Things have never looked so bad in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. It is sad, unbelievable, ridiculous, and most of all, a joke!
The Boston Celtics, with their best player, Rajon Rondo injured and yet to play this season, are in 4th place in the Eastern Conference. Wait for it...they are 8 and 12. Just so there is no confusion, they have won a total of eight games and compiled twelve loses and they are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Just so we can get some perspective, the 4th seed in the Western Conference, the LA Clippers. And their record? 12-7!
Most dedicated basketball fans know that the West has been for years a harder conference than the East. Last year, the Milwaukee Bucks finished the year with a record of 38-44 and settled into the playoffs with the eighth seed. In the last ten years, there have been two seasons where two teams finished under 500 and made it to the playoffs. Not in recent memory has a team been under 500 in the west and made the playoffs, in fact, in the 2007-2008 the Denver Nuggets finished 18 games above 500 and were only the 8th seed. If they were in the East with that record, they would have been comfortably in the 4th seed.
Simply put, the Eastern Conference is a fiasco. The Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat are so far ahead of everyone else. It would take a miracle to change the inevitable, Pacers-Heat rematch in the Eastern Conference Finals. And I'm looking forward to watching; Paul George is the next Kobe!
The other thirteen teams are just going through the motions, at least they are making money while doing it.
Mr. Felder
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