Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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I think he wasn't mentioned on the forum yet, but i would say Kyle Kuzma.

He is not elite, but he would add size and strenght at 3-4 position. He is on a great contract and it looks like Wizards aren't expecting much in return. Reading some Wizards forums, they are expecting mostly 1 FRP and maybe some seconds.

Holmes + Maxi + 2027 FRP and maybe some second round pick should get it done i think. 

He can't be traded until 14.1 2024 and that's also the time Nico say he will be waiting before making any moves.


Yes, i would prefer Siakam or Anuoby, but knowing Masai, he would rather lose them for nothing than trade for us and we don't have cap space to sign them in FA and most likely Anuoby will sign new contract there, will offers for Siakam will be to much for us.

Grant have a much worse contract then Kuzma and probably Portland would demand much more in return for him, then Wizards for Kuzma.

Don't dream about Clippers duo. Ballmer won't let any of them.

I think most of other teams will be monitoring Bulls situation and prices will be much higher than expected now, so i think if we can pull a trade for a Kuzma in that time it will be much better than trading for Bulls players.

Kuzma a fairly talented player and could help a lot of teams.  I think he wouldn't fit well with this Mavericks' roster though.  He would be an excellent bench scorer for many good teams.  He can handle the bal for a bigger guy and can create his own shot.  On the Mavs though, he wouldn't work well paired with Luka and Kyrie.  He is a below-average 3-point shooter.  Defensively, he's also not very good.  We already have an excellent 6th-man with THJ.  Hardy is our developmental bench scorer.  Kuzma just isn't needed here.  I think we would be unwise to trade assets for him right now.  A team like the Grizzlies or the Bucks might make more sense for Kuzma.