Now that Kyle Kuzma is thriving in the NBA, I’m happy to say I endorsed his choice to leave the University of Utah with a year’s eligibility remaining. In May, I said it would be fun to watch him play professionally when his team visited the Salt Lake Valley.
Kuzma’s emergence as the Los Angeles Lakers’ leading scorer, with a persona that makes him “a little rock star in L.A.,“ in the words of Ute coach Larry Krystkowiak, is the most remarkable story of any former Utah college athlete as a pro basketball rookie. Weber State alumnus Damian Lillard became the NBA’s unanimous Rookie of the Year in 2013, but he was the No.