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Guard · 2023–24

Kira Lewis Jr.

Lewis graduated from Alabama's Hazel Green High School a year early and, at 17, was the youngest player in Division I when he suited up for the Crimson Tide. By his sophomore year he was first-team All-SEC with Alabama's first triple-double since 1996, and New Orleans drafted him 13th in 2020. A torn ACL in December 2021 stalled his rise, and in February 2024 he landed with the Jazz in the trade that sent Kelly Olynyk to Toronto.

He won U19 World Cup gold with the United States in 2019. Since Utah he has kept grinding through the G League, with Capital City and now the Wisconsin Herd.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe came to Utah with Otto Porter Jr. and a 2024 first-round pick in the February 2024 trade for Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji, and was gone by that September, signing with Washington.

Full name
Kira Aundrea Lewis Jr.
Utah Jazz tenure
2023–24
Position
Guard
Born
2001, Hazel Green, Alabama
Height
6′1″ (185 cm)
College
Alabama
Drafted
2020, 1st round (No. 13), New Orleans
Signatures in the archive
  • 2021-22 Chronicles Crusade Apprentice
  • 2021-22 National Treasures Kira Lewis Jr Green /5 Pelicans SSP

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With the Jazz

KIRA LEWIS JR. · 2023–24 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
2023–24UTA129.93.81.01.60.30.1.450.154.778
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON129.93.81.01.60.30.1.450.154.778

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

KIRA LEWIS JR. · 6 NOTES
  • Entered the NBA at 19 after reclassifying to start college a year early.
  • At seventeen he was the youngest player to appear in a Division I game during the 2018-19 season.
  • His first name is pronounced KY-ruh, a detail the NBA thought worth putting in its official pronunciation guide.
  • He grew up in Meridianville, a small community in north Alabama just outside Huntsville.
  • Scored a career-high 37 points in a 105-102 overtime win over Georgia in February 2020.
  • Spent nearly two weeks in the transfer portal before new coach Nate Oats talked him into staying at Alabama.