"Taking the electrifying and flashy John Wall, the consensus top choice for the No. 1 pick, will be the easy part of Thursday's NBA draft for the Washington Wizards, who are far from content with also possessing just the 30th and the 35th selections. Owner Ted Leonsis has made it known that he wants to build through the draft and team President Ernie Grunfeld is working the phones aggressively to acquire another first-round pick, preferably between the late lottery and early 20s in the draft. "It's always hard to put a percentage on those things," Grunfeld said of the chances that the Wizards can land another pick, "but I know we're having as many conversations as any team in the league about trying to move up and acquire another pick, but a lot of teams are trying to do the same thing." Washington is among several teams with multiple first-round draft picks. Minnesota and Memphis have three picks, and Oklahoma City and New Jersey have two. Miami and Atlanta could also be looking to move their lone first-rounders to create cap space for the 2010 free agency class. Grunfeld wouldn't confirm or deny that he's been in touch with any of those teams. But the Wizards have competition, with teams like Cleveland and Dallas -- which don't have first-round selections -- also looking to move in. The Wizards brought in about 25 players to work out for their lower draft picks. Although they were unable to schedule workouts for many of the players expected to go between 12th and 26th on Thursday, Grunfeld said that part of the evaluation process wasn't necessary to make a selection. Both Nick Young and JaVale McGee were selected without having a prior workout for the Wizards. " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062204793.html
