Why do many people say that the NBA is strong in the West and weak in the East ?

To put it simply, the management level of the eastern team is far inferior to that of the western team, which is the biggest reason why the western team has been strong and the eastern weak for so many years.

If you look closely at the history of the NBA, you will see that the so-called strength of the West and weakness of the East was only after the end of Jordan's Bulls dynasty, and even after entering the 21st century.

At the beginning of the NBA, the NBA was dominated by the Celtics in the East, and the East was absolutely strong at this time.

In the 70s, although the Western teams rose, the East still had the upper hand, the Eastern Celtics won 2 championships, the Knicks won 2 times, the Bucks got 1, and the Bullets 1, while the Western Lakers 1, the Warriors 1, the Trail Blazers and the SuperSonics also had 1. At this time, although the west caught up, the east still had the upper hand.

In the 80s, the era of black and white, the showtime era of the Western Lakers, won 5 championships, while Bird's Green Army won 3 championships, the 76ers had one, and the Pistons had one. The number of champions in the East and West is tied.

In the Jordan era in the '90s, the Bulls won six championships after the Pistons Bad Boys won one championship, while the West won two championships when Jordan retired, and the Spurs won the championship in the '99 season. At this time, the west was crushed by the east.

But after that, the West began to suppress the East, after entering the 20th century, the Lakers have won 6 championships, the Spurs have won 4 championships, the Mavericks have won 1, the Warriors have won 3 championships, and the East only James is left alone to compete with the West, but it is also less wins and more losses, and the Eastern team wins the championship is a bit of a weak to the strong, such as the Pistons overturned the Lakers F4, Wade Heat reversed the Mavericks, and the Raptors won the injured Warriors.

And in terms of the regular season record, the West also absolutely suppresses the East, why is this a reason?

Look at the rise of these teams in the East and West, most of the rise of Western teams depends on the draft, these strong teams in the West such as the Spurs such as the Spurs, Lakers, Warriors, Mavericks, Suns, Thunder, the rise of these teams are all dependent on the good operation of the team, the success of the Spurs is inseparable from the accurate vision of General Manager Buford, the success of the Lakers and the Warriors is thanks to West's amazing operation, and although the Thunder management is very bad, the draft is also very powerful.

Now the Jazz and Nuggets, who are rising again, have risen from their own stars cultivated in the draft.

And look at the East, except for the Heat and the Green Army, the operations of other teams are a bit spicy. This is also the main reason why the western team is not as strong as the eastern team.

Because the strong ones go to the west, and the weak ones go to the east, these are two options, if you want to compete with the strong team, then go to the west, if you want to only get a high salary, and like to play the weak team, you will go to arrest.

Because many of the NBA Midwest teams are in big cities, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, while in the East, except for the Bulls in Chicago and the 76ers in Philadelphia, the rest are in small cities, like Cleveland and Charlotte, it is difficult to attract big-name players.

Because this is the gap between the two sides, and it is the continuous efforts of the Western players that will make them so successful.

Because the NBA landscape has become a habit, it was like this many years ago, and many teams can't catch up no matter how hard they try.

In the 90s, the east was strong and the west was weak.

There are many traditional strong teams in the West, the Southwest Five Tigers, the Los Angeles Twins (now just the Clippers), the Thunder, etc., are easy to attract some good players because they are strong, and with the operation of the team, the team is easily more competitive.

Somehow the Eastern team can't get stronger, now the Cavaliers are a solo show, the Pacers are powerful for two or three years, and George is over as soon as he is injured; The Knicks have Anthony, they have money, and the management is not bad, but the year is not as good as the year, and it is not cured; The Bulls' Rose has been injured for a few years, and the team's level has become second-rate; Last season, the Hawks relied on team basketball to play well, ranking second in the league, and thought they were somewhat competitive, but they were swept by a crippled Cavaliers, which fully proved that the really strong teams in the league are super team basketball, such as the Spurs, the former Heat, etc.; The Celtics collapsed when the Big Three dispersed; In short, many teams have insufficient foundation, brain drain, poor team operation, major injuries and other reasons have caused the east to become weaker and weaker, while the west is getting stronger and stronger.

There are also traditional beliefs, in fact, the average city life is similar, whether you are in the east or the west.

Because the people in the west are fierce and dare to face challenges.

This phenomenon has emerged since Jordan's retirement and the disintegration of the Bulls dynasty, initially presumably just a coincidence, but then it has become a trend and is becoming more and more apparent. This has something to do with the NBA's draft system. You see, the teams that are ninth and tenth in the West can be ranked in the top four in the East, but they still can't make the playoffs, so they can enter the lottery to pursue high rookies, and the East teams with inferior records to the playoffs can't pick high rookies.

Over time, it is not true that the strong teams in the West take turns to win the championship, the middle and lower teams in the West take turns to draft the rifles, and the teams in the East get a lot less.

What year is the most obvious year in the NBA that "the West is strong and the East is weak"?

This season, Leonard, last season's most valuable player, traveled west to the Los Angeles Clippers in the West, making the Western playoffs more and more intense, we all know that the NBA has been "strong in the West and weak in the East" since the post-Jordan era, when Jordan was in that era, Jordan was in the East and there were players like the New York Knicks and the Pistons, but until now it has always maintained this West is strong and the East is weak, and the West has won more championships than the East.

The most obvious year of the NBA's "strong west and weak east", the writer believes that it is the 06 to 07 season, this season is the most obvious year for the west to be strong and the east is weak, the only strong team in the east at this time is the Cavaliers led by James, and the Pistons team who defended with iron and blood at that time, they are also the only two teams in the east that can reach a 50-win record, which is also the most embarrassing season for the eastern team, only two teams in the east have reached 50 wins, and there are as many as 5 teams in the west, And the Rockets in the West had a record of 52-30 at the time, which ranked sixth in the West and second in the East, which is enough to show the strength of the West, and the Cavaliers who are unique in the Cavaliers under the leadership of the little emperor James, the team won the championship in the East and reached the Finals, but faced the Spurs GDP trio, so they were defeated, and the Spurs also became the champion of this season.

The regular season selected for the following season did not have a single Eastern player, all of them were Western players, including Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudemire, Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, and the rare absence of the Little Emperor in this list is also the most embarrassing and faceless thing in the East.

Even though Leonard won the championship last season, the Raptors faced a remnant Warriors, the team's super small forward Durant was injured, and the core player, the top 3D player Thompson, Leonard was able to beat the Warriors on the court without an opponent.

And this season Leonard came to the West, the arms race in the West has reached a peak, there is only one supergiant in the East, Durant is still recuperating from injury, Irving These stars are basically not playing, and the Heat and Celtics can still compete with the Western team in terms of strength, and there are a lot of supergiants in the Western team, the little emperor James, Leonard, James Harden, Wei Shao, Anthony Davis, Paul George, it can be said that the superstar shines, from the configuration and number of superstars, The West has always been stronger than the East.

Now the situation in the east and west has become clear, the strong are stronger, the weak are out, and the current western teams are basically recognized by everyone, and they are all strong teams that everyone agrees with, so the ideology that the west is stronger than the east will continue forever.

Since Jordan's retirement, it seems to have become a norm for the West to be strong and the East to be weak, in the West, from the OK combination, to the Spurs' GDP dynasty, from Kobe's two-game championship era to the later Warriors dynasty, even if there are occasionally Pistons Five Tigers in the East, the Big Three of the Green Army and the Heat, but from the overall strength point of view, the East and the West can be said to be far apart, and many times the eighth place in the East can only be ranked tenth or even lower in the West. However, if you had to choose one of the many vintages, 2007 was arguably the most extreme.

The best team is the selection of the best players in the NBA every season and a whole year, generally speaking, it is not based on the division, but completely with reference to the strength of the individual, so this indicator can also reflect the situation in the east and west, for example, in the past few years, there are often five people in the best team, only James in the East, and the others are all Western players. And in 2007, it was even worse, not only the best team, but even the best defensive team, a total of 10 people, all of whom were Western players.

The best team of the year was Stoudemire, Duncan, Nowitzki, Kobe, Nash, and the best defensive team was Ragabel, Bruce Bowen, Kobe, Marcus Camby, Duncan, all Western players, among them, the Suns' Xiaosi and Nash were selected at the same time, and the Spurs' Bowen and Duncan were selected as the best defense at the same time. It's not at all on a level. In the end, the playoffs in the West that year were also bloody, and each round played a top-level confrontation intensity, and in the end, the Spurs had the last laugh and entered the Finals.

And what kind of environment was it like in the east at that time? At that time, the Big Three of the Green Army had not yet been formed, the Pistons Five Tigers were slowly aging, and the young 03 generation was still in the process of growing up.

However, as the so-called success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He, James led such a team to the finals at that time, which was actually an incredible thing, and in the end, because of the disparity in strength, they were also swept, which also became a slot for James. But to be honest, the two sides are not on the same level in the first place, and everyone only selectively sees the Cavaliers eliminated, ignoring James' greatness.

The most obvious was in 2007. There were 10 players in the best defense of the year, all of whom were Western players.

The 02-03 season, which was the most obvious season in the NBA, was the only Pistons (50-32) in the East, with a regular season record of 50 wins. In the West, there are 6 teams with the Spurs (60-22), Kings, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Lakers, and Trail Blazers with a record of 50 wins, and the sixth Trail Blazers in the West has the same record as the Pistons, the first in the East.

In the 01-02 season, the Eastern Nets (52-30) and Pistons (50-32). In the West, there are 5 teams in the West, including the Kings, Spurs, Lakers, Mavericks and Timberwolves, which have reached 50 wins, of which the best record is the Kings' 61-21.

In the 99-00 season, the Pacers (56-26), Heat and Knicks all had 50 wins. And there are 6 teams in the West with a record of 50 wins.

In the 14-15 season, the Eastern Conference Hawks (60-22), Cavaliers (53-29), and Bulls (50-32) had a record of 50 wins. And there are seven teams in the West with a record of 50 wins.

In the '06-07 season, the Eastern Conference Pistons (53-29) and Cavaliers (50-32) had a 50-win record. And there are 5 teams in the West with a record of 50 wins.

It seems to be the 2001-2002 season! At that time, it seemed that when it came to the playoffs, there were no Eastern players at all! There is a super lineup of Yao Ming and O'Neill in the west!

In the post-Jordan era, it has always been that the West is strong and the East is weak, at that time the NBA still relied on the inside to play, unlike the current NBA, where you float outside to shoot three-pointers, mainly on the outside, and in the NBA in the St Hm era, you don't have more than 50 wins in the West, and you can't even enter the playoffs in 02 Fans pass by.

07 08 50 wins in the Western Conference playoffs Fourth in the East and tied for tenth in the West.

In 2008, the Warriors with 48 wins in the West could not enter the playoffs, the eighth place had 50 wins, the Lakers won 59 wins in the West, and the difference between the first and eighth wins was 9 games, and the Eastern Celtics got Garnett for 7 for one to form the Big Three, and the regular season played a good record of 66 wins, the difference between the first and eighth wins was 29 games, and the East won 34 wins to enter the playoffs, and finally the Celtics defeated the Lakers to win the championship.