Posted by ARES:
i agree on fat azz shaq but i think he hates to see tim win and they want to win one for phil, so he will go for it one more year.
look when orlando gets out the first round in the east then hoola at me
east sucks so bad the wnba east cant even win.
The balance of power comes in waves. You are looking at too short of a time span to get the whole picture. In the history of the NBA, the west has won 24 times and the east has one 33 times. I'm sure some people were whining when Boston was reeling off eight straight, or when the east won 12 straight. Relax. This is not an original concept. Bob Ryan has written about this for years. Basically saying that in the era of free agency Eastern Conference teams can not compete for free agents and there for will never again have the most dominate teams. While Bob makes better points than you, you are both equally wrong. The pendulum is starting to shift.
Lets look at the three best teams in the west.
Spurs have not gotten any better YET, and they may loose there back up point guard.
LA has gotten much much better. Forget chemistry, this team COULD win 70 games
Sacramento, the only thing they've gotten is older.
Dallas, ditto.
The spurs and Dallas still could get better but as it stands now there're in trouble.
New Jersey just got Zo.
Detroit got Darko and Larry Brown
Indiana got to keep there best player (don't sleep on this) and got new GM (Bird).
Philly is in Trouble. Notice the capital T.
Vince Carter may not like him up Bosh is the real deal. I expect Toronto back in the mix in about 2 years.
T-Mac is too good. Expect Orlando to make some noise this year.
Things are not going to turn around tomorrow but they will. As it stands now the west has the better teams.