If I remember correctly, most people were predicting this team to go about .500 so the 8-8 start shouldn't really surprise anybody.
That said, there are still a lot of games to be played and other than the Lakers, Clippers, and Jazz....the rest of the West seems to be open season. Spurs are currently only 1 game behind the 4-seed, and stuck in a log-jam with like 8 other teams right now.
It's really gonna be a matter of who rises to the top of that crop. I think some of those teams like the Suns, Grizzlies, and Thunder are going to come back down to earth eventually.