It's just pitiful. Looking at the standings, the top team is 17-18?!? Makes me want to throw up. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/standings?year=season_2004
Actually it's just the Atlantic that sucks. The rest of the Eastern divisions are doing pretty damn good.
What's funny is that @ this time last year everyone thought the SE was going to be the worst division.
Actually, they all suck. Despite having more chances to kick the Atlantic around than West teams do, the Central division as a whole is hanging right around .500 for the season, and the Southeast is below .500. The conference is 93-124 against the West, and not a single Eastern division has a winning record against Western opponents.
I know it won't happen, but what if the Knicks win the Atlantic Division but only have the 9th best record in the Eastern Conference?