The past decade the Western conference in the NBA has dominated the league.
The Eastern conference has not taken long to reply this decade. The thunderous threesome in Miami is relatively old news and they all came from the East anyway. However the loss of Boozer and Stoudemire from the Jazz and Suns weakened both teams enough to where playoffs are most likely not going to be in either ones immediate future.
Lebron James might still be disliked by some of you by his antics over the summer, but you cannot deny his ability to see the future. James had this to say after "Taking his talents to South Beach;
"We came here to team up and we knew we were starting a trend. Teams are going to have to load up because the competition level is rising." -Lebron James-
No denying that. Carmelo Anthony and Deron Williams have now joined in the party. Anthony to the Knicks and Williams to the Nets. Oh yeah the Knicks also got a veteran point guard who happens to be one of the best clutch shooters in Chauncey Billups.
So what remains in the West? Spurs, Lakers, Thunder, and the Mavericks(but we all know how Dallas will choke first or second round in the playoffs anyway).
Who does the East have? The Heat, Bulls, the newly improved Knicks(Atlanta has a better record then the Knick but i am not going to jump the gun on the Hawks and say they have proven themselves yet), the Magic, and of course the Celtics. Sure that is really only one more "elite" team that the East have that the West doesn't. But think of next year and two years from now. All the young talent is going East. The Lakers, Spurs, and Mavericks are aging, and the Blazers cannot stay healthy for longer then a quarter. The Thunder is the West's own team of the future currently. While every power team in the East is young, with the exception of Boston.
This decade might be a little different then the last. L.A. is not going to be getting championship parades every other year or any other Western conference team. If you want to be under the spotlight in the NBA, go East.
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