Piso
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For the moment, it's 19-16 for...East
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For the moment, it's 19-16 for...East
Cool.
I will place up the west v the East in a winner take all bracket 10 out of 10 times.
East has: Cavs, Celtics, Raptos, Wiz and maybe the Sixers and Magic.
West has: Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, Jazz, Nuggets, Wolves, Rockets, Clippers, Blazers and Grizzlies and maybe the Pelicans.
West is clearly better IMO. It's not even close.
Archie Moses
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You didnt include the team in 1st place in the East who just beat the Clippers and Warriors?
I did leave of Pistons. So 7-11
Edit: I am not entirely sold on the Magic, Sixers, Pistons, Nuggets and Pelicans though.
framer
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Naw, I decided to adopt the Pacers after they screwed Danny Ainge and the Lakers and sent Paul George away for "peanuts" to spite them. That type of attitude needs to be rewarded. I am very pleased to see Olidapo straight killing it this year. I'm cheering for them 80 out of the 82 games this season.
I think beating the Clippers/Warrior back-to-back on the road deserves some respect and an automatic stamp of legitness.
They certainly should have been included in my list.
Cappy_Smurf
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You also left off the team that has the second best player in the east. I'll take the bucks long before I believe in the magic or sixers.
Really, the only take away from the current east/west results is that small sample size means pretty much zilch. The east will have probably 2 or 3 playoff teams with losing records this year, while the west will likely have a team/s miss the playoffs with a winning record.
Also, the league pretty clearly has the officials operating under an agenda right now. Lots of criticism about the dubs and cavs finals being predetermined, and the league seems to be pretending that there is more parity than people thought. I doubt they take they will push that agenda throughout the entire season, though.
Edit: Just to show how meaningless team records are at this point, Utah is 8th in the west right now, but if they had beaten the suns, they'd be tied for 1st in the west. Instead of being overlooked right now, that one game could have everyone talking about how great this team is, like they were after the OKC win. Team records mean **** all right now.
Cappy_Smurf
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The pistons are far from legit. 2 games don't mean squat.
They have won 5 games. They are legit. They will be a playoff team.
Because the East is so weak? How are they good all of a sudden. Also, how is Orlando good all of a sudden?