Handicapping the New East

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Forum Blue And Gold found this 8/1/2007 on myespn.go.com [flag]
The Celtics made the big splash, but there are plenty of teams that looked around the Eastern Conference this off-season and said: You know what? If we spend a little money, we just might be able to win this thing. And we end up with a situation where it will not be possible for all of the promising teams to even make the playoffs. Consider that there are eight playoff spots and: The Bulls ... [link]

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A Summer Breeze Thru the East
Published 8/1/2007 by jay aych at The Painted Area
The venerable Henry Abbott of True Hoop asked a bunch of bloggers, journalists, & other basketball dignitaries to provide a quick mid-summer assessment of the new & improved Eastern Conference. I was lucky enough to be asked to provide my input on the topic, and you can see an excerpted summary over on True Hoop right now. Below is my full response to Henry's queries about how the East will shake out in the '07/'08 season: ...

Fast Break Thoughts
Published 8/1/2007 by Kurt at Forum Blue And Gold
... • Hey, I watch games involving Eastern Conference teams. Well, at least half a game since by the time I get home from work its halftime in New York. So it’s not totally out of place for Henry at True Hoop to throw me in there with people who actually know stuff talking early Eastern previews. (I like what Boston did, but I’ll still take the Bulls to come out of the East.) ...

Are the Magic a Playoff Team? Discussion From Around the Web
Published 8/2/2007 by Ben Q. Rock at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
... for publishing this wrapup, from which the above quotes came) ...

Perception of Pacers Pretty Pathetic
Published 8/2/2007 by Cornrows at Indy Cornrows: Front Page Posts
... So after reading the Burns analysis, I head over to True Hoop and see this thorough analysis of the East by about twenty "bloggers, journalists, insiders, and lovers of the game" plus more from a group of ESPN writers. Not only were the Pacers absent on anyone's playoff list, but there was rarely even a mention of the Blue and Gold. ...

2007-08 Eastern Conference Predictions
Published 8/2/2007 by Basketbawful at Basketbawful
... ran a post yesterday called Handicapping the New East in which "a bunch of bloggers, journalists, insiders, and lovers of the game" predicted how this year's Eastern Conference playoff race is going to turn out. You can go there for the full story, but here's the Basketbawful contribution: ...

Today’s Links 8/2
Published 8/2/2007 by FLCeltsFan at Celtics247.com
... True Hoop    Handicapping the new East ...

The 1st Memorial “Bob Ryan is a Dick” links
Published 8/2/2007 by perkisabeast at perkisabeast.com Blog
... Handicapping the new East ...

Around The Way
Published 8/3/2007 by Natalie at Need4Sheed.com
... True Hoop does a Blogger roundup and puts them to the test in handicapping the East. ...