Rosen is often preoccupied with the Western Conference as evidenced by his comments that Tay's defense is underated (the only place that is true is in the West, with fans and reporters alike), that Ben Wallace does what he does—but he needs to do it better on the road (I assume this stems completely from the Spurs finals, as I've never heard it before and the Pistons were historically successful on the road in big playoff games before the Spurs series), and his rather lengthy comments about Flip and defense (as any reporter who isn't familiar with Flip just throws in the "he runs zones" comments).

Rosen is biased and sentimentally hooked on "the old days" of basketball but he appreciates defense and loves to pick apart superstars in valuable breakdowns that, although jilted, aren't easily found in the columns other hype chasers (aka, "NBA reports").