Kyle Kuzma’s tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers went from good to bad after the player failed to become the third-string for the purple and gold. He was seen as an exciting young player before the 2018 free agency.
After LeBron James landed in California, the young players on the team were traded and Kuzma never really lived up to the expectations. Now he’s trying to reach the next level in Washington, going 2-0 in his first regular-season games with the squad.
Kuz is still paying attention to his former team, taking a cheeky dig at them after a loss to the Golden State Warriors. This continued on Friday night when the Lakers took on the Phoenix Suns.
The purple and gold couldn’t get past the team that eliminated them in the 2021 playoff, earning a lot of criticism. At the same time, Kyle was praising the rivals, giving flowers to Chris Paul and Devin Booker, the biggest figures on the Suns’ roster.
Chris Paul middy so unreal
— kuz (@kylekuzma) October 23, 2021
Book be talking so spicy🤣🤣🤣
— kuz (@kylekuzma) October 23, 2021
His tweets didn’t sit well within the Lakers community and fans went after the young forward. Some said he was salty, that couldn’t get over the fact that the Lakers traded him and others claimed the team would miss him this year.
U was trash vs them in the playoffs don't even talk lol
— Happy Lakers fan (@oprahsideclark) October 23, 2021
And yet hes 2-0 and the lakers boutta be 0-2 🤣 He dont wanna go back
— Billy Tinkle (@BillyTinkleNuts) October 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/Evfields/status/1451756642484178948https://twitter.com/Ate4TheSumma/status/1451756758968332298
All the Lakers fan in here so fuckin mad 🤣
— Quetzalcoatls’ Pineapple (@biohazard1029) October 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/pistonsaredope/status/1451758720610877446
I know you was going to comment, the Lakers messed up giving you away, including Lonzo ball and Brandon Ingram they should have stayed younger but they wanted to get old and now they're going to pay for it I love it
— Jorel Scates (@scates_jorel) October 23, 2021
They don’t want you
— ™️_🌾 (@Sincerely_m0n) October 23, 2021
the same laker fans that were shitting on him are now upset that he’s shitting on the lakers lmao
— 𝕝𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕤 (@h0flucas) October 23, 2021
don’t make me dislike you bro. i want you to succeed, don’t make annoying comments
— kobrončić herbolt ⚡️💛💜⚽️ (@LAker_weez) October 23, 2021
Kuz you’re doing too much my dude 😑😑😑
— Raquel 🫶🏾 (@SOULbeautifulme) October 23, 2021
Mans more worried about tweeting than training
— scoe 🦊 (@Roscoe_of_300) October 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/KDTreeey5/status/1451765684359344136
Miss you on the Lakers Kuz. Last years Laker team was better. It’s a shame injuries happened.
— Ruben Romero (@RonSilversmoke) October 23, 2021
All that hating y'all do to kuz when every he post about anything now y'all salty lol the Hypocrisy pic.twitter.com/oTuhyWnJc9
— Divine_thoughts (@Devine_thought) October 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/Giannisburn3r/status/1451764848338079745https://twitter.com/settlescj/status/1451926480192147465
It seems like Kuz was relieved after he was shipped to D.C. The forward is now trying to become a solid player in the league on a team that has nothing to lose and a lot to win.
The Wizards are 2-0 right now, contrary to the Lakers. Kuz is trying to revitalize his career and the criticism only fuels him. Time will tell if the purple and gold made a mistake releasing the former 27th overall draft pick. As of right now, Kuzma appears to be winning this breakup.
