I watched almost the whole playoffs. While you have to bring on both ends, it's not an NBA where you can expect to lock teams down anymore or build your team to be that from a roster perspective and expect to get anywhere. It's basically not allowed from what I saw. The one team that was built to be a stopper team were the Bucks and it only got them so far. The Jazz are another example and they were blah in the grand scheme. The Thunder couldn't rely on stopping teams when it came down to it either. The Celtics were built to D up as well but they ended up middle of the road. The real second best team in the east were probably the Sixers and they weren't too many spots above the Kings this year in defensive rating. Portland was middle of the pack. If you look at the top 10 teams in defense this year you had a mixed bag. The Bucks, Jazz, Pacers, Thunder, Raptors, Celtics, Heat, Magic, Grizzlies, and the Nuggets. Now, the top 10 offensive teams were the Warriors, Rockets, Blazers, Bucks, Raptors, Spurs, Nuggets, Sixers, Clippers, and Celtics. Outside of the Spurs that's almost every serious playoff team on that list. It's interesting to say the least. Obviously in a perfect world you're top 10 in both, but if you had to choose, I'd say the offensive side wins hands down.
