Why the West is Winning

            Unless you’ve lived under a rock this season, then you already know just how competitive the NBA’s Western Conference has now become.  Basketball, maybe more than any other sport is played to its competition, and the competition just went up a notch.                  I believe the West has become what it is because of four key reasons:   1)  The 2005 draft - Milwaukee took Bogut, followed by Atlanta doing what they do best—which was draft their 100 th forward/guard tweener (because they don’t have enough of them).  But it was Utah and New Orleans that made out like bandits.  It’s not so much that Deron Williams and Chris Paul are just great players, but it’s the fact that they transformed two mediocre teams into relevant contenders.  This proving once again that the point guard position is ... [link]