cav's made big noise with shaq, but landing leon powe was even bigger if you ask me in terms of talent. Powe is hurt and out till february, but when he was coming in for an injured garnett last year, he averaged 30 and 11 over about a dozen games.
then there's orlando, who get back a jameer nelson and traded garbage for vince carter. if VC has anything left in the tank, they should be sick all year.
in the west, i'm surprised people aren't mentioning the clippers. they gave up randolph, but still have camby and kaman... and then added the #1 pick griffin who tore up summer league, and still have eric gordon and baron davis. thats a crazy starting 5.
overall, i'd say the east is starting to match up better with the west.. and the west contenders include some new teams this year like the aforementioned clipps and portland.
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