Earlier, the Wizards sat at home to meet the Challenge of the Nets, before that, both sides made related trades, the Nets sent Harden and Millsap to the 76ers, and the Wizards sent Dinwiddie and Harrell to the Lone Rangers and Hornets respectively. But compared to the Nets' Harden in these games originally because of injuries as a wall view, the Wizards this time lack harrell, Dinwiddie, Bill (wrist injury season reimbursement) three main force, originally thought that the Nets to end the losing streak, but the Wizards finally stubbornly defended the home, 113-110 there is no danger to win the game, ending their 2 consecutive losses at the same time, but also to the Nets 10 consecutive losses.
Shuzhong no big general Liao Hua as a pioneer, in the absence of Dinwiddie, Beal both in the backcourt, Kuzma also became the main core of the team in this game, this campaign he started 37 minutes, 15 shots 6 of 15 shots to win 15 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists of the first career triple-double, but also did not live up to the Wizards' weight on him. Because before the end of the trade deadline, the Wizards had made it clear that except for Bill and Kuzma, the rest of the team could be traded, and before the trading market closed, the Wizards really left Kuzma behind.
Kuzma, who was traded to the Wizards by the Lakers in the offseason last year, originally thought that he was going to come to play as a substitute for Hachimura, but thanks to Hachimura's indefinite absence due to personal matters, Kuzma also naturally directly obtained a long-lost starting opportunity, and in the first two seasons of his career, Kuzma served as the team's starting No. 4. In the 18-19 season, Kuzma once played a career-best 18.7 points and 5.5 rebounds, which aroused great interest from the Pelicans, but the Lakers insisted on not putting him in the chip of trading thick eyebrows, and Kuzma was finally able to stay with the Purple and Gold.
Unfortunately, with the arrival of thick eyebrows, Kuzma not only has to give up his starting lineup, but even has to make a cameo appearance in the No. 5 position, which is not good at, so in the last two seasons, Kuzma, who is not sure of his own positioning, has also declined sharply. Finally, after the end of last season, the Lakers also lost patience with him and packed him up with Harrell and Pope to Washington. This time to become the Wizards' "non-sale", Kuzma also proved his value with practical actions, as of now, he can average 16.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, the three shooting rates are 45.4%, 33.2% and 69.6%, respectively, in both offensive and defensive ends have played well, and in the beginning of the season, Kuzma has cut two double-double data in succession, although there have been ups and downs in the state after the ups and downs, but Kuzma has regained himself after making adjustments.
In the case of Beal's season reimbursement, Kuzma may really have to take on the core position of the team, since entering the NBA in 17 years, Kuzma has actually been playing an auxiliary role, and now suddenly to fight the team on the shoulders, for Kuzma, it is both an opportunity and a challenge, the opportunity is the current Wizards lack of major generals, he can grasp the absolute ball to play the price, the challenge is that he has been a supporting role before, can adapt to the current core role.
After the end of the season, Kuzma has 2 years and 26 million dollars left on his contract, and if he can seize the opportunity, it is not impossible to get an early extension from the team and let his value continue to increase.