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Kyle Kuzma keeps quiet on basketball scandal, but Lonzo Ball says it's time to pay college players

Often vocal about his belief that college basketball players should be paid, Kyle Kuzma took a step back on Friday and let Lakers teammate Lonzo Ball make the point for him.

"I don't think it is the right time to really say too much about that with all (the stuff) going on," Kuzma said.

Ball, however, didn't hold back.

"Everybody knows everybody's getting paid," Ball said Friday morning. "That's just how it is. Everybody's getting paid anyway, you might as well make it legal."

Kuzma was among the players identified as having been paid by an agent while in college in documents first obtained by Yahoo Sports. The documents are part of an FBI investigation into bribery and corruption in college basketball that has already led to the arrests of four assistant coaches, including Tony Bland, formerly of USC.

Expense reports obtained by the FBI detailed payments made to college basketball players and NBA prospects by the high-powered agency ASM Sports.

"I'm aware of it, of course," Kuzma said of the report. "I am sure everybody is in the country. It is a legal matter. Me and my team and everybody else is gathering information right now, and my main focus is focusing on basketball."


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