MIL / ATL: Kuzma into TPE
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:04 pm
MIL trades: Kyle Kuzma, 2031 MIL 1st
ATL trades: 2025 LAL 1st (22)
Milwaukee moves on from the Kuzma disaster and rolls the dice on getting a playable rotation player. This also ducks them below the cap enough to make an actual move if Portis opts out, e.g., they could offer Quintin Grimes an above-MLE contract. For Atlanta, they get a future asset with some massive variance. Kuzma also fits some of what Snyder has historically looked for in a power forward, even if he is the worst possible version of a guy who can hit threes, drive, and set screens at the top of the key (remember how big Jae Crowder was for Utah despite shooting a putrid 39/33/73 for us).
ATL trades: 2025 LAL 1st (22)
Milwaukee moves on from the Kuzma disaster and rolls the dice on getting a playable rotation player. This also ducks them below the cap enough to make an actual move if Portis opts out, e.g., they could offer Quintin Grimes an above-MLE contract. For Atlanta, they get a future asset with some massive variance. Kuzma also fits some of what Snyder has historically looked for in a power forward, even if he is the worst possible version of a guy who can hit threes, drive, and set screens at the top of the key (remember how big Jae Crowder was for Utah despite shooting a putrid 39/33/73 for us).