Shams: CJ to WAS, Poole to NOP

[moss_is_1]

The only nuance I can think of to make this make sense is that Poole will be okay coming off the bench and Pels felt CJ wouldn't accept that role?

Feels weird man.

Hopefully Poole has matured a bit since the Draymond thing. Pels have enough drama already.

Will Poole accept coming off the bench? Or will he even have to with Murray going to be sidelined?

[nate33]

I think it makes pretty good sense for both sides.

At this point, Poole is a mild upgrade over McCollum on the court, particularly when you account for his durability. All the jokes about Poole being a terrible locker room influence are misinformed. Poole is actually a pretty good guy and a very hard worker who set a good example for the Wizards' locker room. So the Pelicans got a younger, more durable, slightly better player and it cost them nothing except another year of salary flexibility.

From the Wizards standpoint, the only problem with Poole is that he is still young enough to have career ambitions, whereas the Wizards are grooming a much younger core of Bilal, Sarr, Coulibaly, George, AJ and their two FRP's in this draft. They're better off with the almost-as-good McCollum who presumably no longer even wants to play heavy minutes, making more room for their youngsters. And, obviously, the shorter contract gives the Wizards plenty of flexibility to accommodate teams looking to trade picks for cap room. And if all else fails, the Wizards could try and be players in free agency next summer.

[BuddyBuckets]

The only nuance I can think of to make this make sense is that Poole will be okay coming off the bench and Pels felt CJ wouldn't accept that role?

Feels weird man.

Hopefully Poole has matured a bit since the Draymond thing. Pels have enough drama already.

Will Poole accept coming off the bench? Or will he even have to with Murray going to be sidelined?

Happy to admit I'm no expert on Poole's game. I know he ran the offense a bit with certain lineups with previous teams but he's no floor general as far as I know. Point Zion may be a thing until Murray gets back. But CJ does everything Poole does... I wonder if CJ was over the situation. And quietly asked for a trade. I'm sure Dumars would have spoken to all the players and asked them to tell it how it is....

Maybe thats it. CJ wanted out and Washington was the only suitor.