The Western conference in the NBA is supposed to be finally slowing down this year after some talent movement to the East. But there are some crazy records in the West right now and it looks scarier than ever. San Antonio is 10-1 for the first time in their history and they are still not even leading their division! The Hornets are 10-1 too and are finally realizing the potential they showed us 2 seasons back. We were all wondering what happened to them the last 2 years and CP3 even wanted out. But now they have come back strong. The Spurs are as good as ever and slightly better that last year because Richard Jefferson is looking better than before in their uniform and Parker looks a little more focussed with all the divorce news floating around. Duncan just surpassed the Admiral Robinson to become the franchise's scoring leader. As usual they have their yearly steal from the draft - James Anderson contributing.
The Lakers are of course 11-2 with their 2 losses coming against the Suns and the Nuggets back-to-back. They are still the best team by far and are pretty much making the NBA regular season look meaningless. But these other teams in the West are threatening them just a little bit. The Jazz at 8-5 are barely holding onto the 7-Th spot, but they have had a bunch of impressive, come from behind wins including a shocker in Miami where they embarrassed the small 3. But today, the Jazz lost to the Spurs big 3. Dallas, OKC and Portland are as good as expected and the Warriors are looking surprisingly good at 7-5. Watch out for this Warriors team. They are no joke. They score a lot as always, but now they can also rebound, especially when David Lee is healthy and available.
This leaves the Suns and the Nuggets looking in from the outside. I think things will change, especially with the Suns having such a brutal start to the schedule, but the West will be rough as always. The Suns have already played the Spurs, Jazz, Lakers - twice, Heat, Denver and the Magic with a lot of those games being on the road. This combined with the fact that the team is new and still learning to play with each other and the fact that Nash has missed a game already, it's not bad that they are 6-6. The schedule will loosen up eventually and if they are still healthy, they should be fine. I was hoping they will beat the small 3 and the Miami Heat, but it was not meant to be. Bosh and the Heat crushed them. Hopefully we will get them in Phoenix later. Speaking of the Heat, one of the few funny catchphrases in the stupid sportscenters these days is when one of the anchors always introduce the team visiting the Heat as "The Charlotte Bobcats took their talent to South Beach today". I love the pun! I am still amazed Bron "took his talents to South Beach". I used to be such a "believer" in this guy, but now I want them to lose every game.
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Would you rather have your Suns win it all or the Heat and their talents at South Beach not win it all :)
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