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End the travesty. Make the East a development league.

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Will, May 20, 2004.

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  1. Will

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    I watch the respective playoffs and cannot understand why East teams are allowed to go 3 series deep before they face a real opponent. I know it's been bad in previous years, but this is ridiculous. Even the nailbiters in the East consist of each team bumbling down the court and trying to hand the game to the other.

    Like the man in the beer ad says, it's a Traveshamockery.
     
    #1 Will, May 20, 2004
  2. xiki

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    Tis a shame the Rox are West, not East. Rudy would still be coach and the guys would be nationally renowned.
     
    #2 xiki, May 20, 2004
  3. vwiggin

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    I love how announcers try to mask the East's inept play with comments like:

    "Wow, that's GREAT DEFENSE."

    Ummm... no. Most of the time it is just the other team's inability to score. :p
     
    #3 vwiggin, May 20, 2004
  4. Desert Scar

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    Detriot and Indy are top 6 teams in the league and NJ is probably top 8, it is not as bad as in years past and the finals will be entertaining.
     
    #4 Desert Scar, May 20, 2004
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    I think either Indy or Detroit will give a good series but definately will lose to either team from the west in the end
     
    #5 Glish21, May 21, 2004
  6. Will

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    The Detroit-NJ 3OT game killed me. The announcers kept oohing and aahing over the "suspense," which consisted of playground turnovers, shots, and bricks.
     
    #6 Will, May 21, 2004
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    The Eastern Conference is a Travisty, a Sham, and a Mockery. It is a Travishamockery!
     
    #7 Deuce, May 21, 2004
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    Hey, no making up words!:D
     
    #8 Life2Def, May 21, 2004
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    hate to say this, but it sounds like the rockets.
     
    #9 sup123, May 21, 2004
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    HAHA that cracked me up lol
     
    #10 shawn786, May 21, 2004
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    Only the Pacers can hang with the Big 5 in the West. Detroit is at the Grizzlies' level. The Nets are about as good as the Rockets, which is not very. All other East teams couldn't have made the playoffs in the West.
     
    #11 Easy, May 21, 2004
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    Kidd-ing aside, both the Pistons and Pacers would have contended for home court in the West this year, IMO.

    However, there is little team depth in the East and lots of good teams in the West (with only Clippers being Eastlike).
     
    #12 xiki, May 21, 2004
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    What do you think of removing confrenses and make it top 16 teams make the playoffs and you play each team 3 times a year
     
    #13 Agent86, May 21, 2004
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    also where would the rockets get there wins from then, if the east is made a development leauge.
     
    #14 sup123, May 21, 2004
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    i wonder what would happen if jordan played in the west...
     
    #15 Tonaaayyyy, May 21, 2004
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    Ouch, the truth hurts. Put that thing away. :p
     
    #16 vwiggin, May 22, 2004
  17. Will

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    Pacers 33, Pistons 27. Halftime.

    This is the CONFERENCE FINALS, people.

    Please. End the traveshamockery.
     
    #17 Will, Jun 1, 2004
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    Even on their worst night, the Rox could not emulate what is happening in that game.
     
    #18 hitman1900, Jun 1, 2004
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    i'm with Will completely... nevertheless i have enjoyed the estern conference finals because the two teams are evenly matched.... decent D and dreadful offense... but really there D is no better than West... it is really starting to ****e me the way everyone talks up the D being played in the eastern conference final.... D like that is the norm in the West.... certainly for most teams... and to match it they can play offense aswell... what a damn surprise

    not even sure the finals will go to 4 games.... the east will white flag it a couple games in
     
    #19 SmeggySmeg, Jun 1, 2004
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    count the quarters where a team has scored over 20 points... it won't take long and many hands
     
    #20 SmeggySmeg, Jun 1, 2004
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