Lonzo Ball And Kyle Kuzma Put On A Rookie Dunk Contest At Lakers Practice

The rookies are at it again for the Los Angeles Lakers. Second overall pick Lonzo Ball and 27th overall pick Kyle Kuzma had some fun at practice on Wednesday, putting on a very casual dunk contest that was captured by reporters on video.

Ball and Kuzma are less known as dunkers than former teammate Larry Nance Jr., who competed in the actual NBA Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend, but they both have plenty of bounce and some skills to show off at the rim. If nothing else, the mini-dunk contest at the Lakers practice facility is a good sign that Lonzo’s knee is feeling 100 percent as he has just recently returned to the Lakers lineup.

Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times caught the video on Wednesday, where the two rookies both tried different dunk attempts at the end of pratice. Here’s Lonzo tossing a pass to himself and finishing with a one-handed slam. Kuzma then tries the same dunk and struggles get the pass right.

In the next round, Kuzma puts the ball behind his back and puts it home, while Lonzo couldn’t get another dunk attempt down similar to the first one on film.

It was a pretty loose affair. Here’s Kuzma trying two dunks in a row, while Ganguli admits she missed a nice 360 dunk from Lonzo.

It’s still a lot more practice than Lonzo’s little brother, LaMelo, is getting in Lithuania.