Comments on: How the West will be won http://dorukakan.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/how-the-west-will-be-won/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dorukakan http://dorukakan.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/how-the-west-will-be-won/#comment-57 dorukakan Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:05:39 +0000 http://dorukakan.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-57 My best guess is better GMs and ownership... When a franchise is run properly - win in the present while building for the future - then better players will be drawn to it. When you think of the biggest markets in the East - New York, Boston, Chicago, Philly, DC and Miami - all of them have made huge mistakes in management. Bad talent assessment, bad trades, bad deals, bad hirings. The thing is even with mistakes made, a good GM can create a great team - Dumars in Detroit (taking Darko but still being a title contender every year) for example. I wonder if the West has lucked out a bit with drafts - Yao, Oden/Durant, two East teams passing on Deron Williams AND Chris Paul, a bunch of teams passing on Brandon Roy - but then I remember that it's more than just the top guys and anyway the East has three of the top draft picks in the past five years - LeBron, Dwight Howard, and Dwayne Wade. We'll see if these young 'uns can't get the East more competitive than two-three teams a year. My best guess is better GMs and ownership… When a franchise is run properly – win in the present while building for the future – then better players will be drawn to it. When you think of the biggest markets in the East – New York, Boston, Chicago, Philly, DC and Miami – all of them have made huge mistakes in management. Bad talent assessment, bad trades, bad deals, bad hirings. The thing is even with mistakes made, a good GM can create a great team – Dumars in Detroit (taking Darko but still being a title contender every year) for example.

I wonder if the West has lucked out a bit with drafts – Yao, Oden/Durant, two East teams passing on Deron Williams AND Chris Paul, a bunch of teams passing on Brandon Roy – but then I remember that it’s more than just the top guys and anyway the East has three of the top draft picks in the past five years – LeBron, Dwight Howard, and Dwayne Wade. We’ll see if these young ‘uns can’t get the East more competitive than two-three teams a year.

]]> By: Zaki http://dorukakan.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/how-the-west-will-be-won/#comment-56 Zaki Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:21:55 +0000 http://dorukakan.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-56 I wonder why there's so much disparity between the NBA conferences. Do players just hate going east after free agency? I wonder why there’s so much disparity between the NBA conferences. Do players just hate going east after free agency?

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