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Mailbag: Ranking the West, Mavs’ second-best player, analyzing Josh Green

Sometimes, it’s hard to figure out whether somebody is smart like a fox or dumb as a rock.

Like when you tell your daughter’s boyfriend to have her home by 10:15 and he says: “OK, the middle of October. Great.”

That’s where I’m at when looking at the Western Conference. It’s easy to fall in love with several teams. You can make a case for the LA Clippers, Phoenix, Denver and, of course, Golden State. Minnesota, Memphis, the Mavericks, the Lakers and maybe even Sacramento could easily qualify as a trendy picks.

And yet, you can find reasons to doubt all of those teams.