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Kyle Kuzma On Thriving With The Washington Wizards: “I’m Not Playing Behind LeBron And AD… Me, Brad, And KP Don’t Get In Each Other’s Way”

Kyle Kuzma enjoyed much success with the Los Angeles Lakers, but he also found his name being thrown in the rumor mill quite often. After their disappointing 2020-21 campaign, it didn’t take too long for the Lakers to package Kuzma in a trade to the Washington Wizards.

Getting traded out of the Lakers however turned out to be a beneficial move for Kuzma’s career. As a matter of fact, Kuzma is playing the best basketball of his career this season with averages of 20.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game on 45.9% shooting from the field.

Amid his stellar season with the Wizards, Kuzma now appeared in an interview with The Athletic and talked about his growth as a player this season. According to the 27-year old offensive forward, playing without LeBron James and Anthony Davis has helped him thrive with the Wizards.

“Being in this situation helped out a lot. Here, I’m not playing behind LeBron and AD. Those guys are my position, my type of player, who I am, my style,” Kuzma said. “So coming here, I don’t have that anymore. It’s been great because me, Brad and KP don’t get in each other’s way. We all just flow out there. It’s been a pretty good jell for the first 20 games. We’re all averaging 20 a game without having any friction out there.”