The NBA's Eastern Conference is no longer the Leastern Conference.
Though the West may still boast overall supremacy, thanks to the unabashed dominance of the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs, the gap between the two halves of the Association is narrowing. That's true for the teams, and it also holds for the premier individuals.
In these rankings of the league's best players—determined by looking at anything and everything that happens on the basketball court while also taking reputation into account (only a bit)—the East doesn't lag too far behind.
Of the top 25, 10 come from the conference typically perceived as the weaker one. If we include the five honorable mentions and the 15 other players who were considered for those final spots, the total grows to 20 out of 45—a percentage that would've been inconceivable just a year prior.
The NBA is changing quickly.
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