Kyle Kuzma will make his debut for the Lakers on Friday and LeBron James is happy to have him back with the club, as Sacha Pisani of Sporting News relays.
“He hasn’t played since USA basketball when he had the stress reaction,” James said “Obviously he’s been training and working out, but like I always tell you guys, there’s no substitution for game fatigue and game stamina.
“That will come, though. It’s great to have him back on the floor. We definitely missed him.”
Here’s more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- Sasha Vujacic wants to return to the NBA, as tells Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times. “I love the game so much, and I don’t want to walk away yet,” Vujacic said. “I’m in the best shape of my life right now. I work out every summer with DeAndre Jordan, and he said the same thing. I’m 35, but I feel like I’m 25. As long as I have that desire and fire inside of me, I’m going to keep pushing.”
- The NCAA has begun the process of allowing student-athletes to benefit from their name and likeness, as their website announces.
- Longtime NBA agents Roger Montgomery and Derrick Powell are teaming up to form the Elite Athlete Group, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com relays (Twitter link). Powell previously worked with Ja Morant.
LA won’t remain 3rd in points allowed once Kuzma returns for them.
Still won’t give up as many as the Rockets on a nightly basis. Imagine scoring 159 points in regulation and winning by 1. ONE POINT.
Jim Schwartz Bend don’t break defense has entered the NBA.