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What year do you think have the toughest road in eastern conference. What about western conference?

I mean toughest as in most stocked in terms of quantity of great teams and contenders.

Most Lakers/Kobe Fans and Spurs/Duncan Fans will say it is one of the years in 2007-2010 for Western Conference. Do you agree?

What about the East? Old Heads are saying in the 80s, East was actually the stronger conference with Celtics, Sixers, Pistons, Bucks, Hawks, etc. But what particular year?

What about overall eastern/western conference combined? What year is the toughest?