Reporter: The Wizards are expected to have a high salary space next summer

According to NBA reporter Fred Katz, if there are teams in the NBA that need to sell their salaries during the season, the Wizards will be one of the first teams they contact, and the Wizards are expected to have more than $100 million in salary space next summer.

However, this does not mean that the Wizards, destined to be at the bottom again in the 2025-26 season, will chase the stars, but it means that the team now has plasticity that has not been seen in a decade.

The Wizards have three respected veterans - McCollum, Marcus Smart and Chris Middleton, all with generous expiration contracts. If the Wizards want to use their 2026 cap space before the summer, they can use any or all of these three to trade players with multiple contracts and get some sweetness in return, such as draft picks or young players. If they take this strategy, they will likely get a better return than the 40th pick.