Trade Odds: Mavs Realistic Shot to Make Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma Deal?

If the Washington Wizards decide to move on from Kyle Kuzma ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline, Gambling.com has the Dallas Mavericks listed as having the best odds to make a deal for him.

Dalton Trigg | Jan 30, 2024

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As far as versatile forwards go, Washington Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma fits the description of what the Dallas Mavericks are looking for ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline.

In 46 games, Kuzma is averaging 21.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists while shooting 45.6 percent overall and 32.9 percent from deep. Although his 3-point shooting isn’t where he’d like it to be, there’s a good chance that percentage would go up while playing next to Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving in Dallas — just ask Spencer Dinwiddie, who is a 33.2-percent career 3-point shooter, but shot 40.4 percent from deep during his Dallas stint.

According to Gambling.com, the Mavs have the top odds to land Kuzma in a trade if he doesn’t remain with the Wizards. Washington has the top odds (-200) to retain Kuzma, likely due to a high asking price, but the Mavs are the first team after the Wizards with +250 odds. The Sacramento Kings are next in line at +500 odds, and the San Antonio Spurs are behind them at +1000 odds.

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The Wizards are reportedly asking for at least two first-round picks or the equivalent of that in order to consider trading Kuzma, which might be too high for the Mavs. However, the Mavs could trade their 2027 first-round pick, which could hold some extra value considering the uncertainty surrounding Doncic’s potential 2026 free agency.

Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for updates on any Mavs-related trade news.

Published Jan 30, 2024

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.