Kyle Kuzma's name surfaced in federal court testimony Thursday, and the University of Utah is monitoring developments regarding alleged payments to a person associated with the former Ute basketball player, the school said.
Utah “takes these allegations very seriously,” according to an athletic department news release.
Kuzma, a second-year player for the Los Angeles Lakers, was named in testimony by a former financial adviser in federal court in New York during a criminal trial of three men accused of steering recruits to schools. None of the allegations regarding Kuzma has to do with his recruitment to Utah or other schools.