The talent imbalance between the Eastern and Western Conference, which has existed for years, got even greater when LeBron James moved to Los Angeles this summer. With nearly all of the East’s talent concentrated in the Atlantic Division, the rest of the conference might feel even more barren as the regular season plays out.

But even in a pool of teams struggling for stars, one has to come out on top. Who will be heading to the N.B.A. finals now that there are options to win the conference beyond “LeBron’s Team”? Here’s a team-by-team look at the Eastern Conference:

Atlantic Division

Boston Celtics

If not for some poor shooting in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals — and a guy named LeBron James — the Celtics would have been in the N.B.A. finals last year. As a follow-up, they not only retained key free agents like Aron Baynes and Marcus Smart, but also added back Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving after both missed the postseason.

It’s no wonder Boston was picked to win the East by 90 percent of the general managers in the N.B.A.’s annual survey. If there’s a reason to fret, it would be that there may not be enough minutes in the game to maximize the team’s redundancies at wing with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Hayward all worthy of heavy usage.