Or maybe that indicates how stacked it is. And we need to stop acting like the west was some gaunlet back then. Warriors made a random run one year and beat the supposedly big and bad top seed Mavs. The Clippers won a playoff series. DWill and Boozer Jazz made a CF. West was Lakers and Spurs and a bunch of also rans and the Lakers were actually down early in Melos career. Lastly Melo had talent. Gotta stop that myth too.The West is supposed to be stacked. It ain't Joker's fault LeBron/AD, Warriors, Grizz and Durant/Booker/Beal are all struggling right now. Clippers got a squad too. OKC is dangerous and young. The West will look real solid as the year goes on.