Armed with a new four-year, $90 million contract, Kyle Kuzma will take the floor this autumn as the Washington Wizards’ best known player. Even with the offseason moves that sent Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porzingis elsewhere, it seems improbable (at least to me) that he would be the team’s best player.
(Yes, I know the contract’s reported value was $102 million. According to Spotrac, $12 million is in the form of unlikely to be earned incentives. The guaranteed money, which totals $90 million, is what counts against the cap.)
As I’ve written a few times now, Kuzma’s kinda glittery per game stats — a career best 21.