Johnny Juzang

Juzang didn't improve his draft stock as expected during his final season in college. He'll have to make shots at a high level to stick.

He has all the tools he needs to become a successful NBA player. But he’ll have to go to the G League to find his way, because it’s a different game in the NBA.” That spring he transferred to UCLA. Though many cited his year in Lexington as evidence that Juzang initially chose the wrong college — or that he should not have reclassified — he never saw it that way. Not bad, but not enough for Juzang to have an impact in the NBA, especially considering the line is so much deeper. The team barely made the field of 68 as a member of the First Four, but thanks to Juzang, the Bruins came within a halfcourt bank shot of playing in the championship game. Yet, his junior season was marred by several injuries (including a hip contusion he sustained when he fell off a motor scooter he was riding around campus) as well as a COVID-19 infection that caused him to miss two games in late January. When Juzang was healthy and on his game, he was one of the best players in college basketball, but there were enough occasions when he was either unavailable or unproductive to raise questions in the mind of NBA scouts.