The stats back up what I saw last night. The Clippers are a very good club and will get one of the 8 playoff spots in the West, all but guaranteeing that the Lakers will once again be a lottery team.
The 8 best teams in the West are:
Golden State
Portland
Denver
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles Clippers
Houston
New Orleans
Memphis
Utah needs a backup Center badly.
San Antonio is void of talent.
Los Angeles Lakers, even with Chandler added, are still a long ways behind Utah and San Antonio.
Sacramento will be competing with the Lakers to see who has the worst record of the California teams.
Minnesota has major franchise internal problems.
Dallas and Phoenix have the least amount of talent in the West.