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It may be unfair, and it may be unusual. Still, it is certainly undeniable: most of the very best players make their home and enhance their reputations in the Western Conference.

The conference is swollen with award winners, statistical leaders, recent champions, certified future Hall of Famers and all-time greats. Here’s the stat: 13 of the last 16 Kia MVP trophies have gone to players currently on Western Conference teams.

What’s more, the West is home to those equipped to flex in the future — Victor Wembanyama — and those who are still managing to stretch their flex well into the current generation. That would be LeBron James, Stephen Curry, James Harden and a few others are nearing tw

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