The Milwaukee Bucks shipped Khris Middleton, A.J. Johnson, and a pick swap to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kyle Kuzma, Patrick Baldwin Jr., and a second-round pick. Dive into the fantasy basketball impact of the latest trade in the NBA.

But Kuzma has taken quite a dive this year. He’s hit a career-low 28.1 percent from three and 42 percent from the field. He’s down from 22.2 ppg to 15.2. Bleh. He’s got over $40 million left on his deal through 2027, while Middleton has a player option for 2025-26.

WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards’ deconstruction and metamorphosis into one of the league’s youngest teams is almost complete.

Atlanta • Newly acquired Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma was one of the last players to walk out of McCamish Pavilion on Georgia Tech’s campus on Friday morning.

The Milwaukee Bucks are trading NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards and getting Kyle Kuzma back in the deal, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.

This is shaping up to be one of the wildest, most difficult to explain NBA trade deadline weeks we've ever seen. A few days after the Dallas Mavericks and

Khris Middleton, who helped the Bucks win the 2021 NBA championship and was a mainstay who'd been around for as long as Giannis Antetokounmpo, is now a Washington Wizard, which already feels weird to type out. Here's the full 3-team deal: Wizards receive: Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson and a 2028 first-round pick swap (from Bucks)

Kyle Kuzma is headed to the Bucks in a 4-team swap that sends veteran sharpshooter Khris Middleton to Washington.

Bucks general manager Jon Horst explained that there's more than just comparing Kyle Kuzma to Khris Middleton in the latest trade.