With the Los Angeles Lakers pretty having the already the Western conference number one seed in the bag right now  the addition of Andrew Bynum will only make arguably the best team in the NBA that much stronger.

If Bynum comes back as planned he will be back in the lineup by the end of round one or the beginning round two of the playoffs.

As of right now the eighth seed in the West is up in the air. The Dallas Mavericks have the spot right now, but it could just as easily be the Phoenix Suns or the Utah Jazz maybe even the Portland Trailblazers if the stumble towards the finish line.

If it does end up being the Mavs the Lakers should be ok without Bynum because Dallas is just terrible at this point with only Dirk Nowitzki being a threat. If it is the Jazz the Lakers could in trouble in the paint with Carlos Boozer and Paul Milsap to deal with.