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ESPN.com

Oct 26, 2016, 02:50 AM

Who will win the West? Our NBA writers make their predictions:

WEST CHAMPIONS

WRITER	PICK
J.A. Adande		Warriors
Kevin Arnovitz		Warriors
Ian Begley		Warriors
Bradford Doolittle		Warriors
Amin Elhassan		Warriors
Jeremias Engelmann		Warriors
Chad Ford		Warriors
Chris Forsberg		Warriors
Nick Friedell		Warriors
Israel Gutierrez		Warriors
Tom Haberstroh		Warriors
Chris Haynes		Warriors
Baxter Holmes		Warriors
Tim MacMahon		Warriors
Jackie MacMullan		Warriors
Dave McMenamin		Warriors
Kevin Pelton		Warriors
Ramona Shelburne		Warriors
Marc Spears		Warriors
Marc Stein		Warriors
Ethan Sherwood Strauss		Warriors
David Thorpe		Warriors
Calvin Watkins		Warriors
Mike Wise		Clippers
Michael C. Wright		Warriors
Justin Verrier		Warriors
Royce Young		Warriors
Ohm Youngmisuk		Warriors

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