Malcolm Gladwell is putting out a book soon on underdogs. He wrote an article a few years ago about a girls youth basketball team that was terrible at basketball but kept winning games because it refused to play the normal way teams play basketball (in other words, they refused to play by Goliath's rules). The less talented team won because they put in extra effort - a full court press - for the whole game.
Anyway, I don't think it's out yet, but I'm sure that will be a good read. Plus, the Wizards need to hire the coach of that girls basketball team.