Report: Pels, Wizards swap McCollum, Poole in 4-player deal

The New Orleans Pelicans are trading sharpshooter CJ McCollum to the Washington Wizards as part of a four-player trade, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.

New Orleans is reportedly sending McCollum, big man Kelly Olynyk, and a future second-round pick to the Wizards in exchange for guard Jordan Poole, forward Saddiq Bey, and the 40th overall pick in Wednesday's draft.

The future second-round pick incoming to the Wizards is a 2027 second-round pick that previously belonged Chicago, I'm told. https://t.co/HvlkhcABKq — Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) June 24, 2025

The trade won't be made official until July 6 because Washington is $907,000 below the first apron, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks.

McCollum, 33, will earn a little over $30 million in 2025-26, the final season of his contract.

The former first-round pick brings some veteran shooting to the rebuilding Wizards. McCollum, who spent most of the last four campaigns in New Orleans, shot 37.3% from behind the arc in 56 games for the Pels last season while averaging a little over 21 points and four assists per game.

Olynyk averaged 8.7 points and 4.7 rebounds over 44 games last season split between the Pelicans and Toronto Raptors. The 34-year-old Canadian is also on an expiring contract that will pay him around $13.4 million next season.

Washington will be Olynyk's eighth stop in his 12-year career.

Poole spent the last two seasons in Washington after the Wizards acquired him from the Golden State Warriors as part of the return for Chris Paul. The 26-year-old averaged 18.8 points per game over 146 contests with the Wizards.

The Milwaukee native is owed $65.8 million over the next two seasons.

Bey, 26, didn't play a game for the Wizards after joining them on a three-year, $20-million deal last July. He spent the year rehabbing the torn ACL he sustained in March 2024 while with the Atlanta Hawks.

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