Marc Stein: Kyle Kuzma out indefinitely with stress reaction in foot

[iamworthy]

I want kuz to be the Lakers six man. If he can't participate early on there's no way he can compete for a starting spot. Which makes me happy. We will need a spark of the bench.

[3toheadmelo]

Dudley can pass, defend, actually takes quality shots and great in the locker room. 4 things Neither Melo nor Melo supporters understand the importance of.

dude shot 27% in the playoffs and got COOKED on defense. You love ignoring facts though.

Come get your mans

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BuT hE iS a GoOD DeFeNDeR.

Dudley was defending bigs dude. Literally having to defend Embiid and Boban after Ed Davis went down with an ankle injury. You sure you were watching those games?

Yeah I watched those games. Dudley is not good. End of discussion.

[GusT15]

That's what,2-3 months of recovery time?

So he was actually cut from the World Cup cause he was in pain and they just couldn't locate the stress fracture.
Colangelo was telling the truth.

No. He was beat out

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Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma is out indefinitely with a stress reaction in his foot, an injury he suffered while he was working with Team USA this summer, the Lakers announced.

Kuzma has not been cleared for full practice or game participation and will miss at least the first three weeks of training camp, the team said.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27709588/lakers-lose-kuzma-indefinitely-due-foot-injury

[3toheadmelo]

For people that mention Melo being a distraction I wouldn’t give credit as a leader for pissing off Simmons. End of the bench vet should of known better

Dude is always yapping his mouth like he's good. I remember when he called Melo overrated one summer and then Melo dropped 37 on him the first game they played each other that season. Then he apologized. The same way he did to Simmons. I also remember he was talking sh*t about Kobe one year too. I'd def wouldn't want him on my team.

[NZB2323]

Sign Melo already.

They should also get Joakim Noah:

They already got Dwight

But what if they could get Ron Artest?

[MrDollarBills]

For people that mention Melo being a distraction I wouldn’t give credit as a leader for pissing off Simmons. End of the bench vet should of known better

The same Dudley that got into it with Embiid after he hit Jarrett Allen in the face with an elbow on purpose?

Nah. I'll vouch for Dudley any day. He's a guy you want in your locker room.

[MrDollarBills]

For people that mention Melo being a distraction I wouldn’t give credit as a leader for pissing off Simmons. End of the bench vet should of known better

Dude is always yapping his mouth like he's good. I remember when he called Melo overrated one summer and then Melo dropped 37 on him the first game they played each other that season. Then he apologized. The same way he did to Simmons. I also remember he was talking sh*t about Kobe one year too. I'd def wouldn't want him on my team.

You're a Knicks fan, so that's not saying much.

Your opinion means ****. Dudley was great with the young players on the Nets.

[3toheadmelo]

For people that mention Melo being a distraction I wouldn’t give credit as a leader for pissing off Simmons. End of the bench vet should of known better

Dude is always yapping his mouth like he's good. I remember when he called Melo overrated one summer and then Melo dropped 37 on him the first game they played each other that season. Then he apologized. The same way he did to Simmons. I also remember he was talking sh*t about Kobe one year too. I'd def wouldn't want him on my team.

You're a Knicks fan, so that's not saying much.

Your opinion means ****. Dudley was great with the young players on the Nets.

But yet I never asked for your trash opinion. FOH. Go worry about photoshopping Nets fans in your empty ass arena.

And please come back to the Knicks board again. It was hilarious when you embarassed yourself there.

[MrDollarBills]

dude shot 27% in the playoffs and got COOKED on defense. You love ignoring facts though.

Come get your mans

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BuT hE iS a GoOD DeFeNDeR.

Dudley was defending bigs dude. Literally having to defend Embiid and Boban after Ed Davis went down with an ankle injury. You sure you were watching those games?

Yeah I watched those games. Dudley is not good. End of discussion.

No you didn't, stop lying dude because if you did watch you would know that Simmons was being guarded by Rodions Kurucs, a rookie, and Demarre Carroll. The Nets also ran a lot of zone defense as well.

I'm not shocked that a Knick fan would start lying as brazenly as you are, seems to be a common trait among your whole fanbase. Lying ass mother ****

[OkcSinceSGA]

Dudley was defending bigs dude. Literally having to defend Embiid and Boban after Ed Davis went down with an ankle injury. You sure you were watching those games?

Yeah I watched those games. Dudley is not good. End of discussion.

No you didn't, stop lying dude because if you did watch you would know that Simmons was being guarded by Rodions Kurucs, a rookie, and Demarre Carroll. The Nets also ran a lot of zone defense as well.

I'm not shocked that a Knick fan would start lying as brazenly as you are, seems to be a common trait among your whole fanbase. Lying ass mother ****

Inbeforethemods.

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[BoogieTime]

That's what,2-3 months of recovery time?

So he was actually cut from the World Cup cause he was in pain and they just couldn't locate the stress fracture.
Colangelo was telling the truth.

No. He was beat out

Read on Twitter

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma is out indefinitely with a stress reaction in his foot, an injury he suffered while he was working with Team USA this summer, the Lakers announced.

Kuzma has not been cleared for full practice or game participation and will miss at least the first three weeks of training camp, the team said.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27709588/lakers-lose-kuzma-indefinitely-due-foot-injury

One is a foot, one is an ankle, and on social media it looks like he was working out in the meantime. Wonder if someone is putting two/two together. Still, if it wasn’t Mason Plumlee, don’t know who he’d be replacing on team USA

[MrDollarBills]

Dude is always yapping his mouth like he's good. I remember when he called Melo overrated one summer and then Melo dropped 37 on him the first game they played each other that season. Then he apologized. The same way he did to Simmons. I also remember he was talking sh*t about Kobe one year too. I'd def wouldn't want him on my team.

You're a Knicks fan, so that's not saying much.

Your opinion means ****. Dudley was great with the young players on the Nets.

But yet I never asked for your trash opinion. FOH. Go worry about photoshopping Nets fans in your empty ass arena.

And please come back to the Knicks board again. It was hilarious when you embarassed yourself there.

oh, here we go with the attendance stuff again. Yall don't have anything else to cling to after being embarrassed this summer. I can assure you that the Nets will have a packed house every night this season.

Only time I went on the Knicks board recently was to type "rent free" to trigger yall. I didn't even say anything else after that because I just kept seeing my notifications going off with response after response. It worked

What's embarrassing is how fragile yall are for reporting me to mods because I had an avatar of Kevin Durant in a Knicks jersey. That is the funniest **** ever to me.

Anyway...don't be a ghost on here when the ass whippings start in a few weeks.

[GusT15]

No. He was beat out

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Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma is out indefinitely with a stress reaction in his foot, an injury he suffered while he was working with Team USA this summer, the Lakers announced.

Kuzma has not been cleared for full practice or game participation and will miss at least the first three weeks of training camp, the team said.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27709588/lakers-lose-kuzma-indefinitely-due-foot-injury

One is a foot, one is an ankle, and on social media it looks like he was working out in the meantime. Wonder if someone is putting two/two together. Still, if it wasn’t Mason Plumlee, don’t know who he’d be replacing on team USA

You don't have to look for conspiracies everywhere.
The ankle is part of the foot and let me tell you first hand,if the stress reaction is anywhere near the ankle it can easily mask itself as an ankle problem.

[3toheadmelo]

Dudley was defending bigs dude. Literally having to defend Embiid and Boban after Ed Davis went down with an ankle injury. You sure you were watching those games?

Yeah I watched those games. Dudley is not good. End of discussion.

No you didn't, stop lying dude because if you did watch you would know that Simmons was being guarded by Rodions Kurucs, a rookie, and Demarre Carroll. The Nets also ran a lot of zone defense as well.

I'm not shocked that a Knick fan would start lying as brazenly as you are, seems to be a common trait among your whole fanbase. Lying ass mother ****

Lmfao you out here standing up for Dudley. Im crying. Boy got torched and you cant accept it. I would say your whole fan base is delusional like you but yall don't even have a fan base

Im outta here before I get banned. Just be sure to come back to the Knicks board. We could use some more entertainment until the season starts.

[MrDollarBills]

Yeah I watched those games. Dudley is not good. End of discussion.

No you didn't, stop lying dude because if you did watch you would know that Simmons was being guarded by Rodions Kurucs, a rookie, and Demarre Carroll. The Nets also ran a lot of zone defense as well.

I'm not shocked that a Knick fan would start lying as brazenly as you are, seems to be a common trait among your whole fanbase. Lying ass mother ****

Lmfao you out here standing up for Dudley. Im crying. Boy got torched and you cant accept it. I would say your whole fan base is delusional like you but yall don't even have a fan base

Im outta here before I get banned. Just be sure to come back to the Knicks board. We could use some more entertainment until the season starts.

Yeah exactly I just exposed you as a liar, so you run. Good strategy tbh.

And why would i want to go visit the slums? Your team sucks and your fanbase is miserable. There's no reason for me to post there.

[infinite11285]

I really doubt he's supposed to be shooting. Jumping would cause stress to his foot

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Team doctors will still allow him to shoot. They’ll just instruct him to shoot flat-footed.

Is that really helpful though?

Different motion, more strength in arms, feels weird and different

Yes, it’s true. They do the same in college when players are held out due to injuries of the lower extremities.

Some shooting is better than none, for extended periods.

[Karate Diop]

Sucks for Kuz, hopefully he comes back fine, but this is hardly a noticeable loss for the Lakers... Kuzma wasn't exactly a positive impact player after all

[infinite11285]

For people that mention Melo being a distraction I wouldn’t give credit as a leader for pissing off Simmons. End of the bench vet should of known better

The same Dudley that got into it with Embiid after he hit Jarrett Allen in the face with an elbow on purpose?

Nah. I'll vouch for Dudley any day. He's a guy you want in your locker room.

I would also. Grizzled vets are under-appreciated in this league. Dudley plays above his skillset in spurts and is a great locker room guy. Those type of intangibles can’t be understated.

[LKN]

So wait... is Kuzma good or not? In the Lakers vs Clippers thread countless Lakers fans were talking up Kuzma - and how he was going to be the 3rd best player. Now that he's hurt he doesn't matter?

I'm confused

[Barnzy]

Vegan diet.

Horrible choice for athletes