Kyle Kuzma Breaks Injury News on Lakers Veteran on Twitter

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Houston Rockets without Anthony Davis and LeBron James. Young Kyle Kuzma talked about the injury of one Lakers veteran, and it’s not Davis.

Lakers head coach Frank Vogel says there’s another veteran to keep an yee on for the weekend.

Jared Dudley missed more than two months due to a torn MCL and he may play for the final two games of the Lakers roster.

Kuzma couldn’t hide his excitement.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) may make his return to play this weekend as the team travels to Indy/Nola for their final push of the season league sources tell me.

— kuz (@kylekuzma) May 13, 2021

Kyle Kuzma celebrates Dudley’s return from injury

Dudley last played on March 3 and missed a lot of time due to his calf injury. The veteran may not give the Lakers an instant boost but he is a proud leader.

“When you’re on a veteran team, it’s having professionalism, and also just doing your job. When you do your job on the court, that gives you more of a trust off the court,”  Dudley told NBA.com in 2020. “It’s more trying to get to know you as a person, as a friend, and then when it comes to the basketball and they respect you, and they understand where you’re coming from as a person, they can kind of hear your advice a little better. It could be shot selection at a certain time, time of possession when it comes to slowing the ball down and getting a good shot instead of rushing a couple shots.”

Dudley is averaging 7.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. His best performance happened in 2011-12 and he averaged 12.7 points per game in career-high 31.1 minutes.

LeBron will return to the lineup on Saturday. Vogel is cautious with his veteran.

“I think he wanted to be back long before now, but obviously you have to listen to your body,” Vogel told reporters. “When guys have injuries, they have to be out … I think he’s being intelligent with it but he certainly wants to be out there as soon as possible, I can tell you that much. He’s very eager to get back.”

Kuzma doesn’t really think much about LeBron’s rhythm in the postseason.

“I don’t really care if he comes back and plays against Indiana or the Pelicans and shoots 45 times to get a rhythm,” he said. “He’ll find it.”