top seeds.

Maybe the NBA should just allow all the teams in the western conference to make the playoffs until Eastern conference general managers figure out how to run their teams properly.