LAS VEGAS- Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka likes to refer to himself as a storyteller, and one of the more vivid scenes he’s set so far during his press conferences since joining the team was his description of the team’s reaction to the opportunity to draft rookie forward Kyle Kuzma.
“When he was available for us at No. 27 we were doing backflips,” Pelinka told reporters at the time. In the Lakers’ 86-81 loss to the Boston Celtics in their second game of Las Vegas Summer League, Kuzma showed why his availability led to such an athletic display from the front office.