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Kyle Kuzma

Kyle Kuzma, Shot Blocker?

January 4, 2021 by Darius Soriano

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When Kyle Kuzma was asked about what his primary focus was heading into this season he didn’t mention more consistent scoring, ball handling, or even improving his 3-point shooting. These are obviously all areas that matter to Kuz and would help his overall trajectory as an impact player, but entering into his 4th year and […]

Laker Film Room Podcast: Kyle Kuzma Gets Paid

December 21, 2020 by Darius Soriano

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In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete, Mike, and I discuss the Kyle Kuzma contract extension and what it means for Kuz and the Lakers as they continue to try to build out a contending roster for this year and the future. Then, later in the pod, we dive into the Lakers […]

Kyle Kuzma, Lakers Agree on Contract Extension

December 20, 2020 by Darius Soriano

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The Lakers announced on Sunday they have agreed to a contract extension with Kyle Kuzma. While the terms of the deal were not released by the team, NBA news breakers tell us it’s a 3 year extension worth $40 million, with a player option on the 3rd year. The player option would allow Kuzma to […]

Amid Flurry of League Wide Action, Lakers Stand Pat at Trade Deadline

February 6, 2020 by Darius Soriano

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The Lakers come out of the trade deadline the same team they were heading into it. Not a single move made, though it remains unclear how hard they pushed to make something happen. What we do know, errr — what we see being reported, is that the Lakers refused to part with Kyle Kuzma in […]

Trade Rumor Season is Upon Us, Kyle Kuzma Edition

January 6, 2020 by Darius Soriano

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The NBA’s trade deadline is Thursday, February 6th. That is, at the time of this writing, exactly a month away. On December 15th, the 40% of the league that signed contracts as free agents this past summer became trade eligible under NBA rules. You know what this means, right? IT’S TRADE RUMOR SEASON. Act accordingly, […]

Laker Film Room Podcast: Kyle Kuzma Struggling to Start Season

November 12, 2019 by Darius Soriano

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In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I talk about Kyle Kuzma, his struggles start to the season, and try to get to some of the roots of his issues and what he could be doing better. In talking about Kuzma’s return from injury, we also discuss differences between issues that […]

Kyle Kuzma Nearing Return and it’s Perfect Timing

October 31, 2019 by Darius Soriano

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The Athletic’s Shams Charania is reporting that Kyle Kuzma will make his season debut in the Lakers matchup with the Mavericks on Friday. The Lakers have mostly played coy when it comes to an exact date Kuzma would be back, but Kuz himself seemingly endorsed Charania’s report on twitter Wednesday: It’s easy to argue the […]

Kyle Kuzma can be the Wing the Lakers are missing

October 15, 2019 by Darius Soriano

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“Tweener” used to be an NBA pejorative, a descriptor used to describe players whose games slotted between two positions; players who could only help you so much because they did not fit naturally within more stringent positional norms. In today’s NBA, however, nearly everyone strives to be a tweener of some sort. Position-less basketball has […]

Report: Lakers Fear Kyle Kuzma Won’t Be Ready to Start Training Camp

September 24, 2019 by Darius Soriano

Back in August Kyle Kuzma was the final cut for the USA National Team headed to China for the FIBA World Cup. At that time, Kuzma was reportedly dealing with ankle soreness from a sprain he’d suffered. Better safe than sorry, Kuzma returned stateside while the national team floundered to a 7th place finish in […]

Lakers Roster Talk: Kuzma, Dudley the Combo Forwards LA Needs

August 19, 2019 by Darius Soriano

Now that the Lakers roster is, basically, complete we’re going to start a short series of posts taking a look at a specific part of the team from an angle we find interesting. Next up, we look at the team’s combo forwards. The era of position-less basketball is in full swing and the Lakers have […]

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