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Fred VanVleet's Injury Shakes Up Western Conference. Opportunity for the Lakers?
The Lakers are unquestionably a very good team, but aren't generally considered a top contender in the Western Conference.
There's a path to get there, but it involves unfortunate things happening to the teams that (on paper at least) are a notch above them in the preseason pecking order. Well, Monday one of those things seems to have happened. Houston point guard Fred VanVleet suffered a major knee injury—a torn ACL—that will require surgery and likely keep him out for the year.
The Rockets have a pretty stacked roster overall, but VanVleet is a critical part of their offense, and a major…
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