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Who Is The Best Team In The East?

The Eastern Conference has always been the weaker conference in basketball. With Lebron gone, who will clinch their spot in the NBA Finals?

Cole Sutton

Aug 30, 2018

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The summer of NBA free agency drama is mostly behind us, and the landscape of the 2018 season is starting to unfold. Lebron James who has made EIGHT straight NBA Finals appearances in the Eastern Conference has switched over to the West with the Lakers, which means the East is open for the taking. In my mind, there's really only three teams that have a shot of facing the Warriors (most likely) in the Finals next season.

Celtics

The Boston Celtics have the most potential to be the new kings of the East, with plenty of returning young talent and superstars like Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward. While Heyward only played about five minutes in a Boston uniform before a gruesome injury, and Kyrie missed some time as well, the Celtics are returning at full strength. After only missing the NBA Finals by one game the Celtics starting lineup is stacked along with great bench players like: Terry Rozier, Aaron Baynes, and Marcus Smart.

Starting Lineup: Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward, Jason Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Al Horford.

Raptors

The Toronto Raptors will have quite a different look this season after the biggest trade of the summer sent their franchise player Demar DeRozan and a draft pick to the San Antonio Spurs for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green. This trade gives Toronto a great shooter in Green and when healthy, one of the top three players in the game Kawhi Leonard. Information that was released over the summer claimed that Kawhi only had the desire to play in LA wearing a Lakers uniform, but the Spurs traded Kawhi to the Eastern Conference so they won't play against him multiple times a year. The Raptors captured the #1 seed last season with Lebron and the Celtics competing even though the Celtics weren't at full strength. It would be a long shot that Toronto comes into the NBA finals this year but with the new addition of Kawhi, they have the superstar they need.

Starting Lineup: Kyle Lowry, Delon Wright, OG Anunoby, Kawhi Leonard, Jonas Valanciunas

76'ers

Philly really made a statement last season after making the playoffs and putting up a tough series before losing to the Boston Celtics. But if the Sixers can't beat the Celtics when they have some key players injured, how are they going to defeat Boston when they're all coming into the season healthy? Young stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons are proof that the future is bright in Philly, but the team really needs one more big contributor to get over the hump and contend with the greats of the league. They attempted to find that piece in the offseason in Lebron James but they missed out after meeting with his management team. The Sixers will have a better opportunity to come out victorious than Toronto, but I believe Boston will take the crown. Philly still will put up a great season and their young talent will only improve.

Starting Lineup: Ben Simmons, JJ Reddick, Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Joel Embiid.

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Syllabus week doesn't exist.

All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!