Heading into the 2018-19 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers only had three centers in JaVale McGee, Ivica Zubac and Moritz Wagner. As McGee played well during the preseason, the same could not be said for Zubac, and Wagner unable to play due to a knee injury.
While LeBron James has played some small-ball center in recent seasons, Kyle Kuzma was tasked with the challenge of learning how to play a completely different position. To his credit, it was something he embraced.
There were some rough patches along the way and the Lakers have largely gone away from Kuzma at center even though he’s shown some overall improvement on the defensive end of the court.