25 Facts About Johnny Juzang

Jonathan Anh Juzang is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.

Johnny Juzang began his college basketball career playing one season with the Kentucky Wildcats before transferring and spending two seasons with the UCLA Bruins.

Harvard-Westlake won the CIF Southern Section Division 1A championship after Johnny Juzang recorded 21 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in the final.

Johnny Juzang helped lead Harvard-Westlake to their first league title since 2011 after scoring 25 points in the championship game against rival Loyola.

Johnny Juzang was a four-star recruit and one of the top small forwards in his class.

Johnny Juzang had been interested in UCLA, but their coach, Steve Alford, was fired, and he did not have time to develop a relationship with their new coach, Mick Cronin, before choosing the Wildcats.

Johnny Juzang's defense was considered a weakness, and he did not shoot well enough to compel Wildcats coach John Calipari to play him more.

Johnny Juzang averaged 2.9 points, shooting 37.7 percent from the field, in 12.4 minutes per game for the Wildcats.

Johnny Juzang had been lonely without his family, and the COVID-19 pandemic drove his desire to return home.

Johnny Juzang decided to transfer to UCLA and play under Cronin, and he was granted a waiver to play immediately instead of the usual requirement to sit out a season.

Johnny Juzang moved into the starting lineup in the following game against Marquette.

The game included a stretch where Johnny Juzang scored 21 straight points for the team, making eight consecutive shots to end the first half and begin the second.

Johnny Juzang was the first Bruin to score at least half of his team's points in a game since Reggie Miller 35 years earlier.

The team's leading scorer, Johnny Juzang was a second-team All-Pac-12 selection.

Johnny Juzang became the first player to score at least half of his team's points in a regional finals win since Oscar Robertson in 1960.

Johnny Juzang was named the most outstanding player of the tournament's East Region.

Johnny Juzang averaged 22.8 points in six games in the tournament, and was named to the 2021 All-Tournament Team.

Johnny Juzang scored 137 total points, the second most by a UCLA player in NCAA tournament history behind Gail Goodrich's 140 points in 1965.

Johnny Juzang scored 23 or more points four times in the tournament for a total of eight games with at least 20 during the season.

Johnny Juzang was sidelined for two games after testing positive for COVID-19, and failed to significantly improve on defense during the season.

Johnny Juzang was named a third-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and was voted to the All-Pac-12 first team.

Johnny Juzang was listed on the final national ballot for the John R Wooden Award, and was a finalist for the Jerry West Award, given to the top shooting guard in the nation.

Johnny Juzang played for the Utah Jazz in the 2022 NBA Summer League, although his debut was delayed after he suffered a concussion in a car crash days after he arrived in Utah.

On July 19,2023, Johnny Juzang signed another two-way contract with the Jazz.

Johnny Juzang scored a new career high of 27 points against the Golden State Warriors in a regular season game on April 7,2024.