tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14549438.post3481433300234743044..comments2024-02-20T02:15:35.808-06:00Comments on The Sports Ace: The West is Best - and It's Not Even CloseThe Sports Acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753215946195433111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14549438.post-78360284349609412512008-06-19T09:22:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:22:00.000-05:00Without sounding like President Clinton defining t...Without sounding like President Clinton defining the word "is," I think you have to also take into consideration what you define as "better." If these playoffs showed us anything, it is that substance will always surpass flash, and the Eastern conference has more well-rounded, hard-nosed teams than the West. Yes, the Western Conference is chuck full of teams that can score 110+ points on a whim, but when it comes to X's and O's, hard fouls and toughness in the paint, the Eest has that market cornered. Maybe its just because I grew up watching the Eastern conference (as many of us did as either the Bulls or Knicks were on NBC every Sunday for a long stretch of time), but the Eastern conference style of basketball has proven to be tried and true (and I include San Antonio in that mix, for they play a much different style of basketball than the rest of the West), and now that the talent in that conference is improving, momentum not only in the playoffs but in the regular season may be switching over to the East.Ted C. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966414328261543582noreply@blogger.com