Kyle Kuzma stood at the scorer’s table before tip-off Friday, the former Laker ready to take on his old team for the first time since being traded last summer.
The setting was the same but so much has changed since he left.
He headed onto the court and was met by LeBron James. The former teammates, who won a championship together, embraced. Then it was nothing but quick handshakes for the other four Lakers on the floor.
It wasn’t bad blood — Kuzma had never played a second with any of them.