There’s been a lot of discussion this summer about where the Wizards stack up in the Eastern Conference hierarchy and what it could mean if the Cavaliers start to crumble with Kyrie Irving and LeBron James’ futures up in the air. But for the sake of discussion, let’s flip the script and talk about how the Wizards would fare in the more top-heavy Western Conference.
Just going on their won-loss record, the Wizards would have finished sixth in the West last season, two games behind the fifth-seeded Jazz and two games ahead of the Thunder.