Irving, Washington

While the rest of the league awaits Sunday’s kickoff to free agency — all eyes are on the Lakers, who now can go after NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard or all-star point guards Kemba Walker or Kyrie Irving — Washington continues to subtly rebuild its roster through creative moves by surrendering no assets on the roster and spending efficiently.

When that grew monotonous he wrote, “Irving Washington.”

“Have you ever seen any of these ?” Major Major looked with a blank expression at copies of personal correspondence from the hospital on which the censoring officer had written “Washington Irving” or “Irving Washington.”

When Washington Irving did grow monotonous, he could reverse the order and sign Irving Washington until that grew monotonous.

“Either one. We figure that Washington Irving and Irving Washington are one man and that he’s using two names just to throw us off the track. That’s done very often you know.”