So it looks like the final pieces of the five team Russell Westbrook trade are in place:
To WASH
Kuzma
KCP
Harrell
Dinwiddie
A. Holiday
Rights to I. Todd (#31)
To LAL
Westbook
To BKN
2024 2nd
2025 2nd (right to swap with GSW or WAS)
$11.5M Trade Exception
To IND
Rights to I. Jackson (#22)
To SAS
C. Hutchison
2022 2nd (WAS)
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As a Wizards fan, I was initially very ambivalent about the trade, seeing how well Westbrook played in the second half of the season and how none of the returning assets seemed like long-term pieces. In short, it seemed to weaken the team in the short-term without any clear long-term payoff.
But now that Dinwiddie is part of the deal without Washington having to give up much more (just Chandler Hutchison and a second rounder), I'm much more bullish on this. None of these players are Westbrook, but this is the most quality depth Washington has had in a loooooong time:
PG: Dinwiddie/A. Holiday/Neto
SG: Beal / Deni Avdija / Corey Kispert
SF: KCP / Kuzma
PF: Rui Hachimura / Montrezl Harrel / Davis Bertans
C: Thomas Bryant / Daniel Gafford / Isaiah Todd
Seriously, just last year we were playing Garrison Matthew, Anthony Gil, and Raul Neto major minutes while competing for the playoffs. This is a marked improvement. This team is poised to compete for the 5-8 seed in the East. And if things don't work out, there are lots of rotation-level players on manageable contracts that can be moved. It would probably behoove Washington to trade on of its many forwards for another guard, but for now I'm happy with this team. To think we were able to turn John Wall's "untradeable" contract into all this is mighty impressive.
EDIT: Also a new coach. That's going to be huge.