It’s as the Defector speculated: they think they can sign her long-term via a supermax contract extension

On why he didn’t wait until the offseason to try to bring her in without a trade, he added, “These are all factors that we take very seriously. The chance to get Kelsey into our four walls and have her feel what we’re all about — our staff, our players, our organizational dynamic — was really important to us. So, we wanted to be aggressive in getting her here as early as possible.”