After an extremely hot start to the 2021-22 NBA season, the Washington Wizards have slowed down to a crawl. They are now sitting three games below .500 and are stuck jockeying for a play-in spot, but are on the outside looking in at the moment. Definitely not ideal, considering how well they started the year.
Bradley Beal has yet to commit to the team long-term, and with how far they’ve fallen already, it could be panic time for the Wizards. If Beal isn’t happy by the time the season ends, he could decide that he no longer wants to play in Washington.
With that in mind, the Wizards might be big-time buyers at the NBA trade deadline.
If they want to improve and put a competitive team around Beal, then trading for other helpful players should be their priority. This is where the Sacramento Kings could come in.
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The Kings have been even more disappointing than the Wizards this year. They are well below .500 and will likely struggle to make the play-in this season. Recent rumors have revealed that they could be open to trading De’Aaron Fox and Tyrese Haliburton because of that.
So, if De’Aaron Fox is available on the market, is there a deal to be done that would land him in Washington? What do the Wizards have to give up in a trade like that? And more importantly, why would the Kings take the trade that the Wizards would have to offer?
