The Southwest Division, comprised of Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans, was the best in basketball last season.
The worst team in the division, 8th-seed New Orleans, won 45 games for crying out loud. No other division had more than two teams with 45+ wins on the season… and the Southwest had five.
And the Southwest dominated the Eastern conference.
The East went 47-113 (.293) vs. the Southwest division last season, the equivalent of a 24-win team.
— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) July 6, 2015
It’s not that shocking; some of the league’s best players, most successful coaches, and winningest franchises in the last 20 years reside in the division.