After Kyle Kuzma lit up the 2017 summer league, we sat down with Lakers assistant GM and Director of Scouting Jesse Buss to figure out what L.A. saw in Kuzma that so many other teams hadn’t before drafting him at No. 27 overall.
At the time, 30th pick Josh Hart had played very sparingly in Vegas due to an ankle injury, and a similar conversation with Buss didn’t seem timely.
But after what was an increasingly impressive rookie campaign for Hart, who in 23 starts averaged 13.3 points on 49.6 percent shooting (42.2 percent from three) plus 6.