But the Wizards point guard says he …

But the Wizards point guard says he wants to play. And his motivation is neither money nor winning. “I’m a hooper, just first and foremost. … I wanna play,” Smith said while appearing on Wizards After Dark, part of The Athletic’s network of podcasts. “We (are) gonna be playing anyway. If guys weren’t playing, we’d be going down to play on the street. I seen some guys across the street hooping. I almost went over there and hooped. You’re going to hoop somehow, some way. I understand that you hoop and then you go home. It’s not in a confined space or whatever the case is, and that can be difficult for a lot of people. I get it. Being in that (bubble for) three months, it’s a lot of rules and regulations, a lot of different things.”