Earlier this season, when the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t have a clear-cut option at the backup center position, head coach Luke Walton experimented with Kyle Kuzma at the 5.
Despite showing an eagerness to learn how to play center, Kuzma struggled to hold his own against opposing bigs and was moved back to power forward full-time as soon as the Lakers signed Tyson Chandler — something president of basketball operations Magic Johnson has cited as one of the positives of adding Chandler.