Second best team in the East?

[LOUiS-D]

Who's second best overall and isn't really clear and only matters as far as it sets up the matchups for the playoffs. Once the table is set it's about who, if anyone, has a chance at beating Miami in a 7 game series. Maybe Indiana, maybe the Knicks, definitely a healthy Bulls team (but they'll want to be healthy real soon)... maybe even Rondo-less Boston.

Every team will want to avoid Miami as long as possible and hope that someone else does the job of beating them. The rest of the matchups after that, as other posters have pointed out, are really pretty interesting and hard to predict.

[HeatFanSince87]

I counted 3-11 when Lebron guarded Melo today...

[nohandles]

Bulls with DRose is still #2 in the east for me, maybe even tied for #1

Nope

[kamelion4291]

Huh? How Ignorant are people?

Kidd- Didn't play last yr
Felton- didn't play last yr
Camby- didn't play last yr - Didn't play today
Kmart- didnt play last year - Didn't play today
Thomas-didn't play last yr - Didn't play today
Copeland-didn't play last year - Didn't play today
Prigioni-didnt play last yr - Didn't play today
White-didn't play last yr - Knick fans wish he didn't play today
Sheed-didn't play last yr - Didn't play today


So NINE new players is pretty much the same team as last year? GTFOH

What an irrelevant post. It's the same core of a team and you know it. Adding some roleplayers like Kidd and Felton isn't going to be the difference between a 5 game series with a team that added Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, and Anderson as well.

[Rasho_libre]

When are people going to remember that a melo led teams sucks! By default Indy is the 2nd best and only team in the east that will give them trouble

[fishfuego.]

God the East is such garbage. Yet another cakewalk to the Finals for the Heat but of course they will still struggle anyway

....and then move on to destroy your fav team wherever they are (if your team, whoever they are, makes the playoffs of course)