WASHINGTON — There is an alternate universe inside a wormhole that’s millions of lightyears away where the Wizards’ future has decided itself. Over there, the situation has told them what to do. Everyday life has displayed Bradley Beal’s destiny in obvious enough lettering that it could be written in the sky — assuming that aerial advertising or even blue skies exist in this universe.



Life is different here, where the Wizards will have to determine Beal’s future without the help of something scribed in the clouds or, more literally, without the assistance of 100 media voters.



Despite months of speculation and campaigning, Beal was absent from all three All-NBA teams when the league released them Thursday afternoon. Had he slipped into one of the six guard spots, he would have become super-max eligible, meaning the Wizards could have presented him this summer with an extension that would pay him an estimated $191 million over four...