The Western Conference is extraordinarily deep this season. At the top, the defending champion Golden State Warriors return their entire rotation. Nipping at their heels the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, and San Antonio Spurs all enter a new season with realistic title aspirations. Both the Memphis Grizzlies (2013) and Oklahoma City Thunder (2014) have reached the conference Finals with similar rosters to their 2015-16 versions.
Six teams in the West expect to win 55 or more games. Five of them did last season! 55 wins is, at minimum, home court in the first round in the Eastern Conference over the last decade.