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Leastern Conference looking strong this year

By Marc Stein
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 9, 2001

It was derisively dismissed as the NBA's Junior Varsity. The league's Battered Half. The Leastern Conference. Harsh but fair, every cheap swipe. Only now it's a new season, so fresh sniping targets are needed, mainly because the gulf between the conferences shouldn't be so pronounced this term. The Big Least can't be thoroughly clowned, looking at the way so many of its inhabitants have upgraded. West is definitely still best, but the East is gradually getting better. Maybe even to the point ...

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