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The Pacific division is pretty strong, but it can't compare with the South West Division IMO. You have teams like the Spurs and Mavs who are championship contenders, and then you also have playoff teams like the Grizzlies and Rockets, and an up and coming team in the Hornets
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting YourNewChef:</div><div class="quote_post">Idk about toughest, but it will be the most competative.</div> Agreed. It's not as good from top to bottom as the southwest division but the teams' talent levels are very even compared to other divisions and all of them except the Warrior will probably make the playoffs.
Man, if all of the Pacific make i beside GS, and all of the SW division (which is very possible) thats nine teams, 2 hae to be left out with a NW winner, this year is gonna be crazy competitive, becuase i think the Twolves, Nuggets, and Jazz are all gonna be competitive for the 8th seed as well as the division lead.
Yeah, the West always has a few Playoff snubs, while the East over there had a couple teams who were VERY undeserving.
Kings are going to win 50+ games, I'll mark my own words. after they got ron artest, they finished the season at a rate that would've made 50+ wins for sure if they'd been together the whole season. Clippers will win 50+ as well barring injuries and such. Phoenix...i'm not sure it all depends on how amare comes back, so we'll have to wait there...LA, i'd say 40 - 46 games and a 7th or 8th seed.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Gametime?:</div><div class="quote_post">Kings are going to win 50+ games, I'll mark my own words. after they got ron artest, they finished the season at a rate that would've made 50+ wins for sure if they'd been together the whole season. Clippers will win 50+ as well barring injuries and such. Phoenix...i'm not sure it all depends on how amare comes back, so we'll have to wait there...LA, i'd say 40 - 46 games and a 7th or 8th seed.</div> I heard the same thing last year about Sac, they would have been a bottom 6 team in the league if it weren't for the acquisition of Artest and they always start slow and have injury problems. I doubt they get to 50 and if they do it won't be far beyond there. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Man, if all of the Pacific make i beside GS, and all of the SW division (which is very possible) thats nine teams, 2 hae to be left out with a NW winner, this year is gonna be crazy competitive, becuase i think the Twolves, Nuggets, and Jazz are all gonna be competitive for the 8th seed as well as the division lead.</div> Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, are locks for PO and probably top 3 seeds. Barring injury LAC and Houston should make it in easily and Nuggets will probably win the NW division. That leaves 2 PO spots for Sacramento, LAL, New Orleans, Utah, Minnesota, and possibly Memphis or GSW. I'd bet on Sacramento and LAL for the last 2 seeds myself but with injuries, trades, players improving, etc. its difficult to predict.
^^I agree, thats a shame that minny, utah, memphis, GS, and NO are likely gonna miss the playoffs while a team like atl, ny, charlotte, or the raps could make it. add: Sac is also likely to lose bonzi, who was HUGE for them
yeah of course, i'm not saying losing Bonzi won't hurt us. but it is better for the long run, with his age being a concern. and plus, i really doubt he would play like he did last season, it was his contract year. however, we don't lose a lot with him...mostly rebounding. kevin martin finally gets to start, and he played really good last season when Bonzi was hurt. Bonzi was also very turnover prone and is rarely in great shape anymore.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Gametime?:</div><div class="quote_post">yeah of course, i'm not saying losing Bonzi won't hurt us. but it is better for the long run, with his age being a concern. and plus, i really doubt he would play like he did last season, it was his contract year. however, we don't lose a lot with him...mostly rebounding. kevin martin finally gets to start, and he played really good last season when Bonzi was hurt. Bonzi was also very turnover prone and is rarely in great shape anymore.</div> Artest claims he won't stay if Bonzi and Aldeman leave, which both are happening. Losing Bonzi could result into a unhappy Artest this year and who knows what will happen in the future for him with the Kings. I think Kings will either break even or go below their W/L from last season.
Well, with Yao Ming improved and tougher than ever along with T-mac who's coming back from his injury, they can get the Rockets back on track easily and get back to the playoff hunt, so you can make an argument that the Southwest is the toughest division in this league. You have the elite teams like Dallas and San Antonio controlling the West, New Orleans having the potential and talent on their team and Memphis still a good team to watch out for. You did bring out some decent points though, the Clippers and the Suns can make run to control the West. With Amare and Kurt Thomas coming back, the Suns will be a lot more rejuvenated. Plus the Clippers have certainly came from the lottery pool and up to the elite status, they have become a team to look out for.
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The teams in the East have it so much easier to make the playoffs and generally win games. When you look at the record of when East teams play West teams, the teams in the West have a higher winning percentage when playing against the Eastern Conference teams. This proves its easier to play in the Easter Conference as you play the weaker teams more. Also, you can have a record below .500 and still make it into the playoffs where as in the West you need a record above .500 while playing tougher teams more to make the playoffs. The format needs to be changed so its more fairer.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Laker_fan:</div><div class="quote_post">The teams in the East have it so much easier to make the playoffs and generally win games. When you look at the record of when East teams play West teams, the teams in the West have a higher winning percentage when playing against the Eastern Conference teams. This proves its easier to play in the Easter Conference as you play the weaker teams more. Also, you can have a record below .500 and still make it into the playoffs where as in the West you need a record above .500 while playing tougher teams more to make the playoffs. The format needs to be changed so its more fairer.</div>How is that different from the AL and NL in the Baseball? Sure, the AL has historically dominated the NL, and it's tougher to make the playoffs in the AL, but no one is gonna change it so that teams in the AL can make the playoffs if they had only played in the NL.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Heat4Life:</div><div class="quote_post">How is that different from the AL and NL in the Baseball? Sure, the AL has historically dominated the NL, and it's tougher to make the playoffs in the AL, but no one is gonna change it so that teams in the AL can make the playoffs if they had only played in the NL.</div> I don't watch baseball so I don't understand what your trying to say but the format doesn't need to be changed so that more West teams can go through, it needs to be changed because the best teams who win the most games will go through(hence making them more deserving). Also minor things like player statistics would also be different. The main objective is to make the best teams go through. I don't know how the format should be changed, but it should be changed so that everyone plays each other the same amount of times and the teams with the most victories go through. Normally, the team that finishes 6th in the West is capable of beating the team that came 3rd in the East. This just goes to show how much easier the teams in the East have it.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Gametime?:</div><div class="quote_post">Kings are going to win 50+ games, I'll mark my own words. after they got ron artest, they finished the season at a rate that would've made 50+ wins for sure if they'd been together the whole season. Clippers will win 50+ as well barring injuries and such. Phoenix...i'm not sure it all depends on how amare comes back, so we'll have to wait there...LA, i'd say 40 - 46 games and a 7th or 8th seed.</div> yeah ryt... i thinks it's gonna be the other way around sac 40 - 48 lal 50+
