The Q
Hoop’s Villain, Reality’s Hero
But you said the East was dreadful all the while winning 3 of 5 titles and having the 2nd most consistent team besides the Spurs in that era.
The East had its pockets of awful but those 5 years or so were an exception
The 05 and 06 heat may have been
Spurs and pistons lucky wade and Shaq got hurt in 05