Shams: Pels trade McColllum, KO, and 2nd round pick to WAS for Poole, Bey, & #40

[DefenseWinsChamps]

I'm just saying, the way the salaries work, if the Cs also sent KP as part of this trade to the Pelicans, and the Pelicans sent back Jones and a draft pick (the 7th?), it works financially. We'd be completely out of the 2nd apron, but would still need to trade Hauser to open space to resign Kornet, Al, and sign the draft picks.

[Ilikesports17]

I'm just saying, the way the salaries work, if the Cs also sent KP as part of this trade to the Pelicans, and the Pelicans sent back Jones and a draft pick (the 7th?), it works financially. We'd be completely out of the 2nd apron, but would still need to trade Hauser to open space to resign Kornet, Al, and sign the draft picks.

Would not hold my breath hoping for this type of value for Kristaps

[dannyboy35]

If Smart was back in this team I?d take a year off. I just can?t.

[cltc5]

Sweeten the deal and throw in James young

[DefenseWinsChamps]

I'm just saying, the way the salaries work, if the Cs also sent KP as part of this trade to the Pelicans, and the Pelicans sent back Jones and a draft pick (the 7th?), it works financially. We'd be completely out of the 2nd apron, but would still need to trade Hauser to open space to resign Kornet, Al, and sign the draft picks.

Would not hold my breath hoping for this type of value for Kristaps

We will see. There seems to be a lot of interest in him already. Stevens did a good job getting value from Holliday already and everyone thought we'd need to give up assets to get out of his contract.

[jambr380]

Now trade Simons for KO and Marcus, lol.

Simons for Marcus and more draft compensation would be great.  Saving another $6 million and getting someone who fits Jrue?s role and knows the team would be a home run for the first round of salary cutting.  It?s been my hope for weeks, but I have not wanted to say it aloud because Marcus can be polarizing.

I'll say it aloud. I love Marcus and would love this to happen.

That being said, Marcus has had injury issues the last couple of years and would likely not be the same Marcus who elevated our team. I'm also not completely confident we would keep him, as Brad likely wants to keep shaving down that Jrue salary.

If we did move Simons for Marcus, I'd imagine we should be getting draft compensation, but WAS just traded Poole, I'm not sure they're in the market for a different version of him - especially with McCollum now there.

[SparzWizard]

No Smart. He's washed. After winning DPOY, he just watered down his defensive production and his overall production

[keevsnick]

The Wizards are going to have a TON of cap space next summer. They have the following expiring's this season:

Middleton at 33.3 million
McCollum at 30.7 million
Smart at 21.6 million
Olynyk at 13.5 million
Holmes at 13.3 million

As of right now they have only about 55 million committed to 8 players (not including their draft picks this year) against what will be a roughly 170 million dollar cap in 26-27.

Their entire team is either A) expiring veterans who they'll try to rehab and maybe flip at the trade deadline or B) Recently drafted guys on rookie deals.