It hangs on to Kyle Kuzma and Alex Sarr, but the Washington Wizards parted from Jordan Poole in a trade.
Poole, a talented shooting guard, spent the last two seasons with the Wizards.
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He averaged a career-high 20.5 points per game this season, while shooting 43.2 percent from the field and 37.8 percent from three-point range. Poole, 26, won an NBA Championship with the Golden State Warriors in the 2021-22 season — totaling 18.5 points per game that year. Washington also was able to hang on to Khris Middleton, a three-time NBA All-Star. The 33-year-old was teammates with Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee for the Bucks’ NBA Championship run in the 2020-21 campaign.
Middleton averaged 20.4 points per game that year.
ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Monday that Middleton picked up his $33.3 million player option for next season. He scored 10.7 points per matchup in 14 games in Washington after playing the first 23 games of this season in Milwaukee.
Washington Wizards three-time NBA All-Star Khris Middleton has picked up his $33.3 million player option for the 2025-26 season, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/skVrixdlA5
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 23, 2025
The Wizards have the sixth overall pick of the NBA Draft, which starts Wednesday night.
We will see who they select that Middleton can help develop.
Stephen M. Smith is a writer for Ball Exclusives. You can follow him on X via @CoachingMSmith.
