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

[Jmaciscool]

I think this front office has shown they value getting getting multiple benefits out of a pick. They probably had two picks on the table for kuzma plus X which was slightly more than the straight 2 picks for kuzma that they were asking for. That's the only reason Wiz office "asked" Kuzma if he wanted to be traded since it was an underwhelming deal for them. If it was what they were asking for then Kuzma would have been traded; if they truly valued Kuzma's desire to stay put they wouldn't have dangled him in the first place.

Bottom line, though is impossible to know for sure, I highly doubt an offer of 2 picks for Kuzma (without anything else) was ever available unless Nico had Donnie Nelson filling in for him at the negotiating table.