Take any team with an experienced Batman, and they give the cHeat all they can handle. The East has some Batmen (though they might all end up on the cHeat for all we know), but they just aren't grizzled enough to beat a loaded roster of prime PED abusing floppers just yet. You simply can't forcefully beat a team that is physically stronger than you, and has at least 4-5 prime Stars taking paycuts to play together. It takes intelligence, wisdom, technical skill, and a world class understanding of this beautiful game.
Such teams only exist in the West unfortunately - Spurs, Mavs, and Lakers (if the One True, Nash, and Pua were healthy), and even Memphis (when they aren't being Friendly/Rigged-ed so that the NBA can push manufactured stars), all had the personnel that met this criteria.
Sadly, the rest of the teams are just full of youngsters.
There is actually a very dangerous precedent being set by Bern and Co, as I'm sure you already know. The younger generation will never learn what it means to overcome adversity; they'll never learn about struggle and perseverance. All they see is that when the going gets tough... collude with your boys. Take paycuts to join up with as many homies as possible, until you have enough talent on one roster to just make it slaughter 99% of the time.