NBA Preview: 5 Teams That Could Surprise In The Western Conference

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The Western Conference is clearly the class of the NBA.

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Loaded teams from top to bottom — from the No. 8 seeded Dallas Mavericks to the No. 1 seeded, and NBA Champion, San Antonio Spurs. The Western Conference, last season, was clearly on a level all on its own.

So that’s why teams trying to break into the class of West elites are so often met with “try again next year” regards time and time again from the likes of the Spurs, Thunder and Clippers.

It’s a constant struggle that each team trying to reach the top of the Western Conference mountain top faces, and yet it’s a journey that all 15 teams will begin in the next few weeks.

We continue our NBA preview package with five teams that could surprise some folks in the Western Conference this season.

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