Bucks Trade Khris Middleton on Wizards for Kyle Kuzma – nba.com

Kyle Kuzma (right) and Christ Middleton are trading places in the reported swap.

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Milwaukee Bucks have completed trading Supplying former All-Star Khris Middleton striker at Washington Wizards for striker Kyle Kuzma. The wizards also send Patrick Baldwin, Jr. in Milwaukee while Bucks trades with Wizards AJ Johnson.

Wizards will also receive an exchange of the first round of 2028 from Milwaukee, while Bucks will receive a second round selection of 2025. To round the deal, Milwaukee sends Delon Wright and an undisclosed sum of New York for the center of the fourth year Jeriko Sims S

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33-year-old Middleton, who is fighting injuries, leaves Bucks after spending everyone but one of his 13 NBA seasons in Milwaukee. The three-time All-Star is limited to 23 games this season, 16 of those coming out of the bench, but filmed the best of their careers 51% in these appearances.

This move gives Bucks some financial flexibility as it receives them under the second apron – which means that in the short term, some other commercial opportunities may be available before the deadline. Above the second apron, she had limited the moves that Bucks could have made as they tried to upgrade an aging list.

Kuzma saw that his result was immersed this season after posting campaigns from behind with at least 21 ppg of 2022-24. It is an average of 15.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG and 2.5 APG, while shooting 42% as a whole and 28.1% to 3-indicative. However, the 29-year-old is a few years younger than Middleton (33) and will slide into the Milwaukee front, along with All-Star and the former winner of the Kia MVP Giannis Antokounmpo.

This season, Middleton is an average of 12.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per match while shooting 51.2% as a whole and 40.7% per 3 indicators. A key part of the Bucks Championship team in 2021, Middleton was delayed by the injuries of this running and published its lowest average rating after the 2014-15 season.

Middleton helped the United States to win gold at the Tokyo Games later that year, and it was someone who hit Janice star Anttokunmpo has admired for years.

“It’s definitely a plus to return Christ,” Antetokunmpo said earlier this season when Middleton was again available after ankle problems. “Man, he takes us to the next level with his intelligence coefficient, decision -making, capacity for shot, protection.”

Middleton holds the Bukes Franchise Record for 382 career, he had 12,586 Milwaukee points to qualify as the third franchise goal scorer behind Antetokounmpo and Karem Abdul-Jabar.

He is ranked second in the team history in played games (735) and games of minutes (23,039) – behind Antetokounmpo – and third in assists (2,990).

Middleton had 24 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per match during the NBA 2021 finals as Bucks beat Phoenix in six games. It is an average of 20.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 80 playoffs in the career career with Milwaukee. He won the selection of All-Star Game in 2019, 2020 and 2022.

But the injuries have been restricted over the last few seasons.

It was not available to the loss of Bucks to seven Boston games in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference in 2022 and played in only 33 games in 2022-23 and 55 in 2023-24. Middleton did not make his debut 2024-25 until December 6, when he recovered from extra-season surgery to each of his ankles. He went to no result in two games at the end of January.

Washington opened the season in the hope of being more competitive with Kuzma, Jordan Pool and the new center of Jonas Valanchbunas, along with # 2 as a whole, Alex Sar in the mix too. However, the wizards are the worst 8-41 of the NBA and have recently ended the lost series of 16 games when they beat Minnesota Timburwulvs on January 30th.

Last season, Kuzma has already refused a potential Dallas trade to stay in Washington. He again signed with Wizards in the summer of 2023, massively reported a four -year deal with $ 102 million.

The Brooklyn networks chose Kuzma with choice No. 27 in the 2017 draft, but he was traded on Lakers on a draft night. It became a significant part of the young Lakers list both before and during the arrival of LeBron James.

After enjoying the most initial role in his second season, then Kuzma dealt with a Bench reserve in his third and fourth seasons because of the presence of Anthony Davis. Lakers distributed Kuzma and Centavios Caldwell-Papa to the wizards in a deal with five teams in 2021, which landed Russell Westbrook in LA Hey

Bucks chose Johnson with the 23rd total choice in draft in 2024. The 20 -year -old guard is an average of 2.9 points in seven Milwaukee matches.

Baldwin, who went to high school in the Milwauki area and played his lonely college season in Milwaukee, was the 28th total choice in the 2022 project. The 22 -year -old striker is an average of 2.1 points and 4.6 minutes in 22 matches This season.

This report uses information from the Associated Press.