Some say that in the NBA, there’s no worse place to be than in the middle.
That’s because of the lottery system. It’s designed to help the worst teams in the NBA improve. Meanwhile, the best teams in the NBA don’t need improvement. What about the teams between those two extremes?
The Washington Wizards are an organization that often finds itself in the middle. For quite some time, they’ve typically barely made, or barely missed the playoffs.
The New York Knicks are in the same boat.
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Normally, teams respond to this situation in one of two ways. They either try to climb to the top or choose to sink to the bottom.
Here’s a deal that has these two organizations choosing opposite routes.
