After Kyle Kuzma lit up the Las Vegas Summer League, it’s fair to ask how many NBA teams were wondering why they didn’t say his name to commissioner Adam Silver on draft night.
Kuzma dropped 30 points in the championship game – to receive game MVP honors, naturally – and was terrific in Sin City. He averaged 21.9 points per game, good for fourth overall in Vegas, and did so efficiently (51.4 percent field goals) while draining 24 3-pointers (48.0 percent).
The 6-foot-9 forward out of Utah wasn’t projected to go as high as No. 27 on the various draft boards, so why, exactly, did the Lakers select him at No.