Packfill Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Thank goodness the Hawks are not in the West as they would have no shot at the playoffs. But in the East, the Hawks really have no excuse to not make the playoffs. Look at some of those teams that will be vying for the 7th and 8th seed - they all have huge holes. 37 or so victories is likely enough to make the playoffs in the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin capstone21 Posted January 15, 2008 Admin Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Its not that the east stinks...It is top heavy. The West has more of a balance but I think the East top teams can easily compete with any of the West teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packfill Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 The East has two good teams - Boston and Detroit are the only ones that can compete with the top teams in the west. Only 3 east teams would make the playoffs in the West if the season ended today. The West has 5 or 6 really strong teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Mule Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 EDS When you mentioned the top teams, you left out Atlanta. Just because we've lost a few games, I suppose. (Ane the Hawks headed west soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packfill Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Quote: EDS When you mentioned the top teams, you left out Atlanta. Just because we've lost a few games, I suppose. (Ane the Hawks headed west soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Atlantaholic Posted January 16, 2008 Premium Member Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 The East is terrible, and the West has never been so strong... There are four games separating the eighth seed from the #1 seed out West and Utah who would be one game out of third place in the East is currently not in the top eight... If anything the Western Conference playoff games will be extremely entertaining this year with basically every match-up right now being between similar quality teams. New Orleans, LA (maybe not so much now that Bynum is injured), San Antonio, Dallas, and Utah all have a good shot at making the finals... In the East I would say Detroit is the heavy favorite to make the finals with Boston having a decent chance. Everyone else you can pretty much write off. (At least judging from what has happened so far in the season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotha2ThaNite Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Quote: The East has two good teams - Boston and Detroit are the only ones that can compete with the top teams in the west. Only 3 east teams would make the playoffs in the West if the season ended today. The West has 5 or 6 really strong teams. Don't count the Hawks out yet... They have a 7-4 against the West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnice Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 They would really suck to not take adavantage of the Bulls and Heat doing poorly and not get in the top 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted January 16, 2008 Moderators Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I agree that when you look at the standings you think man the east stinks. Then Denver comes to town and I think man Denver sucks. They didn't even try to play defense the first 3 and half quarters and Karl nor the annoucers seemed to care or think it out of the ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted January 16, 2008 Moderators Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Just saw this on yahoo power rankings: Portland has won 19 of its past 21 games, a remarkable accomplishment that has left the team with a record that is the conference’s…sixth-best. Welcome to the West, young Blazers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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