This former Lakers player was in a dark place after being traded

Being a Los Angeles Lakers player is the dream of most NBA players as it is one of the longest and more winning franchises in the league's history. However, being a Rookie and being selected by the purple and gold in the draft is better.

Kyle Kuzma was part of the "Baby Lakers," a young generation of talented promises that, around 2020, was dismantled, Kuzma being the last one to be traded. Instead, Kuzma grew and developed into the player he is today in Los Angeles.

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The Lakers had in Kyle a young talent that promised to be the franchise's future face, but with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the team, Kuzma started to fade away and then was traded for Russell Westbrook, which was a significant mistake.

But for Kayle Kuzma, even wanting his exit from LA, it wasn't easy; it has just been revealed that he was in a “dark place” because of the narratives surrounding his departure: "How people perceived me… it kind of hurt me a little bit". Said Kuzma. But since then, he has recovered and is a good player.

The "Baby Lakers" generation was never to win a championship

One of the members of the famously nicknamed "Baby Lakers," Jordan Clarkson, recently said that the young Lakers generation is quite good, and stars each in their own right, as a whole, were never going to win a championship with the purple and gold.