Why they can challenge the Warriors: It’s been so long since we’ve seen the Clippers healthy, that it’s easy to forget a few things. The Dubs are, in my eyes, the Western Conference favorite entering the season, and I see only one other team with a legitimate claim to being the favorites.īut here, ranked in order, are the six teams that I think could challenge the Dubs for their crown. but, as things stand now, I see six teams that could knock off a healthy Warriors in the West.
There’s always a chance that a team makes a leap - a healthy New Orleans Pelicans squad would be scary, the Wolves might make things click brilliantly, etc. With the dust settled (for now, at least), it’s time to take stock of the Dubs’ competition out West. And speaking of calm, all is mellow on the Los Angeles Lakers front after Kyrie Irving opted into his Brooklyn Nets deal - though talks still sprout of a potential Irving for Russell Westbrook swap. Kevin Durant’s trade request briefly shook up the prospect of the Phoenix Suns - his preferred destination - but now all is calm on that front. Jerami Grant’s trade to the Portland Trail Blazers - and the massive contacts doled out to keep Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons, and Jusuf Nurkić - point towards the PNW still trying to compete. The Utah Jazz shipping three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves turns the latter into a star-studded force (albeit one that still is a ways away, in my eyes), and pushes the former towards a rebuild. The Western Conference hasn’t changed much since the Golden State Warriors trundled their way through it, and won the 2022 NBA Finals.
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