The NBA has warned Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma about a derogatory tweet aimed at the official NBA referees Twitter account last week.
E. Garcia Gundersen of USA Today reported on Tuesday that Kuzma has yet to be fined for the social media incident, and nothing further than the initial warning has been delivered at this time.
The 23-year-old forward's disaffection arose following last Thursday's 126-111 loss to the Houston Rockets, where the game's officials didn't exit the arena in the most popular fashion.
According to ESPN's Dave McMenamin, a few other Lakers players were also quite unhappy with some of the game's calls, particularly LeBron James and Lonzo Ball who both felt a need to voice their issues with the excessive whistle blowing throughout the night.
“Just trying to defend without fouling,” James stressed to McMenamin. “That's a point of emphasis any time you play Houston. They got guys that can sell calls really good — Chris [Paul] and James [Harden] — so you got to try to keep your hands out of the cookie jar.”
Houston's prime playmakers in Harden and Paul each found their way to the bucket almost exclusively the entire night, combining for 25 trips to the foul line.
“You can't touch them,” Ball said. “I was just trying not to foul today,” he continued. “They were calling it tight today, so I was just trying to get my hands out of there. … It's very tough staying in front of [Harden] with your hands like that.”
Kyle Kuzma, who received a technical foul during the game, kept it as simple and similar as his teammates did.
“To defend them, you just can't touch them,” Kuzma said. “So just trying not to touch them.”
Though Kuzma could have a point to some degree, rebelling against the NBA via Twitter might not be the best way to do him or his organization justice.
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