I forgot that he was born and raised in D.C. and Maryland. A couple years ago, some people speculated that the Wizards were freeing up payroll so that they could swoop in when Kevin Durant’s rookie contract expired and sign him to his hometown team. Well, that didn’t quite work out.
But we have learned one thing from all this: Riding a bike in D.C. (and VA and MD) makes a person AWESOME!