LeBron James And Kevin Durant React On Kyle Kuzma ‘Jesus’ Comments

Kyle Kuzma stole the show on Monday night when he hitting a game-winning triple against one of Laker’s biggest rivals in the West this season. Bursting with confidence, Kyle said he could score over Jesus Christ himself in the post-game interview. LeBron James and Kevin Durant couldn’t avoid reacting to it.

“I think Jesus could be in front of me and I’d probably still shoot,” Kuzma said on Monday. “It doesn’t really matter to me. I got an open look. It’s a play we kind of ran in practice a few times prior to the restart, and Coach had faith in me and called my number and it paid off.”

Unsurprisingly, those remarks caused a lot of reactions, including Shaquille O’Neal saying ‘hopefully Jesus doesn’t shut his a– down’ following Kuz’s comments. LeBron James and Kevin Durant also reacted to the statement, with Bron siding with the 25-year-old and KD choosing Jesus as the winner of a hypothetical 1-on-1 matchup.

“Kuz is a confident kid, a confident young man and I’m happy to have him on our side. You know, he has that confidence and he goes out and displays, he’s worked a lot, like I said, he’s still young and it’s crazy he’s only in his third year, but he’s gone better, his game was starting to slow down at the start of the seeding games at a pace that works not only for himself but works for the team, but, you know, confident player, you gotta have confidence to be able to make a shot like that and make it,” Bron said.

LeBron James on Kyle Kuzma answering an earlier question about the game-winner with “I think Jesus could be in front of me and I’d probably still shoot” video courtesy of the @Lakers: pic.twitter.com/EHryYczLGu

— The Lakers Review (@TheLakersReview) August 11, 2020

LeBron James And Kevin Durant Joke About Kuzma’s Comment

On the other hand, Durant went with Jesus, joking he’d stop Kuzma.

“I got Jesus gettin a stop,” KD wrote on Twitter.

I got Jesus gettin a stop

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 11, 2020

As LeBron said, Kuzma is extremely confident. He still has a lot to improve in his game, but he has the potential to lead the team.