On Thursday, the NBA announced that it would relocate the 2017 NBA All-Star game from Charlotte to another city due to the State of North Carolina not repealing HB2, a law that overturns nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ citizens. Vox.com has some more detailed content about the law and its implications in this explainer.
Earlier reports, including from Adrian Wojanrowski of the Vertical stated that New Orleans was an early front-runner to host the game, but other cities were in the mix.
Unfortunately, one of those "other cities" doesn't appear to be Washington, D.