Struggling Eastern Conference in the NBA Today

The Eastern Conference is struggling mightily in the NBA, and there are many teams who have the rosters to be playoff and even championship contenders, who have terrible records right now. Something that is extraordinary, is that the Boston Celtics, who are supposed to be tanking, and many believe are tanking, are 8-12, as expected, but are in 4th place in the Eastern Conference. That is simply absolutely ridiculous. Another thing that seems crazy is that the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Brooklyn Nets, who were all favorites to make the playoffs, and probably get great seeds in the playoffs, have the three worst records in the Eastern Conference, except for the Milwaukee Bucks. All of these three teams have worse records than every team in the Western Conference, not counting the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings.

The Eastern Conference is struggling so much that the Celtics may be in a great position come playoffs. The starting lineup of Raymond Felton, Iman Shumpert, Carmelo Anthony, Andrea Bargnani, and Tyson Chandler looks much better than almost every starting lineup in the NBA. The starting lineup of Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters, Alonzo Gee, Tristan Thompson, and Anderson Varejao looks better than a lot of lineups in the league. The Brooklyn Nets' starting lineup is probably the best in the NBA, being, Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Brook Lopez. A lot of starting lineups in the NBA do not even compare to these. There are many starting lineups in the NBA who are much worse but in the playoffs as of now. Whether these teams improve or not is just a matter of waiting.

The thing that is weirdest about this situation is that a team in the East will probably win the NBA championship. This is because the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers are probably the two best teams in the NBA, along with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, LA Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, and SA Spurs, who are all great teams in the NBA. Therefor, the West is clearly better than the East, but the East has some superpowers amongst it.