Wizards PPA update, plus All-Star rosters and top rookies

Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal will start in the All-Star game. Who should join in this year’s festivities?Pop quiz: Look at the numbers below and choose Player A or Player B.

Player A or Player B?

MPG 35.6 35.3 Ortg 117 115 efg 61.2% 52.5% 2pt% 58.0% 53.4% 3pt% 43.7% 33.7% ft% 84.7% 89.6% reb 4.1 3.8 ast 3.8 3.4 creat 6.0 5.2 stl 0.8 1.0 blk 0.3 0.4 tov 2.9 2.3 pf 1.9 1.8 pts 21.1 23.9 Defense is about the same between the two.

Stats are presented per some number of possessions.

creat is short for Box Creation, which is a metric invented by Ben Taylor (author of Thinking Basketball) to measure playmaking. It’s scale is similar to assists, but it’s built…