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Kyle Kuzma to return to Wizards on 4-year deal, per source: What this means for Washington

Free-agent forward Kyle Kuzma and the Washington Wizards are nearing an agreement on a four-year deal to keep Kuzma with the team, a league source told The Athletic. The Athletic’s instant analysis: Backstory When the Wizards did not trade Kuzma before the last season’s trade deadline, executives from rival teams assumed Washington and Kuzma had an understanding that the franchise would re-sign him in unrestricted free agency. — Aldridge How this works financially for Washington Kuzma’s deal to come back to the Wizards was a bit of a surprise from the team’s perspective. Yet the Wizards have absorbed the contract of Poole — four years and $140 million through 2027 – and, now, Kuzma’s new deal, which will sop up a lot of the expected cap space Washington looked to have for the summer of 2024.

New York Times

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