Everyone’s calling, texting and talking about the King

“It was very short; he was headed out of the country,” Kuzma said of the conversation. “It’s a bunch of excitement. Getting one of the greatest players of all time. Not too many players can say that.”

“I was sitting in my backyard on a nice Sunday afternoon and my phone started blowing up,” Walton said. “I didn’t know if it was fake news or real news, but I guess it was real. I was obviously really, really excited about it. I kind of had a gut feeling that this was where he was going to come.”

“It wasn’t as much advice as it was kind of breaking down his relationship with LeBron and he had nothing but great things to say,” Walton said of Lue. “Honestly he said ‘You’re going to love coaching…