The ranking comes from a combination of the rankings of the players (25th), management (27th), money (6th), the market (21st) and future draft picks (4th). More lovely news coming off the Rising Stars selections today.

Because you may Ball with Wall.

DA DUM DUM!!! One more top prospect is deciding to take the "Tracee Hamilton" route and return for a second year of college. Let's hope this doesn't start a "return to school" movement like last year wrecking the draft class and the Wizard's rebuild.

The ESPN Lottery Machine just came out

"A few years ago, someone had pointed us in the direction of this guy named Dick Pfander, who lives in Michigan," Kubatko said. "They said, ‘You’ve got to get in touch with him. He’s undertaking a personal project going through old microfilm and making scans of every box score in NBA history.’ Of course, we were intrigued by that."

Pretty good explanation

Barkley always hates the Wizards, but this is our national perception. Nobody mentioned how well we're "following the plan," in case you're wondering.

Is this someone we need to go after?

Wizards win some awards that aren't so desirable.