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Message: [QUOTE="shandeezy7, post: 4667927, member: 720"] The Nuggets may have had an overhaul from 02/03 to 03/04 but that was still a pretty blah roster. Melo, Andre Miller and a bunch of role players/NBA journeymen. Big Z was an all-star the prior season and Boozer was developing into an all-star talent. 26 win improvement year over year in the West at that time is far more impressive than a 17 win improvement in the East. Per this, [URL='https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other?date=2004-06-16']the Nuggets had the 7th toughest SOS that year.[/URL] The Cavs had the 5th easiest. I think when everything else was fairly equal, that should have carried more weight than it appears it did. I'm sure there were plenty of voters that crowned Lebron ROY before the season started, and their vote wasn't going to be swayed. [/QUOTE]