Looks like we're back to the 2010s where 50 games barely gets you into the playoffs in the west. The talent disparity between both conferences is just insane.
Looks like we're back to the 2010s where 50 games barely gets you into the playoffs in the west. The talent disparity between both conferences is just insane.
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You cant support a conference mate
no one cares
The west has no teams with completely incompetent FOs. The east has teams know for bad luck and incompetence. The wizards, pistons(⏰), and hornets r all in the east.
It’s actually kind of crazy that the 9th seed in the West is only 10 games behind the 1 seed while the 2nd seed in the East is 11 games behind the 1 seed.
the west runs the US in general too
No like on god fuck this. The 12th seed in the West could make the playoffs in the east
Should just get rid of conferences at this point. Since like forever the West has been a much superior conference despite people protesting that it would eventually balance out
Most of the playoffs teams in the East outside the Celtics and Bucks have also been destroyed by injuries.
Been saying this for years, the east has improved sure but the West is still an absolute bloodbath. much easier to rack up wins in the east
sorry
I mean you look at the west they have Booker, KD, Bron, AD, Steph, Zion (who’s been great), Jokic, Ant, Kawhi, PG, Luka, Kyrie, Shai
While the east has Giannis, Dame, Tatum, Brown, Trae, Brunson, Mitchell and Haliburton
It would be pretty concerning if the west wasn’t stronger. But Knicks, sixers and Cavs have been injured to hell for a good part of the season as well.
The east is trash and every east team is automatically at an advantage for a ring because of this. The only fans that deny this are eastern conference fans.
They go to their grave denying the obvious conference imbalance despite almost all the superstars being in the west.
Damn man, we’re over here fighting to stay the 6th seed, while in the east our record would be 2 losses within 2nd place lol.
I mean duh. Think everyone knows the West is better
Don’t know why conferences are still a thing. They should expand the lesuge to 32 teams and every team plays everybody twice. 16 best teams in the league qualify for a play-off. 62 regular season games are enough and would even make each game in a regular season worth more.
Then you have other 20 games to play some tournaments that are totally separated to the regular season.
And this is with Memphis being shit this season which i don’t mind btw since we’re out here fighting for a playoff spot.
This is a sketchy narrative at best. basically correct only because bottom teams in West/East are doing the heavy lifting. If we are talking about contending teams, it’s pretty misleading narrative.
||East|West|MISC|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Top 4 in East vs Top 4 in West|13|14||
|Top 6 in East vs Top 6 in West|31|32||
|Top 8 in East vs Top 8 in West|52|62|**Miami** alone is **3-12** vs top 8 in West|
|East vs West|172|232||
For the infinitieth straight year, it does not matter at all. I’ll never understand this obsession with which conference is “better.” The number of *real* contenders is always more or less the same every year. Three or four in each conference.
And no, I don’t care that the 11th seed in the West would be the one seed in the East and win 70 games or whatever the hell. In a league where *over half* the teams in each conference make the playoffs and then they decided to *create the play-in to give the ones that couldn’t even make that low ass bar one more chance* I just don’t care about the plight of the lower ranked Western teams.
Doesn’t matter with Boston destroying everybody.
So nothing new. The east has been the weaker conference for what the past 30+ years
Adam Silver cant expand the league soon enough man, just send us to the East already please.
It’s been tough in the west for years now
Okay? What’s the obsession with this narrative? The West is more stacked. Great. I just want to see what happens in the playoffs.
This is almost entirely because of Jordan Poole
10 out of the 14 teams in the league are in the West lol, the rockets might miss the playoffs with a .50 record LOL
The fact that the hawks and bulls are going to be in the play in is disgusting
West gets no jet lag. Tired in the east when watching your game in the west? So are your players. Only goes one way too.
It’s heavily documented, but kept at bay for reasons. Plenty of literature out there on it.
West good East bad
yep we are in league where Jalen Brunson went from second option on the Mavs to being third best player in the East, maybe even second best player
There are more good teams in the West for sure but I’m not sure the Thunder and Wolves beat a healthy Knicks team in a series.
Because of the play-in, it’s possible that a 50-win team could *miss* the playoffs. And it’s also possible that that team could be the Phoenix Suns, who hold four of the top seven spots for most wins while missing the playoffs.
* 1971-72 Suns — 49-33*
* 2013-14 Suns — 48-34
* 1970-71 Suns — 48-34*
* 2008-09 Suns — 46-36
*8-team playoff field, but in both years the 36-win Hawks made the playoffs in the much weaker Eastern Conference