Mavs, hands down.* They easily have the deepest bench in the league, they have a quality, defensive minded coach, they have a go-to clutch guy in Dirk, they can play any style of basketball: up-tempo or half-court, they have their energy guys in Terry, Stackhouse, and Howard, they have good 3 point shooters--something which was missing last season, and mostly importantly I don't think there's any team in the West that can counter the Dirk and Howard small ball lineup (Suns don't play good enough defense to counter it)...