As the Washington Wizards head to the Barclays Center on Wednesday night to take on the Brooklyn Nets, both team’s find themselves in positions that seemed unthinkable when they made a deadline trade in 2017.
Heading into Wednesday, the Wizards are watching their playoff hopes slip away and are four games out of the No. 8 seed. The Nets, on the other hand, are in prime position to make the postseason as the No. 6 seed and a tough out for whoever the play.
Yet, just a couple years ago, the Nets were helping the Wizards stock up with another weapon for their own playoff run.