{"id":107575,"date":"2024-11-18T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T13:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=107575"},"modified":"2024-11-18T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T13:49:23","slug":"kyle-kuzma-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/18\/kyle-kuzma-pistons\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Kuzma Learns Trash Talking Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The rule in the NBA is what goes around comes back around. It might take some time, but whatever you do, it might come back to haunt you. Washington Wizards\u2019 forward <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kuzmaky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kyle Kuzma<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> learned that the hard way. When you trash other franchises, you might be on the wrong side of the joke sometime later.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Kyle Kuzma Learns Trash Talking Lesson<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last year, the Detroit Pistons had to wait until February to win their seventh game. They had the worst record in the league and tied the Philadelphia 76ers for the longest-ever losing streak with 28 straight losses. Their streak was the longest in a single season, while the 76ers lost 28 consecutive games across two seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kyle Kuzma was one of the players to poke fun at the Pistons, posting on Twitter screenshots of their games.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At this point its like \u201cdont be that team\u201d \ud83e\udd23 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmWMgPt9Jz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/qmWMgPt9Jz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kuz (@kylekuzma) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylekuzma\/status\/1740557176345956625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This Sunday, the Pistons won their seventh game of the season and are the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Washington Wizards, on the other hand, have a 2-10 record and are tied for the second-worst team in the East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To make matters worse, the<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pistons\u2019 seventh win came against the Wizards, a game in which Kuzma was the starter. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To be fair,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> he had one of the better games of the season, scoring 22 points on 10-14 shooting. However,\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kuzma was -22 for the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Pistons Love Playing against Washington<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This was not the only game in which the Pistons took things personal against Kuzma. Here is a fun fact. Two-and-a-half weeks after Kuzma\u2019s initial post on Twitter, the Pistons defeated the Wizards 129-117. In that <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/202401150WAS.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">game<\/a>, Kuzma had 21 points.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This time, the Pistons decided to take things further up a notch. After the win, the Pistons\u2019 official Twitter profile poked fun at Kuzma.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As they say around the league, people keep receipts.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">*don\u2019t say it*<br \/>\n*don\u2019t say it*<br \/>\n*don\u2019t say it*<br \/>\n*sighs*<\/p>\n<p>at this point it\u2019s like \u201cdont be that team\u201d <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CYalV3254p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CYalV3254p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitPistons\/status\/1858320770910294121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kuzma Admits His Mistake<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following the game, a reporter asked Kuzma about the string of tough consecutive losses and how he feels about the team\u2019s competitiveness. To that, Kuz replied,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cNot good, not good. You lose by 20 every night, that tells you you\u2019re not competitive.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Media Availability: Brian Keefe, Malcolm Brogdon, and Kyle Kuzma | 11.17.24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ch6erAb2xtg?start=499&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Is Kyle Kuzma on the Trading Block?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kuzma is in his fourth year with the Washington Wizards. After being the team\u2019s leading scorer last year, his production has <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">taken a dip<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> this year. His numbers are down across the board, scoring only 17.9 points per game on 40% shooting and an abysmal 28.9% from behind the arc.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To make matters worse, he is averaging 3.4 turnovers per game, the most in his career. Simply put, Kuzma is not playing well, and the team is awful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We cannot say his <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/01\/wizards-forward-kyle-kuzma-needs-to-be-traded\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">trade value<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> will go up, and the Wizards seem to have decided on a rebuilding path. Trading Kuzma will bring an asset or two back and allow the team to give more playing time to <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/05\/draymond-green-wizards-rookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">young players<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> like <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sarral01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alex Sarr<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/coulibi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bilal Coulibaly<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kyshawn George<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carrica01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Carlton &#8216;Bub&#8217; Carrington<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Kuzma still has some value for a contending team <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in need of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> depth on its bench.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rule in the NBA is what goes around comes back around. It might take some time, but whatever you do, it might come back to haunt you. Washington Wizards\u2019 forward Kyle Kuzma learned that the hard way. When you trash other franchises, you might be on the wrong side of the joke sometime later. 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