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

Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler looks to the scoreboard during a timeout in an NBA game against the Boston Celtics held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.
Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler looks to the scoreboard during a timeout in an NBA game against the Boston Celtics held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.
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Isaac Hale, Deseret News

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.

ESPN was first to report the news.

The Jazz will also create a trade exception worth half of Kessler’s first-year salary with the Lakers.

Famously, the Mavericks only received a single first-round pick when they traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers last year.

This story will be updated.

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