Jazz to send Walker Kessler to Lakers for haul of draft picks

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The Utah Jazz agreed to trade center Walker Kessler to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for multiple future unprotected first-round draft picks and pick swap rights. Kessler will sign a four-year, $130 million contract with the Lakers.

The Utah Jazz ultimately did what the Dallas Mavericks could not — get a massive pick haul from the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade. The Jazz agreed on Wednesday to send center Walker Kessler to the Lakers for unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and rights to pick swaps in 2028 and 2030, the Deseret News confirmed. Kessler will be signing a four-year, $130 million deal.