Tennis star Frances Tiafoe lays down a clear rebuilding path for the Washington Wizards.
The Washington Wizards have been one of the most underwhelming teams in recent years. After all, they have had just one postseason appearance in the last seven seasons.
The organization has gone from the John Wall–Bradley Beal era to the Jordan Poole–Kyle Kuzma era.
However, the team has already moved on from Kuzma as he was dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for veteran star Khris Middleton during the 2024-25 NBA season.
Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty ImagesFrances Tiafoe wants the Wizards to trade Jordan Poole
Although the Wizards traded for Middleton, the decision was more in line with their plans to rebuild from scratch rather than entering win-now mode.
That was evident from the franchise finishing as the 15th seed in the Eastern Conference with an 18-64 record. Because of this finish, the Wizards now have the sixth pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
With that said, tennis star and Wizards fan Frances Tiafoe recently shared his views on what the organization should do to enter NBA championship contention.
“We already started doing pretty well [to] get Khris Middleton. I think our next thing is to get rid of Jordan Poole, Tiafoe said.
He added: “As much as I love him I think we can get a lot for him. He had a really good season last year. This is coming out of love, I love you Jordan.”
Jordan Poole is still young
Poole finished the second season of his career with the Wizards and the sixth overall. If Washington trades Poole this offseason, he still has a bright future ahead of him.
So far, Poole has already won an NBA Championship with the Dubs in 2022 and has shown that he can be an elite scorer, albeit not a good first option.
As for his numbers, he averaged 20.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. However, one thing that Poole needs to work on is his shooting efficiency.
After all, he shot a somewhat underwhelming 43.8% from the field while maintaining a solid 37.8% from the three-point line.