The Los Angeles Lakers had high hopes for center Brook Lopez this season. The Lakers acquired Lopez, along with the No. 27 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, from the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov.
At the time of the trade, it was widely believed that Lopez would be the most impactful player in that deal. Here we are with the 2017-18 regular season over, and it was not Lopez who had the biggest impact in this deal. In fact it was Kyle Kuzma, who was selected No.