The Washington Wizards have agreed to trade center Jonas Valanciunas to the Sacramento Kings for Sidy Cissoko and second-round draft picks in 2028 and 2029.
The Wizards announced the trade Wednesday night.The Kings just acquired the 6-foot-6 Cissoko from San Antonio in the three-team deal that sent De'Aaron Fox to the Spurs and Zach LaVine from Chicago to Sacramento. Now he's set to join a young, rebuilding Washington team that has the worst record in the NBA.The 32-year-old Valanciunas is averaging 11.5 points and 8.2 rebounds this season despite playing a career-low 20.1 minutes per game.
It was a busy day for Washington, which is also trading Kyle Kuzma and Patrick Baldwin to Milwaukee for Khris Middleton and A.J. Johnson, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.Washington had actually won two in a row heading into Wednesday night's game at Brooklyn. Cissoko and Johnson, both 20, give the Wizards two more players under 22, along with Bub Carrington , Bilal Coulibaly , Alex Sarr , Kyshawn George and Tristan Vukcevic .
Trading Valanciunas To The Kings For Cissoko And 2Nd-Round Draft Picks
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