It is said that “handsome and capable of playing” is a tribute to the highest level of NBA players, which specifically refers to Kuzma. After leaving the Lakers, Kuzma has gained a new life in Wizards and is becoming the first-class figure of the team, scoring sometimes even more than Bill, the team’s leading figure for many years. Kuzma + Bill + Porzingis is becoming the pillar of Wizards.
Today’s game against the Raptors is very important for the Wizards. The Wizards are now ranked 10th in the Eastern District, and the 9th place is the Raptors. Therefore, the meeting between the two teams is a card battle. The result was that the Wizards 119-108 laughed at the end. On the reward of merit, Kuzma is the most outstanding one. He scored 10 in 24 shots, 4 in 9 in 3-point shots and 6 in 8 free throws. He scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, with a positive and negative value of +9. He scored 10 points and 8 points respectively in the first two sections. After occasional twists and turns in the third section, he readjusted himself in the fourth section and got another 10 points. Porzingis scored 25 points and Bill only scored 15 points.
In fact, opening the wizard’s roster, you can see that kurzma scored 21.3 points on average. Although he was defeated by Porzingis and Bill, he scored 1194 points in total this season, which was the most of the three. Bill had only 901 points, and Porzingis got 1162 points. In addition, his Utilization rate (28.1%) and assist rate (17) are also the highest in his career. Qicai won several more victories because of Kuzma. Qicai defeated the Raptors today, which is also the first time since February 1, 2018.
Only by knowing the life of Kuzma can we know how he is “handsome and capable of fighting.
Kuzma was born on July 24, 1995 in Flint, Michigan. Kurzma’s father, Karri, is a high school shot champion who entered the University with a track and field scholarship. Kuzma only met his father when he was a child, but regarded his father Larry Smith as the real father. When Kuzma was 2 years old, Karri and Smith made a basketball toy for Kuzma together, which became the beginning of Kuzma’s connection with basketball.
Flint was described by Kuzma as “a place full of violence and temptation”, but basketball became his “half paradise”. Kuzma originally studied at Swartz Creek Community High School and then transferred to Bentley High School. In the third year of senior high school, he averaged 17.9 points and 14.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.4 cap. Kuzma gave his collection of matches to the coach of Rees College, Wen Sparacio, who immediately brought Kuzma to himself after watching it. After finishing the senior season at Rees College, kurzma scored 22 points and 7 rebounds. After rejecting Connecticut, Iowa, University of Tennessee and University of Missouri, he chose University of Utah.
In the sophomore season, Kuzma became the starter of the University of Utah, with an average score of 10.8 points. In the 2016-17 season, he averaged 16.4 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists, and was selected as the best team in Pac-12. Kuzma announced after the end of the season that he would participate in the NBA draft. He later obtained a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Utah.
Kuzma was selected basketable nets in the 27th place in the first round and was sent to the Lakers together with Brook Lopez to exchange Russell and mozgoff. In this way, his career began in the Zijin Legion. At that time, the Zijin Legion was in the darkest period on young pioneer team history and missed the playoffs for six consecutive seasons. Kurzma joined in the middle of the game at that time. Cainiao played an outstanding role in the All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge. At the end of the season, he also took the place of the ranking show Powell and was selected as the first team of the best rookie.
At that time, Kuzma, together with Bauer, Randle, Ingram and Clarkson, became the first-round rookie gathered by the Lakers in recent years, but he always said goodbye to the playoffs. It was not until James’s journey to the West that the situation changed. In the 2019-20 season, the Lakers introduced strong aid to Anthony Davis, and the whole team launched an impact towards the Championship. Kurzmaben was considered to be the third star of the Lakers, but it backfired. It was only after the young peers were traded that they could stay with the Lakers after the trading deadline. The Lakers finally won the championship, and Kuzma was also happy to enjoy the glory brought by the Championship.
On November 20, 202020, the Lakers and Kuzma completed the renewal of their contract. The 3-year 40 million contract bound his future to Los Angeles. In August 2021, in the transaction of introducing weishao, the Lakers sent Kuzma to the Wizards.
In the season after coming to the Wizards, Kuzma seemed to be liberated, with an average of 17.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists, in the case of 3.1 more shots on the field than the previous season, the hit rate was higher (45.2%), and the rebound also reached a new high. Kuzma was like a duck to water, laying a foreshadowing for his further outbreak in the contract year.
Through the performance of this season, Kuzma won the qualification of all-star lineup for himself. Although he won a comprehensive evaluation for himself as the leader of the All-Star team. After the contract expires this summer, Kuzma is bound to jump out of the contract and re-sign a new contract, but it is unknown whether he still works for the Wizards at that time. As a young player who has satisfied his wish to win the championship early, Kuzma can plan his future well. Waiting for him tomorrow. (Mao Mao dad/supine support)