With the Wizards, it comes down to how hungry and desperate they are relative to the Knicks. I personally think that the Wizards are more desperate than the Knicks. New Orleans is also an excellent dark horse as you mentioned. They have a lot to play with and really need to better balance their team. I wouldn't be surprised to see a 3 or 4 way deal go down.
Coach needs to put the cue in the rack real fast. They next have us on a home and home series. If they win those and go to 5-0... coach fired