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NBA Trade Rumors: 6 teams one deadline move away from contender status

By Michael Saenz

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NBA Trade Rumors: Exploring six teams that are an NBA Trade Deadline move away from breaking through into contender status.

Looking at the NBA landscape, you can make the argument that there are currently four or five teams that are considered legit championship contenders through roughly the first half of the 2022-23 season.

Those teams are the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, Brooklyn Nets, Denver Nuggets, and possibly the Memphis Grizzlies. After that, there are many teams that are still very much in the air.

The NBA Trade Deadline offers a great opportunity for many contenders

The next few weeks will offer many teams around the league the opportunity to either take a step forward or to take one back. For teams that have their eyes on winning a championship, the NBA Trade Deadline is the perfect chance to cement their contender status.

With the NBA Trade Deadline a month away, we take a closer look at six teams that could be considered one move away from entering contender status.

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