Cam Whitmore is going back to his home area after being traded by the Houston Rockets to the Washington Wizards for a pair of second-round picks, a person with knowledge of the deal said Saturday.

Cam Whitmore is going to get his chance. Whitmore was frustrated in Houston with his lack of minutes. Part of that was that Whitmore was stuck in a logjam at the forward spot in Houston, and the addition this offseason of Kevin Durant and Dorian Finney-Smith was not going to help matters.

The Houston Rockets agreed to a deal with the Washington Wizards to send Whitmore to D.C. in exchange for two future second-round picks. ESPN's Shams Charania first reported the news. Whitmore's name had been circulating in various potential deals,