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The good news is McGee and Blatche are two of the most promising fantasy players this season. The bad news is they're on the Wizards. (Keith Allison/Flickr)

It’s time to pump out concise rundowns of each NBA team from a fantasy basketball perspective. Give Me The Rock and Fantasy Basketball Daily are among the sites already getting started, and keep an eye out for others — the more resources you read, the better. We’ll be going in reverse-alphabetical order. These will all assume nine categories in 12-team leagues.

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Depth chart:
PG: John Wall, Kirk Hinrich
SG: Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young
SF: Al Thornton, Josh Howard
PF: Andray Blatche, Yi Jianlian, Trevor Booker, Kevin Seraphin
C:  JaVale McGee, Hilton Armstrong

Relevant fantasy players and projected draft positions/per-game stats:
John Wall - PG (Rd. 5-6): 17 Pts, 4 Reb, 6.5 Ast, 2 Stl
Gilbert Arenas - SG (Rd. 6-7): 19 Pts, 2 threes, 3 Reb, 4 Ast, 1.5 Stl
Andray Blatche - F/C (Rd. 6-7): 16 Pts, 8 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
JaVale McGee - C (Rd. 9-11): 8 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Blk
Yi Jianlian - PF (Rd. 10+): 10 Pts, 6 Reb, 1 Blk
Kirk Hinrich - G (Rd. 13+): 9 Pts, 1 three, 1 Stl
Josh Howard - G/F (Rd. 13+): 10 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 three, 1 Stl
Al Thornton - F (Rd. 13+): 11 Pts, 4 Reb

Sleeper:
Jianlian

Most likely to surprise:
Arenas

Most likely to disappoint:
McGee

Category specialists:

• Threes: Arenas
• Steals: Wall
• Blocks: McGee

Things to watch:

• how Wall affects Arenas‘s value
• how Arenas affects Arenas‘s value
• Howard‘s ability to work himself back into game shape
• how Blatche will respond to taking a step back from being the man
• Hinrich‘s role in the backcourt
• Young‘s hot hand

Team’s statistical NBA ranks from 2009-10:

• Pts: 26th
• FGM: 23rd
• FGA: 16th
• FG%: 24th
• FT%: 14th
• 3PTM: 24th
• Reb: T14th
• Ast: 27th
• TO: T21st
• Stl: 28th
• Blk: 11th

Fantasy-friendliness for 2010-11: C