The Verizon Center has served as the training center for the Washington Wizards for some time now, and as one of the best training bases in the NBA, every player and staff member who works for the Wizards likes it.
Of course, this is also one of the few advantages the Wizards have.
But there was one exception, the 40-year-old vice president, Susan O'Malley, hated this place, even though it was where she worked and where she had reached the pinnacle of her life, realizing her personal value.
Because there was a dictator named Michael Jordan.
Even today, the fact that Jordan's arrival in D.C. had allowed him to effortlessly wrestle all the power away from the existing management elders and become the overlord of the Wizards still seemed unbelievable.
But O'Malley understood entirely.