re: How many teams in west are more talented?

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I think a lot of their success comes from coaching. Gasol is very good, but outside of him no one else on their roster is that much better than their counterpart on the Pels.

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The Grizz have a major advantage of experience playing together and, like you said, very good coaching. If Monty (whom I'm starting to pelieve in) can do a good job teaching the team (with this current squad) + we stay healthy, we could be a Grizzlies caliber team next season. I agree that we have mostly similar talent, but AD being clearly the best player on either team is what gives us the greater potential.

I can't find that article about weighted age (ie average age of players, but also considering how many minutes the young/old players get), but I'd bet that the Grizz are a solid 3-4 years older than we are.