Overview

• New Orleans sends CJ McCollum, Kelly Olynyk and a future second-round pick to Washington in exchange for guard Jordan Poole, wing Saddiq Bey and the No. 40 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
• The deal remains unofficial until July as the Wizards work under the NBA’s first tax apron restrictions.
• Washington clears roughly $57 million in expiring contracts and is projected to have over $100 million in cap space by the summer of 2026.
• Poole is owed about $65.9 million over the next two seasons, with $8.5 million in incentives counting toward the tax apron.
• Under new EVP Joe Dumars, the Pelicans lower their team salary by about $6 million for cap and tax purposes while bolstering their youth movement.