NBA Power Rankings: Cavaliers are right where they want to be

Jun 16, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) celebrates with guard Kyrie Irving (2) in the fourth quarter against the Golden State Warriors in game six of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland won 115-101. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /

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WASHINGTON, DC- NOVEMBER 24:Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) and Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) during the second half of the game between the Washington Wizards and the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday November 24, 2015. The Indiana Pacers defeated the Washington Wizards 123-106. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post via Getty Images) /

142. The Washington Wizards look like they have tricked some of us (read: me) into thinking that they were in for an improvement this season. A healthy, and well-paid, Bradley Beal back on the court should be all this team needed to make a postseason push right? Maybe Scott Brooks WAS the problem with those early Oklahoma City Thunder teams. The Washington Wizards don’t look any better than they did under Randy Wittman with Brooks in charge. Bradley Beal hasn’t yet lived up to both his contract and the All-Star expectations that John Wall has placed on him heading into this season. <p>The pieces are all there for the Wizards, but they can not seem to get it together no matter who is on the sidelines. Things are bad in the nation’s capital and that’s ignoring the current presidential election (GO VOTE! NO LIKE SERIOUSLY GO VOTE, IF YOU’RE READING THIS AND YOU HAVEN’T VOTED WALK AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER/PUT DOWN THE PHONE OR TABLET AND CAST A VOTE!). Washington was a pick to usurp a couple of the teams listed above them and make a return to the playoffs, but that couldn’t be any further from their mind at the moment.</p> <p>Washington needs to do something to jumpstart this team. A trade doesn’t seem likely as that was the route they choose to take at last year’s trade deadline. They swapped out coaches and actually have had a relatively healthy Beal for the better part of their opening stretch of games. Figuring out the Wizards is like trying to guess the correct answers for a Rorschach test. What you see on paper isn’t necessarily what you get in real life. The Wizards look dead in the water during a stretch where it is absolutely silly to say anyone looks dead in the water. Hopefully for my foolish pride things will get turned around in the District of Columbia.</p>. . . Washington Wizards. 27. team

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