The Los Angeles Lakers have two main problems with their current roster: they have too many players and they lack a starting forward. It would have to come under specific circumstances for the Lakers to feel good about the move. The Lakers Collective featuring Trevor Lane, Jovan Buha, and Pete Zayas wrestled with the idea. If the outgoing package is limited to Jarred Vanderbilt and Dalton Knecht, the trio were intrigued with Kuzma as a fallback. By several stretches of the imagination, Kuzma is as safe of a fallback as Los Angeles can get right now.