Here's the thing, future picks right now are what teams are looking for. The deeper the better. Most teams didn't really want to stockpile '24 picks, the draft wasn't a bad draft at all, but there was no clear superstar that teams saw in the year or so leading up at the top end picks. Now to make a Kuz deal the Kings would have to trade a deep future pick and if rumors were true, maybe 2 of them. Monte most likely doesn't see Kuz as being worth that. Ingram? Sounds like he might be. I would easily say Ingram >> Kuz as a talent.