Who is winning the West?

Who is winning the West? with KD & Kyrie moving out West.

Lebron already won the season when he became the all time scoring record holder.

The playoffs etc are immaterial and are basically exhibition by comparison.

Chemistry will be an important factor to win it all.

Suns of course

1. Nuggets
-best chemistry, currently in first, if they stay healthy, they will finish 1st in the west.

2. Mavericks
-Luka ALWAYS plays off ball for the Slovenian national team, and kills it with Goran Dragic running point. If Christian Wood can get that fast chemistry in the PNR with Kyrie like he did with Luka quick, and if McGee can protect the rim for 18min a game, and Kleber comes back at least 90%, Mavericks will finish 2nd in the west with the best offensive efficiency in the league, and crappy perimeter defense.

3. Phoenix
-Chris Small is terrible now, but is smart enough to pick his spots, and now doesn’t have to force anything out of that old tired small body when he doesn’t have it, due to having two of the best scorers in the league on the same squad. How healthy/optimized Durant can stay this season will be iffy, but enough to get them to finish 3rd in the west.

4. Memphis
-Ja Morant’s “lead blocker”(who bulldozed opposing rim protectors out of the play on tons of morant drives) is out with a sprained PCL/knee. We know Adams is tough and will want to play they pain early and come back early, but they will slide in the standings with Ja mysteriously nut getting quite as many east paint buckets now without his reliable plow horse doing all the dirty work to make room for his lighting fast 172lbs, with a tiny female ribcage, to fly thru unpunished. Where is Anthony Mason when you need him ?

5. Not the Sacramento Kings, who are a young squad who relies too much on transition buckets, which become harder to come by, as the season gets closer to playoff mode, when things tighten up turnover wise (creating LESS transition opportunities), and slow down, and become more about being able to execute against dialed-in, no possessions off, physical half court defense.

6. Clippers - very talented Roster, but it’s clear neither Kawhi nor Paul George are as great as they were just a few years ago. Love Norman Powell’s bow-legged lateral defensive quickness and offensive versatility, and Reggie Jackson’s bunnies Johnson impersonations every 6 games or so… but Kawhi perpetually looks like a guy scared to play hard and get injured again, with the face of an autistic 5th grader who can’t find his mother at the park.

7. Who cares?

8. Not the Lakers.

I believe denver still comes out on top.

Nice post Barberschool.

I am going.

1 - Suns
2 - Mavericks
3 - Nuggets
4 - Warriors
5 - Clippers
6 - Lakers


Find it harsh for Kings & Memphis.

[QUOTE=Nike D'Antoni;14729907]Nice post Barberschool.[/QUOTE]Preciate your appreciation !
Your username been one of the better ones here !

So people leaning Suns & Nuggets.
What about Clippers, Mavs, Warriors and new Look Lakers?

I would not sleep on healthy Warriors.

I did the poll a day early. Clippers/Mavs/Lakers/Suns all going in.
The champs Warriors, and Nuggets-Memphis top seeds still there too.

look at all the mega bronies voting for Phoenix.

LMFAO

if it was Lebron going to Phoenix instead of KD, none of these bronies would pick Phoenix in this poll.

The
@FDSportsbook
Western Conference Odds

1. Phoenix
2. Denver
3. Clippers
4. Warriors
5. Grizzlies
6. Mavericks
7. Pelicans
8. Lakers
9. Kings
10. Wolves

Let's be real...I like the Nuggets and love Jokic but they are not a contender. I know how potent their offense is. They simply don't have the bench depth and they have little to no margin for error.