Kentucky Basketball: Looking back at the Wildcats career of Johnny Juzang

A player who originally began his collegiate career in a Wildcats uniform prior to transferring, here is a look back at the time Johnny Juzang spent with Kentucky basketball.

Looking back at the Kentucky Basketball career of Johnny Juzang

Juzang originally came to Kentucky as a member of the Wildcats 2019 recruiting class, considered as a highly-rated four-star small forward out of Harvard-Westlake High School in California. Rated as the nation’s No. 33 overall player that cycle according to the 247Sports Composite, Juzang was also one of California’s top players in that class as well.

As a freshman, Juzang would go on to appear in a total of 28 games during the 2019-20 season at Kentucky, two of which he started. Across that season, Juzang would average a combined 2.9 PPG and 1.9 RPG with an average of 12.3 MPG primarily off the Wildcats bench, while also shooting 32.6% from three, as well as 83.3% from the free throw line.

At seasons end, Juzang would however go on to enter the transfer portal, where the guard would transfer to UCLA, bringing an end to his Kentucky basketball career after only one season with the Wildcats.

Once transferring to UCLA, Juzang would go on to play two seasons with the Bruins, averaging a combined 15.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, and 1.7 APG during that span. Juzang would also receive All-Pac-12 honors both seasons, and would go on to declare for the 2022 NBA Draft after the conclusion of his 2021-22 junior season.

Juzang would however go undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, where he would shortly after sign a two-way deal with the Utah Jazz. During the 2022-23 season as a rookie, Juzang would appear in a total of 18 games off the Jazz bench, averaging 4.8 PPG and 2.2 RPG, and will be entering his second NBA season in the upcoming 2023-24 campaign.