WAS/LAC -- Non Major Players in a Trade That Helps Both Teams

[TrueLAfan]

WAS trades:
Saddiq Bey
Richaun Holmes
2 second round picks

LAC trade:
Bogdan Bogdanovich
Kobe Brown
2.1 million trade exception (Bamba)

Washington gets the best immediate impact player on an expiring deal along with another low cost expiring deal ... and an extra $1 million in salary cap relief. With Sarr and the big they will certainly draft, Holmes’s value is (much) lower ... and he ponmly played in 31 games last year anyway. Bey didn’t play at all last year—and he'll struggle to get minutes when he comes back, since the one position the Wiz are overloaded at is SF (Coulabily, Kispert, Champagnie, Middleton). To get the scoring at the 2 to replace Brogdon (Bogie put up 11.4-3.1-3.2 on 47/43/85 splits with the Clips in 25 mpg), a cheap big as a 13-15th man, both expiring deals and over a million bucks—they’re worth a couple of the hoarded #2 picks the Wiz (I think they have 4 … in 2026 alone) won’t need.

[jayjaysee]

I think LAC would need a third team and probably would prefer no Holmes at all. They should be trying to improve around Harden/Leonard/Zu

[GatherStepGuru]

Don’t think it makes sense for either team

[Mavrelous]

Don't think OP noticed Holmes is practically unguaranteed next year, I think Wizards just waive him, I'd keep Bogi and just offer Holmes the vet min after he clears waivers.

[GatherStepGuru]

As currently constructed, WAS is giving the Clips 13M of cap space for a vet role player at a position they have young guys and vets already. And paying 2 seconds for the privilege.

Wash only has Vukcevic as a big after Sarr, so Holmes does serve a purpose. Bogdanovicbprobably fits better on a team more ready to compete and has more of a wing scorer need.