Justin Sherman

Ballitico

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- In John Wall's locker is a piece of Wizards' history that dates back to the "Big Three" era. Buried beneath three pairs of his signature "John Wall 1" sneakers lies a framed photo of the Larry O'Brien trophy, the same photo that once hung in the locker of Wizards' great, Antawn Jamison.

THE DC SPORTS BOG REPORTS: "For me, it's the only thing left I have to accomplish,Jamison told CSN's Chris Miller in 2010. It's the only thing I want to accomplish. And I told [teammates], I need that trophy in my locker room, because when I come sit, when I come to work every day, that's the only thing that I want to see before I go out there on that court. That's the one thing that I want to see."

Jamison's championship dreams never came true and when he was traded to Cleveland, he left his "vision board" behind. The next season, Wall inherited Jamison's corner locker, where the photo still hung.

ESPN.COM REPORTS: "They wanted to get rid of it, and I said, `No.' That's the goal," Wall explained, his rat-a-tat patter off the court as swift as his play is on it. "I don't touch it, though. I don't want to touch one `til I win one."

The Bullets/Wizards have not "touched" the Larry O'Brien trophy since 1978 but are off to their best start since even before then. With last night's win over the Pistons the Bullets/Wizards are 6-2 for the first time since 1975.

As we all remember, the great French author and teacher of mental science Genevieve Behrend once wrote: "Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form except the same power which gave it birth – yourself"

While Behrend never knew the "power" of LeBron James, it's still good to see Wall's focus is on the ultimate prize. Unless he can't see the photo behind all those shoes.