The six major regions of the NBA, regarded as the six major battlefields of basketball, have been the biggest free market in the past decade this summer.

Now that the shape of the NBA is gradually becoming clearer, the huddle of James, Wade and Bosh has brought about a bad effect, that is, many young players have followed suit, and the strong team is stronger, and the weak team is weaker.

In addition to the top teams, the teams with lower strength simply no longer give it a go, but choose to send away the team's top star or high-paid star, concentrate on the mess, and look to the future of the team.

However, this mentality is more evident in the East, where 12 of the 16 teams have a chance to make the playoffs, and the competition is so fierce that fans can't help but be staggered.

In addition to Yao Mingcun's Houston Rockets, which seems to have truly become the NBA home team for Chinese fans, the San Antonio Spurs, who have dominated the era in the past few years, the Dallas Mavericks, who have been in a position to play wildly, the Memphis Grizzlies, who have been in a state of revival, and the New Orleans Hornets with Chris Paul, a super point guard, all have a lot of excitement to attract fans.

After a long wait, the Rockets finally welcomed back Yao Ming, who had returned from injury.

Although his physical condition does not seem to have recovered to 100%, and although he may be destined to accept a 24-minute ban in the new season, Yao Ming's basketball awareness and basic skills still seem to be able to improve the Rockets' combat power compared to last season.

In addition, the Rockets have also been quite targeted in terms of reinforcements this summer, signing Brad Miller in exchange for Condney Lee and selecting Patrick Patterson, all of which have been affirmed by the American media.

The Spurs and Mavericks have been competing for a long time, and they are more like long-time rivals in this division, seeing each other as fierce rivals and enemies. In last year's playoffs, the Mavericks finished second in the West, but they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Spurs, who defeated them in the first round of the playoffs in 08-09.

The Mavericks continued to make big acquisitions this summer, with the arrival of Tyson Chandler giving them another boost, while the Spurs looked quite conservative, with the re-signing of Richard Jefferson almost the only important operation for them.

In terms of power, the Mavericks still look dominant, but the Spurs, who are excellent defensively, still have some restraint on the Mavericks' style of play. The matchup between the two teams in the new season is destined to continue to attract the attention and expectation of fans.

The Grizzlies looked to have risen last season, and this summer's offer of Rudy Gay to a max contract was seen as a failure.

The Grizzlies successfully brought in Tony Allen this summer, but with the overall strength of the current team, it is still very difficult to go further in the West and even make the playoffs.

Whether the Hornets can make a difference in the new season will basically depend on Chris Paul's mood changes and health issues.

Paul, who made the "sell me" declaration this offseason, was appeased by the Hornets, and the team has since brought in role players such as Trevor Ariza and Bellinari, which has given the team a slight boost.

Overall, however, the Hornets have completely lost the momentum they had three years ago, and they have struggled to make a difference, and continuing to let Paul know that the team's efforts for him may be more important than the team's record in a season.

All in all, the Southwest Division is indeed full of exciting things to watch and suspense to watch, and this division will almost certainly not produce a championship team, but it may create a lot of buzz and become one of the best corners of the NBA.

Fans' eyes are on the Pacific Division, which has always been the most eye-catching place, because it has the Los Angeles Lakers, who are considered the top team in the league, the Phoenix Suns, who lost Amar Stoudemire but got the stronger Oden and still have a gorgeous style of play, and the Los Angeles Clippers, who look hopeful but are still positioned as a weak team.

In addition, there are the Warriors that fans all over the world follow the most!

Before '08, Chinese fans regarded the Rockets as their home team, but after the '08 Olympics, Chamberlain's popularity increased exponentially, and this time he led the team to win the gold medal at the World Championships.

There is no doubt that Chamberlain has replaced Yao Ming as the most popular player in the Chinese world, and his status has even broken through the level of players and risen to the level of a national hero.

In the past, the Southwest Division, where the Mavericks and Spurs Rockets gathered, was regarded as the most brutal theater in the league, but now, the Southwest Division has completely replaced it!

The Warriors are the defending champions, they have Chamberlain and Ibaka on the inside, West, Curry, Carter, Iverson, Jackson and other fierce players on the outside, not to mention that there is a lot of Jamison swaying in it, this lineup is terrifying!

The Lakers are extremely strong overall, and the Purple and Gold led by Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol still have a chance to win the championship.

For the Warriors' summer trade, the happiest should be the Lakers, because the Warriors are actually betting that Jamison and Carter can play chemistry with Chamberlain and others.

In this way, the Lakers' opportunity comes, if Billups does not leave, the Warriors' book strength remains the same, and they are likely to repeat the mistakes of last season this season. But the Warriors' lineup has changed, it may become stronger, it may be weaker, and once they can't play chemistry, then the Lakers can go to the championship!

But that's not all, there is one more team in the Pacific Division that cannot be ignored.

Suns!

Compared to the Warriors and Lakers, the Suns are actually more like the teams that need more attention in this region in the new regular season.

After losing Stoudemire this summer, the Suns have taken some remedial measures, acquiring well-rounded players like Hedo Turkoglou, Josh Chaderies and Hakeem Varik.

In this way, with Oden on the inside and Nash on the outside, what is the current Suns lacking? Oden + Turkoglu + Nash, if these trios can be glued together, even the Warriors and Lakers will have a headache when they encounter them!

Next is to look at the Clippers, this 10,000-year-old fish belly, finally has a taste of rise, Blake Griffin's heroic performance in the preseason makes people really look forward to his prospects, maybe he will become another interior monster in the East who averages 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, and Chris Carman forms a rather frightening "twin towers".

The Clippers are strong on the inside, and they are not bad on the outside, and with Billups in charge, Griffin and Carman can rest assured that they can wait for the ball on the inside.

Unfortunately, the Clippers' other positions, especially the bench, are relatively weak, which makes it difficult for them to gain the upper hand against mid-table teams in the West.

The Kings are in a similar situation, even with Rookie of the Year Tyreco Evans, this year's interior potential rookie DeMarcus Cousins, and interior high-performance monster Carl Landry, they are still far from the strength to compete with the Western Conference powerhouses.

The Southwest Division and the Pacific Division, these are the two most brutal major divisions in the current league, and when it comes to these two divisions, we have to look at the Southeast Division, which is now in the spotlight.

The Southeast Division has also been quite eye-catching in the past, in 06 the Heat counterattacked the Mavericks to win the first championship in team history, the Magic has soared since getting the Monster Howard, and Arenas staged the NBA annual tear B battle last season.

However, none of this is comparable to the gathering of the Big Three this summer.

In this way, with the Miami Heat's successful gathering of the 03 Big Three, the Southeast Division, which was originally quite prominent in the East, has now become more dazzling.

In addition to the Heat, the Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks should also secure the other two spots in the top six in the East.

In addition, the Washington Wizards also have the possibility of making the playoffs after getting the first-round pick John Wall.

If it weren't for Charlotte Bobcats, who made the playoffs last season, who sold off their future and dropped Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton this summer, the odds of all five teams in the Southeast Division making the playoffs at the same time would have been quite significant.

The Heat are undoubtedly the kings of choice in this division, and the terrifying combination of LeBron James, Dwyanne Wade, and Chris Bosh can make dozens of teams outside of the league's very few teams despair.

However, the Heat's roster still has problems, and their center and point guard are not strong enough, which invisibly provides an opportunity for the Magic, another top team in the division.

The Magic, who finished second in the league in the regular season last season, ended up in the Eastern Conference Finals, but Dwight Howard's team continues to be considered a championship favorite.

Compared to the top teams in other leagues, the Magic are only in the upper league at most in any position except for Howard.

The Hawks finished in the top three of the regular season in the East last season, but their performance in the playoffs was quite unbearable.

In terms of strength, they are almost certain to end the team's record of reaching the second round of the playoffs for the second year in a row, and a fifth or sixth place finish in the East is a reasonable expectation.

Both the Wizards and Bobcats are now seen as teams on the fringes of the playoffs, with the former looking reborn after a chaotic and sad season with the addition of Wall, and the latter being overwhelmed by new owner Michael Jordan after making the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Both teams will be fighting for a playoff spot this season, and there is little chance of competing with the other three teams.

It looks like it is strong and weak, but in fact the strength is quite amazing, which is the biggest feature of the Southeast Division.

In terms of probability, the Eastern Conference champion of the new season is actually the most likely to land in this division.

In the Central Division a few years ago, almost every team had a strong presence in the East, with the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers being the favorites for consecutive championships.

However, with the passage of time and personnel changes, the current Central Division may not even have a team with the strength of the second round of the playoffs.

In addition to the sharp decline in the overall strength of some teams in the Central Division, the strong teams in the East have become stronger and stronger, which is an important reason why the Central Division no longer continues to shine.

In addition to the Pistons and Cavaliers mentioned above, the other three teams in the Central Division are the Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers.

If we look at the 10-11 seasons of these five teams, the Bulls should be in fourth to sixth place in the East, the Bucks are fifth to seventh, the Pacers and Pistons are on the edge of the playoffs, and the Cavaliers are basically positioned in the bottom three.

There aren't any very good teams in the East in this division, but with the exception of the Cavaliers, the other four teams don't seem to be going to surrender lightly against any opponent.

The Bulls are undoubtedly the team that has improved the most of these teams in the offseason.

After acquiring players such as Carlos Boozer, Kaye Korver and Ronnie Brewer this summer, they have gone from finishing eighth in the East last season to being largely seen as the Final Four in the East and the second round of the playoffs.

The Bucks have significantly strengthened their weak links this summer, and the team has a neat book. The Pacers and Pistons took a different approach, with the former trading Guò for Darryl Collison, an excellent young point guard, and the latter signing Tracy McGretty at a base salary.

With the exception of the Cavaliers, who lost LeBron James, the other teams have been somewhat stronger this summer.

If nothing else, the Cavaliers, who dominated the Central Division and the league last season, will end up at the bottom of the division, while the Bulls will take their place, with the Bucks coming in second place.

As for who is better than the Pacers or the Pistons, it will depend on the chemistry they will have at that time. As for the Cavaliers, they can't just give up, and the worse they lose in their first season without James, the more important they will only be to the team.

The Central Division has no championship contenders, and they are almost the least talked about of the six regions.

But even so, they will continue to fight hard in the east, and they will show their talents in each other's confrontations.

Even if some of their teams don't get applause now, they will be treated with the respect they deserve in a few years' time.

Of the league's six major regions, the Atlantic division was considered the weakest division in the league from the beginning, and it seems that this situation is still ongoing.

If the southeast division is a strong and excellent sea man, and the central division is a taoguang and obscure industrial elite, then the Atlantic division is like an exaggerated and ignorant child.

It has the most expensive average ticket price in the six divisions, but with the exception of the Boston Celtics, several other teams are likely to continue their playoff miss for several years in a row.

The Atlantic Division consists of the Celtics, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors five.

With the exception of the Celtics, none of the other four teams made the playoffs last season.

And in the new season, although the Celtics can still lock up a playoff spot, except for the Raptors, the other three teams have more or less hope of making the playoffs.

But even so, they may be far from the ninth-eleventh teams in the West, in other words, even if they do make the playoffs, it will be due to the overall weakness of the other teams in the East except for the six.

The Celtics have instead signed Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal, two former All-Stars, after losing Rasheed Wallace this summer, and Tony Allen's departure has cost them less than expected.

After years of waiting, the Knicks didn't make the big splash in the free agent market as expected, but the good news is that they still got players like Amar Stoudemire and Raymond Felton, and they got a promising young talent like Anthony Randolph in a trade.

Needless to say, the Celtics have some gains this summer, and they should be considered the winners of the summer operation, and they will be more competitive in the division.

The 76ers' preseason pick, Evan Turner, was a rough spot in the draft, and his ups and downs and excessive turnovers may be difficult to delegate, and the team will continue to be in an awkward position as a result.

The Nets have been the laughing stock of the free agent market this year, with plenty of salary space and only mediocre players like Traeiro and Jordan Farmar to end up with, and prospect Derek Favors looking pretty bad.

Fortunately, they got Troy Murphy in a trade, and they didn't completely live up to the fans' hopes. As for the Raptors, who lost Chris Bosh, their overall combat power is declining rapidly, and the new season is destined to be difficult to achieve. These three teams now look to be summer losers, and the prospects are hard to look forward to.

In any case, the overall weakness of the Atlantic Division is not entirely proportional to their attention in the United States and Canada, but fans in the rest of the world will not buy it.

Therefore, the only thing to watch in this division is probably how far the Celtics will go in the playoffs.

With the rise of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Northwest Division has now formed a real "four strong and one fish" situation, except for the Minnesota Timberwolves are still weak and look like they have no future, the Thunder will fight more fiercely with the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers in the new season.

While the Thunder now look relatively well-positioned to win the division, the other three teams are definitely not to be taken lightly.

In ESPN's Western Conference championship predictions, the Thunder became the team with the most votes outside of the Warriors and Lakers.

Although the gap between them and the latter still seems to be relatively obvious, the trident combination of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green has shown excellent immediacy and seems to be more promising potential, which has made them regarded as the most likely Western king to succeed the Lakers in the future, and their positioning for the new season has at least reached the level of the Western Conference Final Four.

Relatively speaking, the Nuggets, the original kings of the Northwest Division, have been devastated by the Carmelo Anthony trade turmoil, and the team seems to be disintegrating at any time in the new season and reduced to a playoff fringe team.

Anthony has always refused to negotiate a contract extension with the team, so even if the Nuggets force him out, they will not be able to get good leverage at all. The Nuggets are full of problems in the new season, and their prospects are also downcast.

The Trail Blazers haven't made much of a move this summer, and with Rudy Fernandez's ridiculous behavior now being punished, the fact that Greg Oden's injury recovery is not optimistic is enough to continue to worry about it.

The Jazz got Al Jefferson after Carlos Boozer in the city, and the team's overall strength didn't suffer much after the summer run.

These two teams should have no problem qualifying for the playoffs, but if they can't make more breakthroughs, they will basically only play the role of accompanying the prince in the first round of the playoffs.

The Timberwolves are the weakest team in the region and in the entire Western Conference, and after trading Jefferson, they can now rely on a bunch of role players like Kevin Love, Jonny Friin and Martel Webster to survive.

By any measure, any team in the West can beat them in almost any situation.

The Northwest Division remains one of the toughest divisions in the league, and they may still be able to do so this season after four playoff spots in the West last season, but questions like where the Thunder will go and where Anthony will be traded will be the focus of the division. The new season is destined to be difficult. These three teams now look to be summer losers, and the prospects are hard to look forward to.

In any case, the overall weakness of the Atlantic Division is not entirely proportional to their attention in the United States and Canada, but fans in the rest of the world will not buy it.

Therefore, the only thing to watch in this division is probably how far the Celtics will go in the playoffs.

With the rise of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Northwest Division has now formed a real "four strong and one fish" situation, except for the Minnesota Timberwolves are still weak and look like they have no future, the Thunder will fight more fiercely with the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers in the new season.

While the Thunder now look relatively well-positioned to win the division, the other three teams are definitely not to be taken lightly.

In ESPN's Western Conference championship predictions, the Thunder became the team with the most votes outside of the Warriors and Lakers.

Although the gap between them and the latter still seems to be relatively obvious, the trident combination of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green has shown excellent immediacy and seems to be more promising potential, which has made them regarded as the most likely Western king to succeed the Lakers in the future, and their positioning for the new season has at least reached the level of the Western Conference Final Four.

Relatively speaking, the Nuggets, the original kings of the Northwest Division, have been devastated by the Carmelo Anthony trade turmoil, and the team seems to be disintegrating at any time in the new season and reduced to a playoff fringe team.

Anthony has always refused to negotiate a contract extension with the team, so even if the Nuggets force him out, they will not be able to get good leverage at all. The Nuggets are full of problems in the new season, and their prospects are also downcast.

The Trail Blazers haven't made much of a move this summer, and with Rudy Fernandez's ridiculous behavior now being punished, the fact that Greg Oden's injury recovery is not optimistic is enough to continue to worry about it.

The Jazz got Al Jefferson after Carlos Boozer in the city, and the team's overall strength didn't suffer much after the summer run.

These two teams should have no problem qualifying for the playoffs, but if they can't make more breakthroughs, they will basically only play the role of accompanying the prince in the first round of the playoffs.

The Timberwolves are the weakest team in the region and in the entire Western Conference, and after trading Jefferson, they can now rely on a bunch of role players like Kevin Love, Jonny Friin and Martel Webster to survive.

By any measure, any team in the West can beat them in almost any situation.

The Northwest Division remains one of the toughest divisions in the league, and they may still be able to do so this season after four playoff spots in the West last season, but questions like where the Thunder will go and where Anthony will be traded will be the focus of the division.