On July 3, 2017, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Lakers. Prior to the draft, Kuzma had been projected to go in the second round. In a draft-day trade, he was dealt along with Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for D'Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov. Kuzma was selected with the 27th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the Brooklyn Nets.
KYLE KUZMA STATS AGAINST SACRAMENTO KINGS OCT 8 2017 PROFESSIONAL
Professional career Los Angeles Lakers (2017–2021) Kuzma graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in sociology. After the season, Kuzma decided to enter the 2017 NBA draft, foregoing his final year of college basketball eligibility. As a junior in 2016–17, he averaged 16.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game, which earned him first-team All-Pac-12 honors. He became a starter for the Utes in his sophomore year, when he averaged 10.8 points per game. He redshirted his freshman year due to the fact that he signed late. Kuzma enrolled at the University of Utah in 2013. Kuzma received offers to play with Division I schools including Connecticut, Iowa State, Tennessee, and Missouri, among others, before deciding on the University of Utah. As a high school senior at Rise Academy, Kuzma averaged 22 points and seven rebounds per game. Kuzma sent tapes of his shooting at the YMCA to preparatory schools Vin Sparacio, head coach at Rise Academy in Philadelphia, saw a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 175 lb (79 kilograms), raw player who had a great feel for the game, and immediately brought him in. Kuzma attended Swartz Creek Community Schools and transferred to Bentley High School in Michigan, where he averaged 17.9 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.4 blocks per game as a junior. Kuzma has described Flint as "a really violent place there's a lot of temptation to get into the streets." However, Kuzma described basketball as his "safe haven". Karri Kuzma and Smith put a toy basketball rim in the living room for Kyle when he was only two years old, thus igniting his passion for basketball. Kuzma met his father only once as an infant, but viewed the father of his half-siblings, Larry Smith, as a father figure. He has a younger half-brother named Andre and a younger half-sister named Briana. Raised in the Flint, Michigan area, Kuzma is the son of Karri Kuzma, a high school shot put champion who attended college on a track scholarship. He won an NBA championship with the Lakers in 2020 before being traded to the Wizards in 2021. Kuzma was selected in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft with the 27th overall pick, and he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018. He played college basketball for the Utah Utes and was named first-team all-conference in the Pac-12 as a junior in 2016–17. Kyle Alexander Kuzma (born July 24, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kuzma with the Washington Wizards in 2022
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