Do you think the Western Conference is tougher than ever before in NBA history.50 wins needed for pl

The West has cut throat competition this year and do you think 50 wins might be needed just to be in the top 8 of the Western Conference?

The win differential between the 1st place team (Phoenix) in the West and the 8th place team (Golden State) is only 4.5 games and the Warriors own a 29-19 record!

10 games over .500 for the last spot in the West!

Isn't that incredible?

With that 29-19 record, the Warriors could have the 4th seed in the East!!!!

The win differential between 1st place (Boston) and 8th place (New Jersey) is 17.5 games and the 7th and 8th spot teams are under .500 and the Washington Wizards in the 6th spot are barely over .500

Could this quite possibly be the toughest and most competitive conference in NBA history and with the development of Kevin Durant, Rudy Gay, Kevin Martin, Al Thornton and Greg Oden for the coming years, would only gonna get even tougher?

Do you think the Western Conference is tougher than ever before in NBA history.50 wins needed for playoffs?nba mock draft

The NBA is at its "prime" now.

Anybody can have 40 points on a given night.

20 rebounds, 20 assists, name it.

Back in the other times, there were just what? less than 200 players every year who are above average.

Those who were above average are just "average" now compared to them.

And as far as i know, every feats can be somewhat accomplished.

IT's funny though, that for you to be able to get into the WC playoff picture, you must have 29+wins right now.

Unlike the East, 18 wins gets you in the 8th spot.

so that's just a +11 on the WC side.

The NBA has seen countless of NBA stars the past years.

Today, though, the NBA might be seeing stars everywhere, anywhere.

Now, anyone could be as great as the HoFers.

We better watch out, because there might be another player better than Jordan, better than Kobe, better than Lebron, better than anybody.

And if that happens, i'll be more willing to watch.

Do you think the Western Conference is tougher than ever before in NBA history.50 wins needed for playoffs?nba scores ,nba teams

The East freaking suck...
yeah, what ever team wins the east is going to be fed to the western team (exept detroit)
Mark the protector pretty much summed it up..

the NBA is in it's prime

u got amazing talents like kobe and lebron

teams fighting for an 8th seed who are well above the 500

mark

come playoff time..

its slaughter :D
the west is better then ever now but keep in mine all it take is one team in the west to lose 3 or 4 in a row and everything is all **** up
When those young stars blossom into superstars, Steve Nash, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Jason Kidd are already retired. Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Yao Ming, Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, and David West may already be in the midst of decline. But really, if you compare the youngsters of the East and the West, East has an advantage, but I think it's because the West youngsters are younger than the East. Most of the west youngsters that are good are just rookies.

East:

LeBron James

Chris Bosh

Al Horford

Josh Smith

Dwight Howard

Jameer Nelson

Gilbert Arenas

Rajon Rondo

Danny Granger

Ben Gordon

Luol Deng

Andre Iguodala

Raymond Felton

Emeka Okafor

Dwayne Wade

Yi Jianlian

Mo Williams

Andrew Bogut

West:

Kevin Durant

Greg Oden

Brandon Roy

Rudy Gay

Tony Parker

Monta Ellis

Devin Harris

LaMarcus Aldidge

Andrew Bynum

Carmelo Anthony

JR Smith

Al Jefferson

Chris Paul

Deron Williams

Amare Stoudemire

Chris Kaman

Shaun Livingston

Marco Belinelli

Brandan Wright

Mike Conley

Corey Brewer

Darko Milicic

Martell Webster
Bulk of those wins came from playing against "Leastern" teams. Only a handful of Eastern teams could stand their ground against their Western counterparts. That's how far the devaluation of talent in the east is. Unlike the yesteryears where there are great distribution of talents from each conference and where truly the best of of each conference faces each other in the Finals. Western Finals nowadays is considered the true "NBA Finals" and the actual NBA Finals a known "circus act" in sports annals, Where results are already known even before games played. That is why the NBA is losing it's popularity if you ask me.

Hope this helps.
man, all i gotta say, is LET'S GO WARRIORS.
based solely in your explanation and not thinkin bout anything else YES