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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
I also think that the idea of a final record being a huge determinant is a crock of shit.
having a 55 win record in the Eastern Conference, which currently sucks ass, does not mean the same as a 55 win record in the Western Conference where so many teams are stacked with talent and great coaching and SKILLZ. To make everything based on final records insults the teams that win in the challenging conference or division.
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But see this is precisely the argument from Western team execs as to why they WANT to get rid of the Conference system and from my perspective, I think it insults the East teams.
The East teams play BETTER DEFENSE than the West teams, even in head to head match ups between East-West teams.. teams like Chicago and Milwaukee this year, and in the recent past Chicago, Miami, and Indiana all had some of the best overall defense in the NBA!
So its totally disrespectful to the East teams who also play in their own divisions, and play against tougher defenses. There is a lot of noise about the West being better than the East, and while win records may look like that a deeper analysis of stats, whether inter-conference matchups, head-to-head winning percentages, etc etc do not necessarily suggest this.
The top-4 East teams were competitive with West teams..
In my opinion, win your division, win your conference, or shut up. Each team knows EXACTLY how to scout to win. Take that away? So we can go back to the 80s where all the teams played shit defense and scored 115 a game? Because THAT is what the top-4 teams in the West play like these days...