Corban Ford (@corbannba) joins the podcast to take a dive into all the Western Conference teams this season, looking specifically at a tiered breakdown of who will be a title contender, who is a true playoff team, and who is still in retooling mode. Corban’s experience covering many teams in the West — and how he thinks about roster construction — helps guide our conversation on some of the biggest X-factors for each franchise with hopes of contention.

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