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The Milwaukee Bucks are buying and selling three-time All-Star ahead Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards, a number of shops reported Wednesday.
The Bucks will obtain ahead Kyle Kuzma in change for Middleton, who received an NBA championship with Milwaukee in 2020-21 and a gold medal with the United States on the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Milwaukee additionally sends rookie guard A.J. Johnson to Washington, with the Wizards sending ahead Patrick Baldwin Jr. together with a future decide swap and second-round draft compensation to the Bucks.
Middleton, 33, is in his twelfth season with Milwaukee. After recovering from offseason surgical procedure on his ankles, he has performed in simply 23 video games (seven begins) this season and averaged 12.6 factors, 4.4 assists and three.7 rebounds.
Including his 2012-13 rookie season with the Detroit Pistons, Middleton has profession averages of 16.7 factors, 4.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 762 video games (657 begins). He performed within the All-Star video games in 2019, 2020 and 2022.
Middleton is on the books for $31.7 million this season and has a $34 million participant possibility for subsequent season.
Middleton strikes from the Bucks (26-22), who entered Wednesday in fifth place within the Eastern Conference, to the last-place Wizards and their NBA-worst 8-41 document.
Kuzma, 29, is averaging 15.2 factors, 5.8 rebounds and a pair of.5 assists in 32 video games (30 begins) this season. For his profession, he has averaged 17.2 factors, 6.4 boards and a pair of.7 assists with the Los Angeles Lakers (2017-21) and Wizards.
Kuzma is beneath contract by way of the 2026-27 season, having signed a four-year $90 million contract with the Wizards in July 2023.
Johnson, 20, was the twenty third decide within the 2024 NBA Draft. He has contributed 2.9 factors and 6.3 minutes in seven video games off the Bucks’ bench.
Baldwin, 22, was the twenty eighth decide within the 2022 NBA Draft. He has appeared in 22 video games off the Washington bench this season, averaging 2.1 factors and 4.6 minutes.
–Field Level Media