Grizzlies, Wizards Rosters, Salary Cap, Draft Picks After Reported Marcus Smart Trade

Veteran guard Marcus Smart will have a new home for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

ESPN's Shams Charania on Thursday reported that the Washington Wizards are acquiring Marcus Smart and draft picks from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Marvin Bagley III and more. Bagley is making $12.5 million this season in the final year of his contract.

With several moving pieces, here's a look at each team's updated rosters and salary cap following the deal.

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Memphis Grizzlies Depth Chart

PG: Ja Morant, Scotty Pippen Jr.

SG: Desmond Bane, Luke Kennard, Johnny Davis

SF: Jaylen Wells, Vince Williams Jr., GG Jackson

PF: Jaren Jackson Jr., Santi Aldama

C: Zach Edey, Marvin Bagley III

Prior to the trade, Memphis had salary cap allocations totaling more than $170 million, per Spotrac.

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Washington Wizards Depth Chart

PG: Jordan Poole, Malcolm Brogdon

SG: Bilal Coulibaly, Marcus Smart

SF: Khris Middleton, Corey Kispert

PF: Kyshawn George, Justin Champagnie

C: Alex Sarr, Richaun Holmes

Prior to the trade, Washington had salary cap allocations totaling more than $209 million, per Spotrac.

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In 19 games this season, Bagley is averaging 4.9 points and 2.9 rebounds. He was forced to miss time after suffering a knee sprain on Dec. 23 in a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

This is the second time Bagley has been traded in just over a year. The Wizards acquired him in January as part of a trade with the Detroit Pistons. The 25-year-old started 15 out of his 24 appearances in Washington during the 2023-24 campaign and averaged 13.3 points and 8.1 rebounds in 24.0 minutes per game. He shot 58.2 percent from the field and 47.1 percent (8-of-17) from three-point range.

While his time with the Wizards was limited, Bagley showed improvement from his run with the Pistons. In 26 games with 10 starts in Detroit prior to being traded, he saw an average of 18.4 minutes of action and posted 10.2 points and 4.5 rebounds.

The No. 2 pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, Bagley hasn't made the impact many expected he would following his dominant freshman season at Duke. His average of 14.9 points in his rookie season remains his career-high. He has been a serviceable big man with career averages of 12.4 points and 6.7 rebounds, though he's not much of a rim protector with just 0.6 blocks.

Still, Memphis saw enough to make a deal to acquire Bagley. He will be joining a Grizzlies team headlined by Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.

The Grizzlies are hoping the addition of Bagley will help boost its chances of competing for a playoff spot this season.

As for the Wizards, they're getting a solid guard in Smart, though he has only played 19 games this season. The 30-year-old averaged just 8.7 points with the Grizzlies before being moved.