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Kyle Kuzma isn’t thinking about extension talks with the Lakers this summer:
‘I’m going to get paid regardless’
今年夏天Kyle Kuzma沒有在思考有關與湖人的延長合約: 怎樣我都會拿到錢

Before the league descended on Orlando to restart the NBA season, Kyle Kuzma
was part of a group of third-year players — along with Bam Adebayo, De’
Aaron Fox, Donovan Mitchell, and Jayson Tatum — who met with league
leadership to secure some sort of insurance protection for their upcoming
contract extensions.
在聯盟開始在奧蘭多復賽前，Kyle Kuzma是聯盟裡數位三年級生的其中一位--其他包括Bam
Adebayo，De'Aaron Fox，Donovan Mitchell跟Jayson Tatum--這些都是達到聯盟領先標準
對於他們延長合約會有一些保障的球員。

It’s not clear if any agreement emerged from those talks, but Kuzma also
doesn’t seem to be worried about his looming extension, which can be signed
this offseason.
目前對於這些合約是否有達成共識並不明朗，但是似乎Kuzma對於對於即將來臨可以在休賽
季簽的延長合約並沒有很擔心的樣子。

“I mean, I’m gonna get paid regardless so I don’t really care,” Kuzma
told the media on Wednesday. “It’s gonna happen one day. So I don’t think
about that.”
「我的意思是，怎樣我都會拿到錢的，所以我真的不在乎，」Kuzma星期三的時候跟媒體說
到。「總有一天會發生的，所以我不會去想這些。」

Kuzma hasn’t made that much money, relatively speaking, in his NBA career
thus far after entering the league as the 27th pick in the 2017 draft. At the
end of this season, he will have earned about $5 million in salary (though he
likely makes a substantial amount in endorsements), so he is still waiting on
the first contract that earns him life-changing money.


The third-year Laker isn’t projected to get a maximum extension like the
other players who were seeking insurance, but he is highly valued by the team
and governor Jeanie Buss. The Lakers kept Kuzma over all of their other young
players in the Anthony Davis trade this past offseason, and the front office
clearly has remained bullish on Kuzma’s star potential.


So yes, Kuzma will get paid eventually, and most likely by the Lakers. It
probably won’t be this offseason as the Lakers keep their salary cap space
for the summer of 2021, when the older brother of a certain two-way player
will be a free agent. In due time, however, Kuzma stands to earn a pretty
penny.


His teammate Jared Dudley spoke to The Athletic about how Kuzma can prove his
value as a role player:
他的隊友Jared Dudley在接受The Athletic訪問時講到Kuzma如何證明他在角色球員上的價
值：

“I always tell Kuz about the money,” Dudley said. “Players want to get
paid.... The question is, how can you fit in with these two players? You’re
not always going to get 18 points a game.
「我一直跟Kuz講到錢的事情，」Dudley說。「球員想賺錢...但問題是，你要怎麼跟這兩
個球員配合？你不可能每場都可以拿18分的。」

“They think you’re going to shoot the ball every time. And when your shot
is not going, can you get to the free throw line? What can you bring to this
team? And, once we win? I’ve seen Otto Porter get a max contract (averaging)
13 points a game. And he’s better than him. Kuz is more talented than Otto
Porter. He’s more athletic, there’s more stuff he can do with it. But Otto
Porter stars in his role.”
「他們認為你每次都得出手，但是手感不好投不進去時，你能夠拿到犯規拿罰球的分數


Kuzma hasn’t yet proven that he can be a star as a role player, and his best
moments have come when one or both of Davis or James is out. If he wants to
guarantee his financial future, he’ll have to be more consistent during the
Lakers’ playoff run and show that he fits on this Lakers team moving
forward. He’s been good enough over the first two years of his NBA career to
“get paid regardless,” as he said, but he has the potential to earn much
more.

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