{"id":112692,"date":"2021-08-15T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/?p=112692"},"modified":"2021-08-15T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T08:00:38","slug":"kyle-kuzma-on-finally-sitting-down-with-kobe-as-a-laker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/basketball\/kyle-kuzma-on-finally-sitting-down-with-kobe-as-a-laker-112692.html","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Kuzma on Finally Sitting Down With Kobe As a Laker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kyle-Kuzma-min.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Kuzma\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kyle-Kuzma-min.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kyle-Kuzma-min-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kyle-Kuzma-min-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"button-container\">\n<div class=\"button-align\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dafa07.net\/DFBSPMY-REG1\"><img alt=\"\"src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/join-now.png\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dafa07.net\/DFBSPMY-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/view-market.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_fourth'><p><strong>Share this story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\">\n<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_google_plusone\" g:plusone:size=\"medium\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\" pi:pinit:url=\"https:\/\/www.dafabet.com\" pi:pinit:media=\"#\" pi:pinit:layout=\"horizontal\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=undefined\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"three-fourth\">\n<p>The Lakers traded Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Montrezl Harrell and a first-round pick to the Wizards for Russell Westbrook in what ended up as a five-team deal. Kuzma went from being considered a cornerstone piece in the Lakers to a role player on a championship winner alongside a pair of future Hall of Famers in LeBron James and Anthony Davis, to receiving a rebirth in Washington. He will add versatility and championship experience to the Wizards. Kuzma recalled finally sitting down with Kobe as a Laker in an article for The Players\u2019 Tribune:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFrom the day I became a Laker, I had one thing on my mind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I had to have a sit down with Kobe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That whole summer I was banging down Rob Pelinka\u2019s phone every damn day trying to get hold of Mamba.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m hitting Rob all the time like, \u2018Come on, help me out. I\u2019m trying to talk to him.\u2019 And this goes on for like a minute. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then finally one night, we\u2019re in Minnesota for a game the next day. It\u2019s almost 11, I\u2019m stretching in my hotel room, and I get a random text, just out the blue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Yo, this is Bean. Let\u2019s do dinner. Sunday when you guys get back.\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m like, This is Kobe\u2026.. texting my phone. What the fuck is going on right now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So I show up at the restaurant that Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m always on time for dinner, but tonight I\u2019m 15 minutes early. I\u2019m just sitting there for a while, until his security shows up. They walk in, and they\u2019re like, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re gonna take you back to the table. Kobe\u2019s almost here. Driving in right now.\u2019&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So now I\u2019m sitting at the dinner table, and I\u2019m just waiting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We have two tables because one table\u2019s for me and Kobe, and the other table\u2019s for his three or four security guards. And I\u2019m just sitting at the table by myself waiting for him. I\u2019m on my phone, I\u2019m thinking about this dinner, I\u2019m sipping water, I\u2019m thinking about how it\u2019s gonna go. And then one of the security guys gets up from his table. He walks over to me and says, \u201cHey. Kobe just parked. He\u2019s two minutes out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m like, \u201cAlright, cool.\u201d But on the inside I\u2019m just fucking sweating, and I don\u2019t even know why I\u2019m sweating right now. I have a white t-shirt on, and I\u2019m looking at my shirt like, Dang.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All of a sudden Kobe walks in, and it\u2019s literally like Moses spreading the ocean. Everybody in the restaurant is just looking at him. And he comes to the table, and he\u2019s like, \u2018Kuz, what up man?\u2019 Just completely chill. But I\u2019m like, Oh shit, Kobe knows my name.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019re at that table for about two hours. And we\u2019re just talking about life, basketball, how I grew up, how he grew up. The ups and downs of his career. We talked about his business life. Things that really influenced him. The cool thing with Kobe \u2014 he was always trying to get smart. He was always trying to gain knowledge, and he\u2019d find that from anything. So he\u2019s not just sitting there answering questions. He\u2019s asking me all this stuff, too. Man, just like, \u2018How has your upbringing shaped you? How do you think it\u2019s helping you in your pro career right now?\u2019 Things like that. And he didn&#8217;t have to do those things, but he did.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That was a really cool night for me. It\u2019s a memory that just gets more important and more special to me as time goes by.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kobe Bryant is possibly one of the greatest NBA players of all-time and the greatest Laker ever. Two jersey numbers in the rafters at the STAPLES Center prove it. Kobe was able to take over games in ways that not many players could.<\/p>\n<p>His drive to win at any cost helped him succeed on and off the court. An 18-time NBA All-Star, five-time NBA champion and one-time NBA MVP, Kobe tragically passed away on January 26, 2020. Kobe\u2019s game was influenced by Michael Jordan, he never denied it.<\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Solano, from FOX Sports Radio 1340 AM Hopewell and AccuScore, wrote this about Kobe Bryant recently:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a Chicago Bulls fan but I followed Kobe Bryant\u2019s entire career! Kobe is one of my favorite athletes of all-time and I still can\u2019t process that he is gone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lakers traded Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Montrezl Harrell and a first-round pick to the Wizards for Russell Westbrook in what ended up as a five-team deal. Kuzma went from being considered a cornerstone piece in the Lakers to a role player on a championship winner alongside a pair of future Hall of Famers in LeBron James and Anthony Davis, to receiving a rebirth in Washington. He will add versatility and championship experience to the Wizards. Kuzma recalled finally sitting down with Kobe as a Laker in an article for The Players\u2019 Tribune: \u201cFrom the day I became a Laker, I had one thing on my mind. I had to have a sit down with Kobe. That whole summer I was banging down Rob Pelinka\u2019s phone every damn day trying to get hold of Mamba. I\u2019m hitting Rob all the time like, \u2018Come on, help me out. I\u2019m trying to talk to him.\u2019 And this goes on for like a minute. Then finally one night, we\u2019re in Minnesota for a game the next day. It\u2019s almost 11, I\u2019m stretching in my hotel room, and I get a random text, just out the blue. \u2018Yo, this is Bean. 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