East vs. West

Doesn't it mean something, if the 8th place team in the Western Conference has a 36-22 record, and the same ranked team in the East has a record of 26-33? The lowest ranked team in the Eastern Conference with a record better than 36-22 is 3rd place Orlando. There are only 4 teams in the West with a win-loss that's worse than Jersey's 26-33. Why is it, that the Western Conference teams continuously dominate the NBA? How come the East only has 2 Finals Trophys to it's name since the Jordan Era? As of recent, the East has been winning their shareo All-Star games. But as of 2003, they had only won one this century. Being a big Celts fan, I hope the East either brings it up to Western Conference level of play, or stay where they are. Nothing in between. But maybe if some premiere players from the West wanted to join a few sad teams over here, it could liven things up a bit...or maybe not. (link)