The Western Conference Fab Fives

Updated: August 20, 2003, 10:20 AM ET

Who has the best starting five in the West among the Lakers, Mavs, Wolves, Kings and Spurs?

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By By Chad Ford
NBA Insider

Forget about the Kobe Bryant case, LeBron James, the Eastern Conference, the incoming foreign invasion and just about anything else the pundits will use to try to define the upcoming NBA season.

Mark Cuban and four other NBA owners have a more subtle, more true answer to what ails the NBA.

For the first time in ages, you don't have to get excited about a slick new marketing ploy. No, Cuban along with Jerry Buss, the Maloof Brothers, Glen Taylor and Peter Holt have something different in mind now.

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