Zach is not a 'fool'. He's pretty smart because he realizes that I (yes, I run Box Score Basketball) subtract out the games against such opponents so the strength of schedule will NOT necessarily have the best team at the bottom.

You don't understand my criticism. He is using strength of schedule, which is a metric defined by opposing team W-L records. In the east, there are 3 teams with few losses (orlando, cleveland, boston), In the west, there is only one (la). There is very little opportunity, aside from 2 challenges per year with ORL/BOS/CLE that LA can have someone on their schedule with such a record, otherwise they are playing teams with .600 or below records. Every team in the West will play LA at least 3-4 times, elevating their strength of schedule, while LA will be at the lowest.

My criticism is that he used the wrong stat to define his case, and then wrote an entire theorem around this bad logic. It's horrible science, a misapplication of math.