4 Sleeper Western Conference Teams L.A. Lakers Should Take Much More Seriously

Heading into the 2012-13 season, the Western Conference was thought to be a two-team race between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder for who would win the conference and ultimately represent the conference in the Finals.

Through the first three weeks of the season, however, the conference has proven to be much more competitive than originally thought. Several teams are making an early claim to be the conference's best team while the Lakers remain a work in progress through the early changes that have defined their early season struggles.

So while the Lakers are still a respected team who is very much capable of living up to the expectations set for them before the season, they're also not in a posit...

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