Over the last month, Alan Jenkins wrote that the Wizards should go for a playoff push, partly because they were just three games behind the Orlando Magic for the eighth seed in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. Also, the Wizards were playing relatively well with a young roster and didn’t make any “all-in” moves at the NBA trade deadline. So why not?
We are now just three weeks into the post-All-Star Break part of the NBA season. The Wizards are still ninth in the Eastern Conference, but they are now 22-38 while the Magic are 27-34.