Heading into Saturday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Washington Wizards are the No. 6 seed in the NBA's Eastern Conference but are just 3.5 games back of third-seeded Toronto.
But will the Wizards' roster as currently composed prevent them from moving up in the standings?
There are a number potential of trades the Wizards could make to improve their positioning for a postseason spot.
Most recently, the Wizards have been mentioned in trade rumors involving both the Detroit Pistons' young power forward Greg Monroe and Chicago's backup power forward Taj Gibson.
While these trades might be nice for the Wizards, neither are necessary for the team to pick up its first playoff berth in five seasons. It's certainly not worth the Wizards giving up some of their better players to make these moves.
Here's why.
The pieces are in place for the Wizards to make a playoff run
If the playoffs started today, Washington would be in. Between John Wall, Bradley Beal and Co., there is plenty of fire power on the Wizards to make the playoffs ...
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Article written by Jonathan Munshaw
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