Rookie forward Kyle Kuzma has endeared himself to fans of the Los Angeles Lakers about as rapidly as any player ever could.
How? Well for one, he’s played incredibly for a rookie, averaging 16.1 points per game, good for the second-highest scoring average on the team behind Julius Randle. But Kuzma also has endeared himself by paying respect to the franchise’s incredibly successful past with everything from the way he bites his jersey like to Kobe Bryant, to busting out Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s patented skyhook.
He even wore a retro Nick Van Exel jersey to a recent game.