The East stopped being weak in the 2018-19 season when LeBron went west, Embiid and Greek took next steps and Kawhi was on Toronto. Obviously Kawhi left the next season, but in 2020-21 we saw Durant join Brooklyn. The rest has numerous teams with one superstar and weaker supporting cast (some of it due to injuries).
Yeah, I agree, but I still feel like that narrative is still out there. Like the East is cute, but they still aren't as good as the West because the west has a couple of really dominant teams. But like you said, the east has won 2 of the last 3 championships. No one in in the East has to win the West. They just have to beat 1 team, in one series. Maybe I'm not paying as close enough attention and the bias has gone down recently. I mostly stick to the Bulls because media coverage of sports in general is complete shit these days. I'm not entertained by dudes sitting in a room yelling their opinions at each other as fact. And, while I've always been a fan this year I've put a little extra air in the tires of my wagon.
I am in no way trying to discount that the west has been the better conference. But I think the narrative, as of 2019 as you pointed out has changed. And I just don't know that it's being said out loud because typically people just look at records. Vegas has it almost even at this point with east and west teams both about equal through the top 6. Not sure what to make of that but you typically don't bet against Vegas. If I had to do a prop bet, I think I would put money on an east team winning again.
Well if you ask me, the Warriors are still the favorite to win, but facing Greek & the Bucks is no easy task in winning. Series could go either way, but I'd give the Warriors an advantage. Remain to be seen on how Sixers/Nets end up looking.
I, 100% guarantee you (unless the Suns/Warriors all die of injuries or worse) they are not going to win the Western Conference this year.
To say they aren’t threatening is incorrect IMO. Are they the favorites in the west? No. But that doesn’t make them not a contender still
I'm not going to argue semantics on this. To me they have no real shot of leaving the second round. But you watch the team more than I do, so I have no "eye test" to go off of.
Not semantics. Your own words were “no one in the west is even threatening right now.” And I disagree that they aren’t a threat. You can still claim they aren’t a threat, but it isn’t a matter of semantics
To me GSW is still the team too, but for whatever reason they still are pushing the Nets. I get that they may be just stoking the easy money. Since lines are about getting people to bet not necessarily about being right. I think/hope the Sixers and Nets gamble implodes on both of them. I guess we'll see. I'm actually surprised that Phoenix is as good as they are again this year, I felt like it was as much about getting really good/hot at the right time, but again they weren't bad last year, and I don't have the general NBA knowledge so I'm just going from my perception which isn't based on much.
The NBA is all about superstars. Phoenix doesn't have any. They have a former superstar who simply got old (Chris Paul), losing his superstar ability, but he's certainly still a regular star. Devin Booker is an inefficient pure scorer, who will never be a superstar. The rest of the team is built on solid players.
Lol have you watched any grizz games this year?!
I think where you’re off is your assessment of Jackson. He’s playing at a defensive player of the year type level this season, and chipping in his 16 ppg as the 3rd scoring option on the team. He’s better than porzingis.
Good comparison. As I pointed out, I haven't watched Memphis, beyond the 1 time the Bulls played them. So anything I go off of is purely on paper and what's written about them.
