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FreeDarko on why when the playoffs start, the East is going to become the new West.
It feels like a ghost town around here. Bonzi is AWOL. Gilbert has ascended temporarily to heaven. D-Wade is in purgatory. Oden/Durant hopes got a bunch of invisible snipers hitting Michael Redd, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen...but when the playoffs start, the East is going to be the new West.
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Can't we play six at a time?
Thank You Isiah — ... With full disclosure that I am unabashedly biased towards the leagues/conferences/divisions that my teams play in, I largely agree with Dr. Lawyer IndianChiefs' post over at Free Darko. While his case against the West isn't that convincing (Denver is far from a mess and Golden State has had the Mavs' number this whole season, for example) he lists a few compelling story lines east of Ole Muddy.

Player of the D.A.Y.
SLAM Online — ... Yesterday I read this post on freedarko, which was very re-assuring. The intensity and excitement of the NBA season has fallen off a cliff, which makes me feel better because I know I’m not the only one that feels this way. Then it goes on to hype up the Eastern Conference playoffs, saying that the East is the new West because of the inevitability of Dallas-Phoenix and promotes some interesting future events ahead of us. I happen not to agree with all of that, but the point is that there is a general malaise right now. I like the phrase “ghost town.”

That’s on you. Eat em dry.
Give Me The Rock — ... or: Sure, I’d be happy for the Warriors in the playoffs, but the truth is I’m just part of the East Coast Hype Machine

Дуовден
NBA Macedonia — ... Кога ќе прочитам вакви работи јасно ми е дека не сум единствениот кој смета дека последниве две недели од НБА сезоната како ич да не се играат. Исто се осеќаат и во

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The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL. — ... is going to be and the East - despite the obvious comparable quality differences - isn’t lacking for intrigue either. Can the playoffs just get here already?

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