azuresou1 wrote:5. What's the difference between two teams that failed to make playoffs? You mean that 15-67 Heat team was just as good as the 49-win Warriors team? Or last year's Suns? No, there is a huge disparity between teams, even if they didn't make the playoffs. If the Heat didn't get Wade back, you seriously think they would have made the playoffs as the 5th seed last year? When your 2nd best player was a rookie?
with this:
BBall_IQ wrote:5. If you make it to the conference championship and lose, your in the same exact place as the team who finished in last. I'm sorry, I go by the quote "Almost doesn't count".
And then went on about what happened 8 years ago in the Western Conference, I think I can be excused for not following what that all has to do with beating Orlando or Cleveland next year.