Jared Dudley recently talked on his teammate Danny Green’s podcast, “Inside the Green Room”. When the subject of the talk turned to Kyle Kuzma, Dudley had a few words to say.
“If you look at all teams LeBron has been on when he’s teamed with another superstar — D-Wade, Kyrie — the third person, it takes a while. Now the difference with the other two people — Bosh and Kevin Love — is they’re starting. When Kyle Kuzma starts, he’s averaging like 23 points. His field-goal percentage is up, his 3-point percentage is up, because you get more options, you get more minutes, you’re more in the flow,” the Lakers forward said.
“He’s playing behind Anthony Davis. It’s never a consistent flow because let’s say Anthony Davis plays for 12 minutes and has 12 points. It’s hard to get in that flow,” Dudley continued.
“So what Kyle has done tremendously when you watch his film of the last 10 games is his rebounding is up almost double. He is crashing the boards, he’s rebounding it. He’s playmaking a lot better than he was. Now he’s turning the ball over a little bit more, but it’s a give or take on ‘hey, we want to improve this before the playoffs in 25 games.’ Defensively he’s been so much better,” Kuzma’s teammate added.
