While serving as an executive board member with the Golden State Warriors, NBA legend Jerry West watched as the team he helped create won two of the last three NBA championships.However, this offseason, he decided to leave the Warriors for a similar position with the Los Angeles Clippers - a team that just lost star point guard Chris Paul this summer.West knows he's in for a challenge, and recently said he doesn't expect his new team to compete with the Warriors this season.In an interview with Tim Kawakami of The Athletic, West said he believes all 29 NBA teams not based in Oakland are still playing catchup to the Warriors:

"Everyone talks about, well, this team is loading up to beat the Warriors," the tweet reads. "Well, everyone’s playing for second place right now."

With the Warriors boasting a roster made up of Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and several valuable role players, it's hard to argue with West's logic.

He continued, saying Golden State has all of its star players in the middle of their primes, which ensures a sustained run of dominance: 

“There are too many players there,” West told The Athletic. “They’re all in the prime of their careers. To me the best years of a player’s life are from 28 to 33. I just think that these guys are going to get better as a team.”

If indeed West is right about the Warriors getting even better in the coming years, that's a scary thought for the rest of the NBA, as Golden State has already represented the Western Conference in the last three Finals.

Still, West is up for the challenge. When he took the job with the Clippers, leaving the Warriors, he told the Los Angeles Times that he had accomplished everything he wanted to accomplish with Golden State and was ready for something new:

“I will really miss that Warriors organization," he said. "I really will. But honestly, there was nothing left for me to do. When I left there Monday night after they won the championship, it was probably the worst feeling I ever had in my life as a basketball person. I knew I wasn’t going to be part of that anymore.”

The Clippers still have star forward Blake Griffin and center DeAndre Jordan, but that might not be enough to compete this year in the loaded Western Conference. However, if West can help the Clippers like he helped the Warriors, Los Angeles could eventually be a team to watch in the playoffs.