East Coast Bias

First of all, I would like to welcome Brian back to the homeland. We all slacked on posting since we knew you wouldn't get to read our posts.

Now to the real stuff...I think its well known that I'm not much a fan of the NBA. I'll pay attention to the Bucks for the first month, but then I get bored of it. That being said, I did watch the NBA lottery to see if the Bucks would be able to get one of the big two in Oden or Durant. We all know how that worked out, but it also didn't work out for Memphis or Boston. The two winners of the lottery were Portland and Seattle.

The reason for my post is what happened the day after the lottery selection. The big question being asked on every sport show was "Is this good/bad for the NBA?" Sports writers on every show including Around the Horn and PTI all explained that this was bad for the NBA for Durant and Oden to go to Portland and Seattle and that they would get lost in the West. I feel this is absurd. Teams like Seattle and Portland also deserve to receive the same chance as any other team in the league to get players of this caliber. How could this be bad for the NBA??? If Portland and Seattle are able to become contenders because of players like Oden and Durant, I am all for that. This just evens out the competition in the West. I do agree that it isn't the best to make the West stronger than the East, but I don't think Boston deserves those players just because they are a larger market and it would be better for the NBA.