Sell me on the Spurs. They look to be a solid veteran team that will play defense. They aren't a pushover, but how good are they in the West?
In no order, you have the Warriors, Clippers, Lakers, Nuggets, Rockets, Blazers and Jazz. Unless I'm missing a team (like the Spurs), this is 7 of 8 probably playoff teams. SA won 48 games last year and Sacramento 39.
In the West, the only teams truly rebuilding are Memphis, OKC (probably), Phoenix and Minnesota (who knows what they are doing). New Orleans is rebuilding but do look decent on paper to me. Sacramento appears to be on the way up and I think Dallas has a chance to be a solid team as well.
I think some are expecting Houston to begin declining, but what a fun conference.
57 wins was top in the West last year. It could be 52 or 53 this year!