When the offseason discourse turns to the Washington Wizards possibly trading Kyle Kuzma, I keep hearing and seeing variations on the theme that the Wizards will have to “find some way” to make up for his scoring.
Let me just say the following: stop it.
Yes, he does score a lot of points. But no, making up for his scoring if they trade him simply isn’t a concern.
I’m not going too deep on efficiency, because I’ve written about his poor efficiency several times in the past. To summarize: he’s been inefficient on offense in all seven of his professional seasons, he’s been inefficient on offense regardless of his teammates or role (including when he played with Lebron James and Anthony Davis), and he’s been inefficient on offense whether at moderate usage (what he got his first four seasons), or at higher usage (the last three).