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00:00And there's a lot of change from the odds perspective in the Western Conference entering
00:08this year.
00:09There's a lot of changing faces, of course, for these teams.
00:12Klay Thompson now in Dallas.
00:15Phoenix, though, returns everybody, KD, Devin Booker, and Bradley Buehler back under the
00:20guidance of new head coach Mike Budenholzer.
00:23The Clippers lost Paul George.
00:25Kawhi Leonard is already set to miss multiple weeks to start off this season.
00:29Not great for LA, and the Warriors look a little bit different.
00:34The Lakers seem a little bit older with LeBron James entering year number 22.
00:39Dubs, you saw those Western Conference title odds.
00:42It's not the teams we have expected to win the West in the last three to five years.
00:46It's those teams that have the young cores on the come up.
00:50OKC, the favorites, Denver right there, Minnesota and Dallas.
00:55Those are the four best places to win the Western Conference ground entering this season.
00:59Yeah, we know what we're going to get from the Nuggets there at plus 500.
01:04They're certainly going to be in the mix.
01:05They're bankable.
01:06They've got the best player in the association there, I would say, in the joke of the big
01:10fella.
01:11But take a look at the top of the board.
01:12OKC, I mean, what a standout year.
01:15What a breakout campaign they had for Shea Gilgis, Alexander, SGA, partnering them up
01:19with the likes of Chet Holmgren.
01:21They lose Josh Giddy, the star Aussie, going across to Chicago, but they're certainly not
01:26going to take a backwards step.
01:27But at plus 310, it's a sure price to type your money for a very long season.
01:32I have reservations about the Timwells, Minnesota.
01:34I thought that one-two punch was certainly there with Cat and the Ant-Man.
01:38You've still got, obviously, Big Rudy targeting the boards, but that is a massive loss.
01:42A great addition there if you're a Knicks fan, but certainly not good for Minnesota
01:46in trying to make another run.
01:48They were the young team that I felt just caught a couple of the old guard off guard
01:54there, if you will.
01:55They're playing with a lot of confidence and momentum going into the playoffs.
01:59I think they could be a bit of a hangover coming back year two for a couple of those
02:03big combos.
02:05And taking a look a little further down the board, I think the price play here could be
02:08out in the desert with the Phoenix Suns.
02:10You take a look at who they roll back, I mean, Bradley Beal, if he can find that groove again.
02:15You've still got Dee Book, one of the best in the business, KD.
02:18You've got Grayson Allen, who's obviously been in the weights room on the offseason.
02:22This is a market and a price that I would absolutely look towards playing the Phoenix
02:26Suns.
02:27I'm not going to touch the top of the board at plus 310 because the only way that can
02:31go is pear-shaped and then south in the wrong direction.
02:33And some of these other aging sides, it's really tough in trying to have confidence
02:37in the Lakers.
02:38You know, Dalton Kinect, I guess that's a nice addition if he can become that high scorer
02:44for the Lakers night in, night out.
02:46But when you've got aging superstars like Anthony Davis, LeBron James, it's only a matter
02:50of time before Father Time brings their campaign undone.
02:53For the Clippers, it's really tough to know what you're getting at this point with Kawhi
02:57Leonard, if he's even going to come back this season or what's going on on that side of
03:01things.
03:02And obviously, the Golden State Warriors, Steph Splash losing, you know, that one-two
03:07punch.
03:08Klay Thompson over there with the Mavericks.
03:09So it's a new look in the West.
03:12The old guard just continued to age and I think the Phoenix Suns, Benny, you've highlighted,
03:17could be the price pickup at plus $9.50.