“It was great to be in the gym with Kobe. He's so particular about the game and... why and how things work. That's one thing I kind of love about him. If you ask him something, he's going to tell you A, B, C, and D, and how that affects each play.”

American professional basketball player, born 1995

Kyle Kuzma is an American professional basketball player, born in 1995. He has played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Washington Wizards, and the Milwaukee Bucks. He played college basketball for the Utah Utes and earned first-team all-Pac-12 honors as a junior in 2016 to 2017. Kuzma was selected 27th overall in the 2017 NBA draft, made the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2018, won an NBA championship with the Lakers in 2020, and was traded to the Wizards in 2021.