It was a huge trade deadline for the Los Angeles Lakers this year as the front office dealt away Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In return, the Lakers received Isaiah Thomas and Channing Frye as well as a first-round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Frye and Thomas join a young core that includes Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma.
While Ball has been injured, the Lakers have really begun turning things around, winning 12 of their last 16 games, and Kuzma made sure to point that out.
“We’re winning more without him,” Kuzma said following practice this week.