Hawks vs. The Eastern Conference.

[Diesel]

Sad to say but this may be the yr of the EC. I believe that the East is much more improved than the West.

You have:

1. Atlanta

2. Indy

3. Washington

4. Orlando

5. Milwaukee

All playing much better than Last yr.

Also right now, Philly and Boston are early surprises.

Even Chicago and Cleveland play inspired ball some games.

So the real catch will be who will make the playoffs.

For as good as we have gotten, it still will be a struggle to make it in. It's going to be fun to watch.

[Gray Mule]

The nice thing about the Eastern Teams being better,

they still have to play each other and will not run away

and hide, so you don't have to win as many games to

be in the mix.

Even the teams that are on the bottom can rise up on

any given night and bite the top teams. This can make

for a very tight and interesting race and I believe that

our Hawks will be right in the middle of it all.

[Guest Walter]

We have injuries or the threat of injuries to concern us and an unproven coach, Indy has so much talent that upon the return of Croshere and Miller they will likely have problems with their rotation...also a poor coach, Washington?...injury to MJ and Pg play...maybe Brown is doing the best that can be expected of him and as the season wears on he won't do so well, Orlando has Hill's ankle and no inside game, Milwaulkee?...who knows? Maybe change is good.

The EC does look better as was projected, however, it is early to say that the difference will hold. Regardless, I like our playoff chances.