Worse, still, is the remainder of his …

Worse, still, is the remainder of his contract. He’s owed $16 million next season, $17 million in 2023-24 and has a partial guarantee of $5 million for 2024-25, according to the website Spotrac. The consensus among sources is the Wizards could trade him by either attaching an asset to the deal or — in a move, one exec said, akin to exchanging “rotten produce” from a supermarket — by acquiring a similarly bad contract.