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The Woj Pod

Kyle Kuzma

The Woj Pod

ESPN

Sports

4.6722 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Washington Wizards star Kyle Kuzma joins The Woj Pod to discuss his breakout season, his looming free agency and hope for a future with the Wiz, winning a title with LeBron James and the Lakers, his fashion fame, growing up in Flint as an unknown prospect, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome in to another edition of the WojPod here in New York with Washington Wizards Forward, Kyle Kuzma.

0:09.9

One of the real breakout players, not just in the Eastern Conference, but in all of the NBA, career highs across the board for you, Kyle.

0:20.5

I'll be getting at almost 22 points a game for this Wizards team.

0:25.2

And you are in the All-Star Eastern Conference,

0:28.9

All-Star conversation, which is, I'm sure, pretty remarkable,

0:33.0

given it wasn't that long ago.

0:35.2

You were a freshman at Utah,

0:37.3

averaging three points a game, and now

0:39.4

all these years later, an all-star game in Utah. It's funny how sometimes it can start to look full

0:45.1

circle. Full circle. I mean, you kind of just said it, you hit it on the nail. I mean, I think

0:50.2

me touching on what you said about my freshman year in college, I never really

0:56.8

expected this type of journey.

0:59.0

And for me, I've always been really, really confident.

1:02.0

And I knew even, you know, my freshman year, I averaged three points a game.

1:07.0

But I always knew that I could be an NBA player.

1:09.7

But when you talk about the journey and

1:11.6

everything that's transpired no I could never think about that for sure yeah I mean

1:18.2

this is we said this has been your best season certainly the opportunity has been

1:24.3

there your growth and you've already got five 30-point this season, more than you had all of last season.

1:30.8

And, you know, you were earlier in your career.

1:33.3

There was a lot, especially playing with LeBron in L.A.

1:36.2

It was a lot of catch-and-shoot.

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