SwizzGod | Lakers

516 | 17 hours ago

He’ll be on a two way soon

ruckyruciano | Knicks

36 | 7 hours ago

Two way for the two way

HoboNoodles-94

8 | 7 hours ago

He should, but we do have Rob “dingus” Pelinka as our GM soooo…🤷

breakfastburrito24 | Lakers

11 | 5 hours ago

Why do it during the summer league and risk alienating the guy you take off his 2 way contract?

BraveFencerMusashi | Lakers

0 | 3 hours ago

So he’s getting a player option

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

318 | 17 hours ago

Following in the footsteps of Lakers SL great Kyle Kuzma

OrganicHunt952 [OP]

215 | 17 hours ago

Haha I mean Kuzma has made 110m in his career so far. So I’m sure he’d be over the moon if he made even a half of that throughout his career.

Funny-Wishbone7381

355 | 17 hours ago

What people don’t understand is that \(110m isn't really \)110m. You have to pay taxes and agent fees and a mortgage and you have to buy Rolexes for everyone you’ve ever known.

JamberJuice | Lakers

81 | 15 hours ago

You’re forgetting all the baby mamas

arrrghzi

42 | 15 hours ago

You’re forgetting all the baby mamas

“God-willing” - Anthony Edwards, probably

8HokiePokie8

10 | 7 hours ago

I typed up a whole comment and then realized you were being facetious lol

barath_s | Lakers

1 | 27 minutes ago

Give credit to Kuz for making a sensible remark on nba players and their money

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

23 | 17 hours ago

I’m so confused by your reply lol. I wasn’t trying to talk shit. This just reminded me of the year Kuzma balled out in SL and the Lakers won the SL Championship.

pomegranate-leg | Warriors

54 | 17 hours ago

tbf to OP, how often is a kuzma comp a compliment these days

GlizzyGone21 | Bucks

15 | 17 hours ago

He’s been on fire lately

pomegranate-leg | Warriors

16 | 16 hours ago

woah woah woah, thats Comrade Kuzma 🫡

der_ninong | Lakers

22 | 12 hours ago

Lakers SL great Kyle Kuzma

that’s NBA Champion Kyle Kuzma

sasadoncic | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Fuck. I forget he’s a champion.

aoifhasoifha | NYK

8 | 8 hours ago

Kuzma was a first round pick

thekingofakron23 | Minneapolis Lakers

2 | 12 hours ago

you mean Karl?

Area51_Spurs | Spurs

1 | 16 hours ago

You mean David “Air Jordan” Jones Garcia.

ragtime_sam | Bullets

1 | 14 hours ago

What about that center fans were convinced was gonna be the next great big man

ShoyuPorkRamen

278 | 17 hours ago

Need to give him contract and get rid of suder

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

278 | 17 hours ago

2017 summer vibes.

pmurt007 | Lakers

138 | 17 hours ago

Second highest point differential (17.5) to the 2021 Kings (17.6) in the last 10 years with no top 10 pick lol

UraniumDisulfide | Lakers

48 | 15 hours ago

Or top 20 for that matter

Critback | Trail Blazers

24 | 10 hours ago

I’ve always loved things like this. A bunch of guys who know they’ll only get opportunity by playing advanced team ball and giving one another opportunities. It’s a beautiful game when it happens instead of having a lottery pick try and show out at the expense of his teammates.

A couple of guys will earn two ways but even more of the fringe will earn extended camp spots around the league.

atherton-loyola | Lakers

55 | 12 hours ago

Repeat of the 2017 guys.

Package Kaluma, Carr, and whoever else has shown productivity along with some others and our picks for Wemby.

mcslippinz | Lakers

38 | 11 hours ago

Jokic*

We the Snowtime Lakers now

DMking | Wizards

2 | 11 hours ago

You got like one pick swap available to trade

doghead6969

5 | 10 hours ago

For now* we will use the last one at trade deadline on an expiring that walks in free agency

Some-Stranger-7852

3 | 9 hours ago

I get your dissatisfaction with previous trades made, but honestly this offseason has been pretty good and the summer league roster has multiple guys that can be at least regular season rotation level players.

I think Walter’s people are already involved in helping Pelinka make better purely basketball decisions: he has always been great at relationship building.

newgodpho | Lakers

18 | 13 hours ago

The year after, Hart went on a bonkers mvp run in the SL with Caruso co-starring.

Both were very fun SL seasons to watch

T3mp3stuous | Japan

117 | 17 hours ago

anyone mind if I overreact

YouKilledKenny12 | Lakers

43 | 16 hours ago

Not at all. Go right ahead

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

67 | 17 hours ago

The Lakers are also the only undefeated team in the summer league.

Area51_Spurs | Spurs

21 | 16 hours ago

Summer League 2025

Hornets 6-0 Kings 5-1

Knicks 1-4

p00chology | Bulls

15 | 15 hours ago

I love that you’re getting downvoted lmao. I see your point, summer league is a really misunderstood and awkward series of what are basically scrimmages with the same 10 stack.

After all, look at those results.

dmavs11 | NBA

3 | 7 hours ago

Hornets got contribution from 3 rookies last year. Raynaud was a surprise all rookie player. Knicks got nothing

The problem was the rest of the roster was obviously ass which we know the Lakers have Luka, Reaves, etc. not Derozan Lavine and injured Sabonis.

chmcgrath1988 | Celtics

6 | 7 hours ago

Summer League is closer to an extraordinarily high-quality pickup game than it is to regular season NBA competition. Players have less than a week, maybe just 2 or 3 days to practice together.

If NBA Entertainment hasn’t done a Hard Knocks style documentary on an NBA Summer League team and how it’s assembled, then they definitely should!

dmavs11 | NBA

11 | 7 hours ago

If anything the Hornets being 6-0 shows that the Lakers play could mean something.

Hornets had their best season in years and Kon Knueppel, Sion James, and Ryan Kalkbrenner all played rotation minutes.

On the other hand, what contribution from young summer league guys did the Knicks get? None. But we know the Lakers are already a playoff team so it’s nice to see the potential of young contributors and how it could help them out.

chmcgrath1988 | Celtics

3 | 6 hours ago

“On the other hand, what contribution from young summer league guys did the Knicks get?”

This is Tyler Kolek erasure!

Legitimate_Reward913 | Lakers

1 | 6 hours ago

Is he decent? I’ve barely seen him play since the Knicks are so stacked and his stats seem decent enough for a rookie in a limited role.

Radiant-Banana161

1 | 6 hours ago

He’s going into his third year. He won them both the nba cup and Christmas game among a few others.

Got removed from the rotation when they traded for Alvarado though. Wouldn’t be surprised if he takes his back up spot back this upcoming season from Alvarado.

CabbageStockExchange | Lakers

64 | 17 hours ago

Despite losing LeBron I’ve felt unusually optimistic about this offseason so far

realxanadan

8 | 9 hours ago

It’s because his salary is such an anchor for a pretty big defensive hole, godly as he still is offensively.

TemperatureRevive

-45 | 15 hours ago

It’s because we don’t have to deal with LeDrama anymore and can actually like the entire team again.

Getting rid of woman beater Jaxon Hayes was also a huge plus with the team’s liability.

KarrotMovies | LAL

26 | 15 hours ago

Just you bro. Last seasons team was really fun to root for, even if a bit unbalanced

Solid_steve89

15 | 14 hours ago

Lots of Laker fans who are LeBron haters. But if you’re an actual fan of just basketball, seeing how Luka, AR, and LeBron were evolving to play together was super exciting to see.

KarrotMovies | LAL

3 | 13 hours ago

Will look back at that March run with fondness in the future

WakiLover | Lakers

7 | 12 hours ago

Rockets game 3 always a fun rewatch

CabbageStockExchange | Lakers

-3 | 14 hours ago

We have less one dimensional guys too. Hopefully Vando is out the door next.

I’m also glad I will not have to hear people continuously me Rui was some irreplaceable talent when he’s not

CodeFrame

55 | 17 hours ago

Who are you Arthur smh

Dgwdum

56 | 17 hours ago

played well in the gleague last year, he shot 34% on 4 3pt attempts per game which was one of his biggest weaknesses. the most impressive thing about his summer league performance is the fact that his defense is still very good. if the lakers dont hurry someone might offer him a cheap actual non guaranteed nba deal and see if hes the real deal

supes1 | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

I remember watching him at Creighton a few years ago. Never was a good shooter in college. That would definitely be the swing skill he needs to make it in the league…. there’s always a market for 3-and-D wings.

Alexcox95 | Heat

30 | 17 hours ago

AK and AR

Nico777 | Lakers

8 | 8 hours ago

We got AK47 and AR15

JudoExpert | Raptors

19 | 17 hours ago

“Who are you”

Aggrokid

16 | 16 hours ago

3.5 rebounds a game. Is he the Rui Hachimura at home?

VanGrants | Knicks

18 | 17 hours ago

ive never seen a player do well in SL and then not in the NBA

that said, i hope for the best for this guy. he’s earning a shot for sure.

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

18 | 17 hours ago

Fr ? He is sitting on the lakers bench lol dalton knecht

VanGrants | Knicks

10 | 17 hours ago

what are you trying to say

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

10 | 17 hours ago

He did good in summer league then was ass

VanGrants | Knicks

8 | 17 hours ago

mhm. true.

sogood-_

16 | 17 hours ago

Lmao Anthony Randolph was a summer league legend.

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-1 | 17 hours ago

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dirtyshits | Warriors

25 | 16 hours ago

Sarcasm. It’s clearly sarcasm.

VanGrants | Knicks

8 | 16 hours ago

wow, really? that’s awesome

Dgwdum

7 | 17 hours ago

one championship and you already forgot about kevin knox

VanGrants | Knicks

19 | 17 hours ago

surely you can read sarcasm

Dgwdum

-2 | 17 hours ago

thats ironic considering my comment was a tongue in cheek joke

VanGrants | Knicks

6 | 17 hours ago

how is it a joke when kevin knox would be an example of a player who did well in SL (he actually didn’t) and not in the NBA?

Dgwdum

-8 | 17 hours ago

Do i really have to explain a kevin Knox joke to a Knicks fan?

You said you hadn’t seen a player do well in summer league and then be bad in the nba as a joke

I joked about Kevin Knox being an example of that?

Idk why youre making this deeper than it needs to be lol

VanGrants | Knicks

6 | 16 hours ago

nah man, you thought i was being serious just like that other guy. nt pretending otherwise tho.

Dgwdum

-6 | 16 hours ago

so you were too dumb to understand sarcasm and are now making it my problem? lmao ok bud

VanGrants | Knicks

9 | 16 hours ago

who’s forcing you to reply?

Dgwdum

-5 | 16 hours ago

Lmao man youre hurt hurt huh? Youre the one in your feelings so if its making you this upset I wont reply anymore

OkComplaint9333 | Lakers

9 | 17 hours ago

AK47!!!

xbhaskarx | Spurs

7 | 17 hours ago

Is the Lakers roster so deep that they won’t find a place for him on it lol

Kentang_BayBay | Lakers

5 | 5 hours ago

Nah. It’s just full of one-way guys under guaranteed contract. Laravia, Knecht, Vando.

barath_s | Lakers

1 | 21 minutes ago

Lakers need defense at wing and to be playable. There’s a bunch of guaranteed contracts and they are keeping the little money they have under cap plus the contracted players to see if they can make moves to get kuminga, or someone else

TyMsy227

5 | 12 hours ago

This guy was such a fun topic in r/collegebasketball. He could be a great scorer any night, or be frustrating as hell. Both the teams he transferred from AND to were conflicted lol

Levarien | Spurs

4 | 5 hours ago

I work stat crew at Longhorns games, and we had an ongoing “what’s Art gonna do tonight” chat before every game. Always seemed to be slightly too small to defend against modern 4s, and way too slow to handle 3s. Rodney Terry really mismanaged him though: He should have been a dominant college player.

HessiPullUpJimbo | Mavericks

5 | 6 hours ago

He also balled out in the G League. I’m pretty certain this is his peak though. He may also be doing a Thon Maker (both born in South Sudan) in being older than his listed age of 24, but either way I would expect him to be a finished product.

And I don’t think that finished product is quite a NBA level player. Maybe a fringe end of the bench guy but I think he’d do a lot better in Europe. He has a great overall offensive skill set where he can be a real shot maker in a league just below the NBA in skill level. But he doesn’t fit into the roll player archetypes and isn’t good enough to be a NBA level go to guy for scoring.

The_Skyro

5 | 16 hours ago

I’m not sure I see a single nba rotation player in their lineup yet they are killing teams. Summer league is crazy

Brilliant-Attorney50

5 | 10 hours ago

Feels like Cameron Carr could slide into a rotation now

The_Skyro

1 | 5 hours ago

He is a 170 pound 3 and d wing that did not really guard in college. So probably more of a project

Magnus-Methelson-m3

6 | 14 hours ago

Already did more for the Lakers than Gabe Vincent

heat_fan_ | Raptors

6 | 17 hours ago

Lakers better give him a guaranteed contract

Oliverpool_BC | Celtics

2 | 17 hours ago

Who? /S

Vhemvhol | Lakers

5 | 17 hours ago

Mike Jones

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

2 | 17 hours ago

281 330 8004

bbaIla | Lakers

3 | 16 hours ago

Hit Mike Jones up on the low

d08lee

3 | 16 hours ago

Ak47 let’s gooooooo

IgnorantGenius | Clippers

3 | 12 hours ago

Incorrect. Robbie led them the whole way.

chakrablocker | Thunder

3 | 12 hours ago

They don’t even need kuminga now

hugifsafuk | Rockets

2 | 10 hours ago

Hes even better than cream abdul jabbar?

Waly_Disnep | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

So Kaluma is the guy we throw in every trade package for Wemby and SGA this year, got it

Pikminious_Thrious | Lakers

2 | 5 hours ago

Wtf is a Kuminga

Area51_Spurs | Spurs

1 | 16 hours ago

If summer league meant anything DJG would be the Spurs number two option.

Magnus-Methelson-m3

0 | 14 hours ago

Already did more for the Lakers than Westbrick

loopy_for_DL4

1 | 8 hours ago

As a creighton fan, I was not expecting to see his name come up

RunningLoops | Warriors

1 | 6 hours ago

Who is this guy??

Nesquick-on-tap

0 | 15 hours ago

Lol

The Lakers are 4–0 in Summer League, led by 6’7”, 225-lb PF Arthur Kaluma, who’s averaging 20.3 PPG on 63⁄54.5⁄86.7 shooting splits.

The Lakers are 4–0 in Summer League, led by 6’7”, 225-lb PF Arthur Kaluma, who’s averaging 20.3 PPG on ⁶³⁄₅₄.⁵⁄₈₆.7 shooting splits.