Eastern Conference Juggernauts?

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And so it was set in stone, the pre-season eastern conference elites.

-The Boston Celtics, they have kept their end of the bargain.

-The Detroit Pistons, they have kept their end of the bargain.

-The Cleveland Cavaliers, have shown flashes, missed LeBron, and are still battling.

But with these two teams being the only two teams representing the eastern conference at the moment, two other highly touted teams (at the beginning of the season) are, well... shitty.

-The Miami Heat. I really think people misunderstood this team. I truly believe that the front office in Miami built the Heat for minimal years of success, and to win a title as fast as possible. Well I guess their goal worked out in the end, netting them a title. However, their plan also worked in the negative sense. A team geared to win a ASAP title, would soon feel the after effects in their repeat year. Shaquille "The Big Horrendous" O'neal had another injury plagued season, Dwyane Wade had a serious career oriented injury, and the team just looked... well old, mainly because it was old. They even managed to get swept by the Bulls in the playoffs! Shaq is one of my all-time favorite players, just due to the numbers he put up, the titles he won, and his "hip-hop" image. But if he can't find a way to turn his career around soon, he may have to hang up the size 22's for good and sit next to Chuck, Kenny, Magic and Ernie on the T-Mobile half time report. Wade looks awful this year, the numbers are still being put up, but he is clearly hurt, and his swagger is way down from years past. The Heat just rebuilt for a championship, and had great success, and it looks like they will have to start again, and by start again I don't mean by aqcuiring players like Ricky Davis and Marc Blount. They lost to Minnesota tonight for crying out loud.

-The Chicago Bulls. Scott Skiles brought great success in his tenure in Chicago, granted it took time. The Bulls were the up-and-coming team of the eastern conference, experiencing their first success since #23 hung em up. But this year something is happening. After a signature slow start, which usually resulted in a playoff push, the Bulls fired head coach Scott Skiles, hiring Pete Myers, and now Jim Boylan. The Bulls in the 21st century have been known as a scrappy, young team, that will outhustle you on both ends of the floor. This season is different however. The Bulls are struggling to find consistent scoring in big minutes from players not named Ben Gordon. And with Gordon having so much success, whether starting or coming off the bench, the Bulls are predictable on offense, and easy to score on. They lost to the KNICKS TONIGHT!!!!
Heres a little taste of the 2 Great to Goat teams of the eastern conference:

BULLS: PPG:93.8 (24th) FG%: 41.7 (last) 3pt%:32.7 (28th)

HEAT: PPG:94.0 (23rd) FT%: 69.6 (t-last) OpFG%:45.8(22nd) Op3pt%: 36.9 (23rd) OpPPG: 99.4

Both these teams were supposed to be playoffs locks, and supposed to be large improvements of their performance last year. Well to put it short, they suck this year. At least the Bulls have room to improve, there is a dim light shining in Miami.