Much has been made about how Otto Porter Jr. will be the highest paid D.C. athlete over the course of the next season even though it would be a near unanimous decision that John Wall and Bradley Beal are better players for the Wizards alone. Although Porter will indeed make more than Wall this season at $24.7 million, the latter has the opportunity to sign a Designated Player Extension valued at four-years, $170 million starting in 2019.

One source tells Hoop District that Wall may be leaning towards passing on this year's offer, but he does have until before the start of the regular season to officially accept or decline. Although this would not be what fans want to hear, it would not be out of the blue for Wall to decline the offer because of his history of correctly betting on himself. Should Wall make an All-NBA team again next season, which is a risk that did not work out for Gordon Hayward and Paul George, he will be eligible to sign for a five-year extension valued at approximately $217 million.

Wizards majority owner Ted Leonsis made a bold prediction contrary to what our source believes.

"I told everyone when John was coming off his rookie contract that we would sign him and he would be our bed rock player," Leonsis recalls. "I told everyone that Alex Ovechkin, Nick Backstrom. I told everyone that we would keep Bradley Beal and already everyone is talking about the extension and my prediction is John Wall will sign his extension. He wants to be here and my goal is to have no drama. You [reporter] are in the entertainment business, you need narrative and drama, I’m not in the drama, entertainment business, I just want to win some games."

This does not necessarily mean that Wall will indeed sign the offer currently put on the table in front of him because one would not expect Leonsis to say he does not expect him to sign it.

Wall has mentioned in the past that he will take time (insert Kirk Cousins and Redskins joke here) to discuss with his representation Rich Paul and family on what they think is best long-term.

Team president Ernie Grunfeld, who typically does not reveal much in his availability to the media, is unsurprisingly taking a milder tone on the subject.

"We’re moving forward [in negotiations with John Wall and his potential supermax extension], we are still talking about that," Grunfeld said. "There is no urgency to it, but obviously, we would like for John to finish his career here."

Although it seems to be in D.C. sport fan's nature, do not get too down if Wall does not sign on the dotted line this summer, but feel free to go bananas should he commit himself to the city until 2023.