Local group may be suitor for Wizards

Cerner CO-FOUNDERS could save the teamBy PETE GRATHOFFThe Kansas City StarNearly a year after Lamar Hunt put the Wizards on the block, a local group appears to have met the requirements for keeping the team in Kansas City.Among the group interested in buying the Wizards is Cerner Corporation co-founders Cliff Illig and Neal Patterson, sources told The Star. The point man for the group is Robb Heineman, a principal at Rock Island Capital, a private investment firm, which has an office on the Plaza.The other members of the group are operating advisers at Rock Island Capital: Greg Maday and David French. A sixth member was not identified.