One player each contender should trade for
It's crunch time for every front office right now (except Golden State and San Antonio, where Bob Myers and RC Buford can just sit back, have a bottle, and relax). The trade deadline got moved up to early February this year as opposed to its usual post-All star break date. This means teams have had less time to evaluate how well their roster meshes and how potential replacements might fit. This accelerated timeline is probably going to produce some short-sighted and panic-stricken transactions by executives attempting to save their jobs, but at least it should be entertaining. And while contenders are already in excellent shape since they are, well, contending, every team can improve in one way or another. None of these projected moves are drastic, but they could very easily push some teams over the top. Right now, I'd say the seven teams with a realistic shot of winning it all are the Warriors (duh), Cavaliers (even though they look like a pile of garbage, can't count