For years those of us on the East Coast have been relegated to watching an inferior conference of NBA basketball. Borderline great teams anchored by accidental playoff berths and vast mediocrity. All while the West has enjoyed a gluttony of talent, competitiveness, and intrigue. Not anymore! After nearly a decade of awful basketball and lackluster postseasons, the Eastern Conference finally has returned to form. The East has awash with devastatingly potent clubs, many of whom

The 2015-2016 NBA season is rapidly approaching, and in oncoming weeks many people will be sharing opinions and predictions on how the season will unfold. The Eastern Conference has taken a back seat to the Western Conference since the turn of the Millennium and has failed to reach the prowess that its rival conference garners. Every year, there is one and sometimes two playoff participants in the East that stumble into the postseason with sub-.500 records while often times o

*Photo via Getty Images There are a variety of ways to score in the game of basketball, but none more exciting than a slam dunk. Tomahawks, windmills, reverse-slams, alley-oops; any and every dunk is a sure guarantee to have crowds on their feet. Throughout the history of the NBA, a number of special players have defied gravity, flushing thunderous dunks and creating unforgettable moments. Here are the top-five, in-game dunkers. 5. Shawn Kemp *Photo via Getty Images In the 90

*Photo via Getty Images There may not be NBA games during the offseason (do you really count summer league?), but there were definitely wins and losses throughout the Association. Without raining confetti and those awkward, “How do you feel now that you just lost?” questions that echo throughout postgame pressers, we decided to try and find out, what the hell happened? We posed our first (of four) questions to six of our most handsome writers: Who is your offseason winner in