Thank Ernie for that f***ing supermax.
Worst thing he did as a Wizards GM.
It sucks. I've always been a huge Wall fan and he loves DC. He's done tremendous things for the community and they were thisclose a few times to being pretty special. Before Wall and Brad there's no way a guy like Paul Pierce would have chosen the Wizards in free agency. Wall played through a lot of pain at a high level for many years and gave this organization everything he had.
But, the guy collected $38M to sit in street clothes last year. Hasn't played since 2018 and while he was gone Brad because a bonafide superstar. He can't expect a multi-billion dollar organization to just sit and wait for two years and not explore ways to make the roster better. Beal's name has been in trade talks ever since Wall got hurt but you don't see him acting like a baby and demanding out. He did the literal opposite; he signed an extension and said he wants to give this organization a chance to win. Maybe there's more behind the scenes and Wall is pissed/embarrassed about the gang signs blowback and the trade rumors pushed him over the edge.
I hope cooler heads prevail and they can all smooth everything over because it would be a shame for everything to end like this, especially if it's f***ing Westbrook who comes in as his replacement. Westbrook is so unlikable on the court.