Kyle Kuzma Trade Rumors: Wizards Have 'No Immediate Urgency' to Make Deadline Deal

The Washington Wizards are reportedly in no hurry to trade Kyle Kuzma.

"Given Kuzma's descending contract, there's no immediate urgency for the Wizards to part with their leading scorer, given he'll retain his value going forward and is considered a positive asset by rival executives," Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reported.

Scotto noted Washington "would need future first-round picks beyond the 2024 draft with the potential to become lottery picks to consider parting with their best player."

That's not a surprising position for the Wizards.

While they are 7-32 and already playing out the string on a lost season, Kuzma is under contract through the 2026-27 season. He is making $25.6 million in base salary this season before that number drops to $23.5 million in 2024-25, $21.5 million in 2025-26 and $19.4 million in 2026-27.

It's not as if he can potentially leave in free agency during the upcoming offseason, so Washington will either have plenty of other opportunities to trade him in future seasons or perhaps be reliant on him as part of a future contender if it can improve over the course of that contract.

That means other teams will have to offer quite the deal in return for the Wizards if they are going to part with the forward who is averaging a career-best 22.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this season.