NBA Trade Ideas: How the Golden State Warriors Can Make the Playoffs

The Warriors are four games out of the playoffs with three teams ahead of them. Usually, this would be enough to have us thinking about the lottery, but the teams in front of the Warriors are showing glaring weaknesses.

Portland sitting in fifth relies solely on the brilliant play of LaMarcus Aldridge. Can he keep it up? Can he stay healthy? He falls and so do they.

New Orleans currently sits in sixth, but is falling fast. Chris Paul's knee is far from healthy and they are not a playoff team without Emeka Okafor, who is currently hurt and if he does not come back or gets hurt again, they will continue to fall.

Denver just traded an All-Star and a good point guard for less established players. They were seventh with them, but they could likely be out of it without th...

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