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Clipper Darrell — arguably the biggest L.A. Clippers fan in the world — hinted to his followers that he might make the switch to the Lakers. To complete the transformation, Lakers rising star Kyle Kuzma told him to change his Twitter handle. Clipper Darrell responded — proclaiming his life-long dedication to the Clippers. A few […]

After getting drafted by the Brooklyn Nets with the 27th pick then immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, Kyle Kuzma had a solid rookie season where he earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors on the strength of 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in the regular season. His relatively low draft selection and […]

Through nearly the last two decades, Los Angeles Clippers superfan Darrell Bailey, who is better known as Clipper Darrell, has been highly active in supporting the franchise. However, it appears that he may have had a change of heart with the Los Angeles Lakers acquiring All-Star forward LeBron James, who had reached out to Bailey […]

Kyle Kuzma hasn’t been afraid to get on Twitter to try and recruit players to team up on the Los Angeles Lakers, and it appears he has found his next target. On Thursday morning Kuzma sent out a tweet tagging Dwyane Wade’s twitter handle, but there was no other writing with the Tweet. The tweet […]

Despite talks between the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs having stalled, the former remains intent to keep second-year forward Kyle Kuzma out of any trade conversations for Kawhi Leonard. “They’ve [Lakers] been willing to offer what they consider to be a fair package but they’ve made it very clear to San Antonio […]

The addition of four-time NBA MVP LeBron James to the Los Angeles Lakers has brought yet another all-time great to play for the franchise. This has led to an article being put out by Bleacher Report on Wednesday that list the best players to play the game to don a Lakers jersey. It didn’t take […]

As talks between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers go from on and off, the purple-and-gold won’t include their prized second-year forward Kyle Kuzma in any deals for star forward Kawhi Leonard, according to ESPN’s Steven A. Smith. “They’ve [Lakers] been willing to offer what they consider to be a fair package, […]

Heading into free agency time in the NBA, one of the unresolved issues remaining is that of the San Antonio Spurs and Kawhi Leonard. Leonard is not a free agent yet (that will happen next season) but he might as well be. He has the Spurs at his fingertips despite the organization still holding the […]

In order for the Los Angeles Lakers to land Kawhi Leonard, they might have to give up a chunk of their young guns. As reported by Ramona Shelburne, Adrian Wojnarowski, and Brian Windhorst of ESPN, the Lakers would have to give up their young core and add a few first-round picks in exchange for Leonard: The […]

The first trade of the offseason featured Austin Rivers being sent to the Washington Wizards and Marcin Gortat going to the L.A. Clippers. It wasn’t much of a blockbuster trade, but Kyle Kuzma’s reaction is a sign of bigger things to come. Via Twitter, rising star of the Los Angeles Lakers Kuzma, sent a reaction […]

Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has a big decision to make in the next few weeks about where he wants to play next year. The heavy betting favorite to land him in NBA free agency is the Los Angeles Lakers. One of the Lakers’ rising stars, Kyle Kuzma, had some interesting comments about James coming […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have had to do some micro-managing as of late amidst the recent jabs traded between point guard Lonzo Ball and power forward Kyle Kuzma. As a result, both players have had to tone down their engagement on social media. The two have had some rather comical exchanges that apparently started to […]

News broke back in May that superstar power forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves are “not in a good place internally.” This was reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe on The Lowe Post. His colleague Brian Windhorst asked Lowe to share his thoughts on Towns and the Timberwolves. Here is what Lowe said via Hoops Hype’s […]

Donovan Mitchell, incoming second-year man for the Utah Jazz played up Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers in a tweet. Just so y’all know it’s the guy y’all aren’t talking about that will shock you 9 months from now 🤫😏 @kylekuzma pic.twitter.com/gx2eYqO3qD — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) June 21, 2018 Mitchell’s tweet came in during […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will be arguably the busiest team in the NBA this summer. Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka plan to make a major splash in free agency with superstars LeBron James and Paul George available and Kawhi Leonard reportedly on the trading block. Although there’s still sometime before the start of free […]

It was not that long ago when the Los Angeles Lakers felt that they had to intervene with their young players’ social media behavior. Recently, the team called the attention of Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma after apparently hitting the threshold of patience the Lakers were giving them in terms of their online antics. They’re […]

Upon being drafted into the NBA, basketball players are set to receive a good amount of dough — good enough for a very comfortable living. If they become a star, they may have enough money to last several lifetimes. Kyle Kuzma, an incoming second-year man for the Los Angeles Lakers, is no stranger to such […]

Science and forms of analytics have been applied to NBA players in an effort to gain a closer look at their athletic abilities. But for Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers, nothing compares to a player’s actual performance on the court. Kuzma responded via Twitter to a short clip featuring an analysis of top […]

There may be a dearth of action in the NBA because it’s the offseason, but players are having a lot of it in the gym, where they try to train and workout in preparation for the next campaign. Count Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma among those bulking up in the gym, as evidenced by […]

Over the last couple of days, a lot of the talk surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers has had nothing to do with pending free agents LeBron James or Paul George, two stars who the Lakers are expected to make a strong run for. A few days ago, guard Lonzo Ball released a hilarious diss track […]

Ideally, the Los Angeles Lakers should be putting their focus on pressing concerns pertinent to the future of their team like finding ways to woo top free agents to La La Land or reviewing scouting reports of prospects in the looming 2018 NBA Draft. Instead, the team’s priorities appear to be getting hijacked by a […]

Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma have developed a special kind of friendship during each other’s rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s the kind of bond that includes hilarious exchanges and taunting on social media. However, the two may have reached the patience threshold of the Lakers, who, for most of the time since […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are only days away from being able to lure two of the biggest free agent talents to their franchise, yet the atmosphere around the organization isn’t doing much to sell itself as a destination. While the likes of LeBron James and Paul George evaluate their future, rookies Lonzo Ball and Kyle […]

LaVar Ball is back at it, crediting his son for others’ successes. According to him, his son Lonzo Ball made Kyle Kuzma into the player that he was during their rookie season. As reported by TV’s Harrison Faigen of Silver Screen & Roll, the elder Ball said: “Look what he did with the Lakers. Kyle […]

Donovan Mitchell discovered that Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball has a song dissing his own teammate Kyle Kuzma. The Utah Jazz phenom flocked to Twitter to share his thoughts about it. Via his own Twitter account, Mitchell said that Kuzma should respond to it: So @ZO2_ really made a diss track to his own […]

Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma have been playfully going back and forth at each other on Twitter ever since their season ended. The latest act in the fun Twitter beef involves Ball releasing a diss track directed at Kuzma. Kylie Kuzma #ItunesExclusive 🔥 https://t.co/PummuqTs87 — Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) June 11, 2018 Here are the full […]

Leading up to last year’s draft, the Los Angeles Lakers shipped D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets to escape from Timofey Mozgov’s albatross contract. At the time, general manager Rob Pelinka explained why the Lakers sold so low on Russell, who they selected with the second overall pick only two years priors. The Lakers, he […]

While the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors are in a middle of a fierce basketball warfare in the 2018 NBA Finals, a pair of Los Angeles Lakers youngsters are dedicating some of their free time roasting each other online. In the latest showdown in their growing history of social media tussles, Lakers shooting […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma went full savage on Twitter recently when he replied to a tweet from basketball analyst and radio host Doug Gottlieb. The original tweet from Gottlieb criticized J.R. Smith — obviously pertaining to his end game blunder in Game 1 — and went as far back as the Cleveland Cavaliers […]

Josh Hart of the Los Angeles Lakers is back at it again on Twitter. His latest subject to troll is none other than teammate Kyle Kuzma. Hart posted a throwback photo of Kuzma, roasting his teammate in the caption: NO NO NO @kylekuzma explain this now pic.twitter.com/QJzF4mpa4r — Josh Hart (@joshhart) May 31, 2018 Kuzma […]

Kyle Kuzma is making the most of his rookie season in the league, not only drawing eyes with his stellar play, but making use of his platform to roast Los Angeles Lakers teammate Lonzo Ball. The Michigan native drew inspiration from Chappelle’s Show to present the 2018 Sauce Awards, presented with the Player Hater of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have two big priorities this offseason, try to sign LeBron James and Paul George. Lakers fans are trying to look for any hint that either of those guys might be coming to the City of the Angels, and it appears they might have one. According to Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma and […]

The Phoenix Suns were the big winners of last week’s 2018 NBA Draft Lottery when they were announced to have won the right to select the first overall pick. There’s no question that the Suns are the envy of just about every NBA team these days, as they have the luxury of picking the best […]

Kyle Kuzma, the 27th overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, had a lofty ambition going into his first year as a pro. Kuzma posted a photo on his Instagram account. It features him holding up a photo of him with “All-Rookie Team” written on it: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjGM3NlAaQK/?taken-by=kuz It turns out that he wrote the caption […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were hoping two rookies, Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma, would help the franchise return to former glory. It hasn’t gone exactly to plan yet, but the latter exceeded expectations, with the former doing far better than people will give him credit for given the hyperbolic goals attached to his aura. Nevertheless, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are a tight-knit group, especially the young guys that have come in and developed this past season. Among those young players are forwards Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart, both of whom just closed out their rookie campaigns on a high note. The two have a lot in common, as both are […]

Former Michigan State standout Miles Bridges was taking in the Cleveland Cavaliers game on Monday night when he met Vince Carter. He took to Twitter saying he met the older version of himself. Met the older version of me today!! @mrvincecarter15 pic.twitter.com/nJAkWjkCuf — Miles Bridges (@MilesBridges) May 22, 2018 Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles […]

Isaiah Thomas appears to have built a nice camaraderie with his Los Angeles Lakers teammates in the short time he’s been with the team. That’s also why the diminutive point guard is getting away with hilarious jabs like this one he had with teammate Kyle Kuzma on Twitter. Was just playing 2k and was dribbling […]

The Los Angeles Lakers undeniably got a steal last year, when they landed Kyle Kuzma via draft-day trade with the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Timofey Mozgov and D’Angelo Russell. For ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, however, the Lakers did not just net a high-value player in the form of the former Utah Utes swingman, they found […]