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. The trade will likely be folded into a larger multiteam series of moves and cannot be finalized until Sunday at the earliest,

The newest Indiana Pacers center played collegiately in the ACC and hadn't broken through to a NBA regular until last season.