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Lakers’ Kuzma thanks The Rock for helping him bulk up

June 19, 2018 by Steve DelVecchio • Comments
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If you want to learn the best way to put on muscle, there can’t be many people who are better to ask than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. From the way it sounds, it worked for Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma.

Kuzma, the No. 27 overall pick in last year’s draft, had an outstanding rookie season. He averaged 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game and looks to be a steal where the Lakers drafted him, but the 22-year-old felt he needed to get bigger and stronger before next year. That’s where The Rock came in.

Yo @therock appreciate the tips on summer gainz ????????

A post shared by Kyle Kuzma (@kuz) on Jun 16, 2018 at 12:21pm PDT

And just in case you thought Kuzma was being sarcastic, The Rock returned the shout-out.

Kuz told me he wanted his best summer ever. Boy’s puttin’ in the work https://t.co/j4z2i1i6mX

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) June 18, 2018

Since the Lakers reportedly asked Kuzma to tone down his rap battle war with teammate Lonzo Ball, he should have even more time to work on his gains going forward. As long as he sticks with The Rock, how can he go wrong?

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