Six reasons why the Wizards aren't looking to cut salary when
they put the fifth pick on the market  Dear writers and fans of
opposing teams;  I've noticed in my daily reading that some of
you are still set on the Wizards using their fifth pick solely
to get under the luxury tax.  I don't necessarily come here to
say you folks are dead-wrong, because none of us are prophets. 
It's true that the Wizards currently have 76 million dollars
committed to 14 players for next season, and it's true that the
luxury tax level is likely to go down (perhaps way down) from
the current level of 71 million thanks to the possibility of the
league losing as much as 10 percent of its revenue.  It's also
true that Abe Pollin, the Wizards owner, was very much against
paying the luxury tax as recently as last summer prior to re-
signing Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison.  Finally, yes, it's
true the Wizards won 19 games this year and haven't advanced
past the first round of the playoffs since 2005.  But times have
changed.  There a