Years down the road, the Washington Wizards could look back and realize the move to land CJ McCollum may have been the most impactful decision of the team's entire rebuilding process.
The veteran guard landed in Washington at the start of the offseason in one of the first blockbuster trades of the summer,
McCollum was sent to the DMV alongside Kelly Olynk in exchange for Jordan Poole, Saddiq Bey and draft compensation.
Offloading Poole's lucrative contract seemed like the driving force behind this deal for the Wizards front office, but the chance to land McCollum, who's widely known as one of the best veterans in the league, made the deal even better.