Since Kuzma hasn’t appeared on my channel recently and I don’t normally ignore players for no good reason, I sort of figured that he was experiencing some kind of prolonged, month-long slumpy-wump. So I went and checked his game logs only to find that, of course, I was right (I always am); this is only his second twenty-point game since the All-Star break, a low number for somebody who averaged nineteen points in the month of December alone.
Further examination of the monthly splits reveals that he averaged 11 PPG on 38% shooting in the month of February. In case you have trouble interpreting those numbers, I’ll spell it out for you: he sucked.
The “Kyle Kuzma ROTY of the Year” campaign is absolutely dead in the water, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to see more scoring out of the Kuz Ball. He’s like a younger version of Danilo Gallinari without injuries. His goal should be to average 20 PPG for the rest of season, starting right now. I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with players scoring 20 PPG but I am and I want Kuzma to do it for me.