Elton Brand, Dwyane Wade in East meets West
October 20, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Dwyane Wade, Elton Brand, Philadelphia 76ers
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Dwyane Wade helps put a whole new spin on which NBA Conference is dominant
This year will finally be the year where balance is restored. The Eastern Conference of the NBA will be dominant. It is time to crush the West!
Let’s start with Elton Brand and Dwyane Wade.
Elton Brand went from west to east, making one potentially decent team subpar out West and making one average Eastern team suddenly look very, very good. Meanwhile, Miami essentially adds a superstar in Dwyane Wade because he’s fully healed, and the Heat should improve from league doormat to something in the general vicinity of average.
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Lesson two would involve the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons.
At the very top and very bottom, the East rules. Boston, obviously, is the reigning champ, and Detroit had the league’s second-best record last season. Meanwhile, I’m projecting every Eastern team to win at least 27 games; rebuilding Western teams in Memphis, Oklahoma City and Sacramento all figure to do worse.
There are wild cards in the new way Dallas and Phoenix will play under new coaches Rick Carlisle and Terry Porter.
On the flip side the Knicks will have a real coach in Mike D’Antoni and Scott Skiles will head up Milwaukee.
All in all, it looks like a great year in the East!
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