The second act of Kyle Kuzma's career is over after the Washington Wizards traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks for Khris Middleton, per ESPN's Shams Charania. The Bucks are also sending AJ Johnson to Washington, while Milwaukee will also acquire Patrick Baldwin Jr. and second-round draft compensation.
The move ends a four-season tenure for Kuzma in D.C., where the Wizards continue to languish at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings with little hope of a turnaround, in either this season or the next few years. Futility is nothing new for Washington, which hasn't posted a record above .