really?
I'd still have them top 8 in the west even without Amare.
Plus from the looks of things he'll be back before the playoffs now too. When I go through the teams in the west right now, there's only really 6 teams that really stand out at the moment:
Spurs, Mavs, Rockets, Kings, Nuggets, Phoenix.
I'd still put Phoenix top 6 despite Amare going down.
There's just not that many dominant teams out there. The race for the 6th-8th playoffs spots could come down to a number of teams.