You'll let me know, Max, when we reach Greg Finberg from Bullets Forever, a website that I've paid attention to a lot over the years because I'm a huge fan of the team.

They've done a great job covering the team for years, Bullets Forever.com.

Greg Finberg, who is a writer for Bullets Forever.com, and has a Wizards podcast scheduled to join us here shortly.

We are talking NBA draft.

The Wizards made a trade yesterday.

They moved on from Jordan Poole, Sadiq Bay, and the second round pick that they had for tonight,

which was, you know, a fairly

early, the 10th overall pick in the second round, number 40 overall. They sent that to New

Orleans for C.J. McCollum, Kelly O'Linnick, and the Pelican's second round pick in

2027. And we have Greg right now, Greg Finberg from Bullets Forever, joins us.

You can follow Greg on X on Twitter. At Greg, F-I-N-B-E-R-G. He's a Penn State guy. He's got a

Wizards podcast called The Wizards Podcast. And as mentioned, he's been a writer at Bullets Forever.com.

So before we get to the draft, Greg, give me your overall takeaway on yesterday's trade.

Yeah, well, the trade yesterday was a bit shocking.

Jordan Poole obviously was a guy that the Wizards rumored to possibly be stopping.

I thought they could maybe cover the first, maybe two, but it turns out that they decided to go with the separate route.

So obviously some people are upset that they traded Poole.

It's possible that they traded a better player in the deal.

But the main takeaway is the fact that they have opened up over a hundred million-inch salary cap in 2026, meaning that, you know, Chris Middleton, Marcus Smart, Kelly O'Lennick, C.J. McCullough are making upwards of 97 million this year, but they're all expiring deals. Whereas if you kept pool and you kept Sadiq Bay, that's another $36 million that you would have had on your cap for the next two years.

So the wizard's clear cap space, and obviously it's been tough to attract free agents to Washington,

but they have the money, and it's clear that next record, you know, solidifies the fact that they're able to keep that pick.

And then you move forward to the following year.

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