Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton has faced a big struggle recently, trying to balance the minutes of his young players as the team’s rotation has been destroyed by injuries.
During the month of March the three top players in the NBA in terms of minutes per game were all Lakers, and it’s something that Walton really wants to curtail. “Obviously we want to win. But with the bodies we have and people being banged up, I’m not going to play Kuzma 45 minutes, trying to get a win,” Walton explained.
“I’ll probably play him a lot, but we do have to keep our guys healthy.