Kyle Kuzma is a dog – that’s just one of many good comments about the one-time NBA champion after his second game with the Milwaukee Bucks.
The new Buck scored 13 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and had five assists in the team’s 135-127 win against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Kuzma came to the team via a multiple-team trade that also saw long time Milwaukee player and three-time All-Star Khris Middleton go to Washington Wizards.
He is an instant contributor to a team that needed boost on their offense and to his new coach Doc Rivers, that is because it is easy for him to fit in.
Rivers was asked post game how well has Kuzma fit in to the team’s system given the lack of practice time.
The coach answered that it appears automatic for Kuz.
“He’s easy to fit in,” he said.
That’s not everything though. Rivers suggests that things could have been easier for Kuzma and the rest of the team if he has familiarized himself with their process.
Doc Rivers suggests Kyle Kuzma’s numbers can still improve
His first game may have not translated to a win but he did record 12 points and seven rebounds in the loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
His numbers are much better but for Rivers, Kuzma appears lost at time and that’s kind of a good thing given the limited days he has spent with them.
“I will say there’s so many plays like tonight visually, you could say things are developing and you would say “I wish he knew the play,” Rivers said.
“You know, like ‘Gosh! This would be great but he didn’t know the play.”
Rivers is not in rush despite that. He said they would incorporate Kuzma the line-up gradually.
“That’s gonna take a minute. We’re not gonna overload him. We want him to stay being an athlete ‘coz that’s more important.”
The Milwaukee Bucks will quickly go back to action as they welcome the Golden State Warriors at Fiserv Forum.
There’s still no injury report and it is yet to be confirmed if Kuzma will play back-to-back.
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