Stacking up the East: Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers

The Eastern Conference will have a clear-cut top tier of 5 teams next season: the Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, and New York Knicks. After that, it falls off dramatically, and teams like the Wizards, Pistons, and Bucks will be battling for the right to lose in the first round. The order of those top five (save, perhaps, Miami) will be debated and determined in the season, but it is interesting to wonder how the five will match up against each other in 2013-14. I’ll be doing this series from a Bulls perspective. Today, let’s see how Chicago matches up against their rivals three hours down Interstate-65. FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a Bulls AND a Pacers fan. It’s like 1a and 1b, somehow. I like the Bulls a little more. Don’t ask. So if you find that this article is over the top in its giddiness and homerism towards either team, you can type up a stern comment, put a fake internet name, and then kindly keep it to yourself. Three years ago, the Bulls had the MVP, Co...