Wizards Youth Movement Takes Unprecedented Expansion. ... Right as they were starting to gain popularity as a quiet offseason winner, they added a few more youth pieces in another trade.

Washington’s 2025 first-round pick is top-eight protected. The post Wizards Pushing Limits of Youth With 11 Players on Rookie ...

The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to trade veteran guard CJ McCollum, center Kelly Olynyk and a future second-round pick ...

Olynyk is also a great veteran piece to help teach the Wizards' youth movement. Overall, the Wizards are doing this trade for future flexibility.

Smart is on an expiring $21.6 million deal, and a buyout would make sense for both sides — the former No. 6 overall pick ...

The Wizards — who are clearly maximizing the youth movement now — will gain a ton of financial freedom in the deal, which they can use going forward to continue their rebuild.

It's likely that Washington will look for guards with their two first-round picks Wednesday — No. 6 and No. 18 — and continue adding to the youth movement that started with the Bradley Beal trade.

The Wizards, who are deep in a youth movement, now add a player with All-Star upside and clear marketing appeal. Johnson brings swagger, ...

Wizards get: C.J. McCollum, Kelly Olynyk, and a future second-round draft pick Pelicans get: Jordan Poole, Saddiq Bey, and the No. 40 selection in the 2025 NBA Draft Washington Wizards ...

Wizards Youth Movement Takes Unprecedented Expansion Originally posted on Washington Wizards on SI By Henry Brown | Last updated Jul 9, 2025 3:00 PM ET ...