With the Lakers off until Friday, it's time for our NBA Observations as "MagicMan" Sean Grice and Gerald discuss how the Western Conference is shaping up and Joe Soro from lakersball.com has some thoughts on what the future is for the NBA as they gather soon to discuss a new CBA moving forward.

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