Lakers' Kyle Kuzma on coach Walton: Luke is my guy. I love playing for him. We stand by Luke

Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma denied that Luke Walton lost the control of the locker room and players don’t want to play for him anymore.

Per ESPN, "I don't think that's the case," Kuzma said Monday. "When you lose games, at the end of the day Luke isn't the one going out and shooting 2-for-15, turning the ball over, having turnovers or missing free throws. That's us. Can't blame the coaching staff for everything. It's mutual, of course. Players mess up, coaches mess up. We as a team have to be more accountable."

 "Luke is my guy. I love playing for him. I'm sure most of us love playing for him too. ... We stand by Luke. I know the front office does."

"In our society, social media's so big in our lives," Kuzma explained. "It's all over the place. ESPN puts out anything for clicks now, it kind of seems like. You can't really hide from it, it's just a thing that you have to deal with and just move past it. No other generation of NBA players has to deal with what we have to deal with in our era."