Kyle Kuzma Is Done Wearing Crazy Outfits Before NBA Games: ‘I’m Taking a Backseat’

Kyle Kuzma says he’s done with the wild pre-game fits.

In a new interview with Vogue, Kuzma revealed that his days of wearing outfits that stopped the internet in its tracks — either celebrate or clown what he’s wearing — are over.

“I don’t want to be a part of that type of community where you have to put on a fit,” Kuzma explained. “I’m really taking a backseat to all of that.”

Kuzma continued on, explaining that while he was “a pretty evident person with the tunnel years ago,” the pressure that players feel to always bring out the best outfits is something that he doesn’t like.

“I can speak from experience that when you’re a younger player, you don’t want to wear the same thing twice,” he said. “A lot of times we get played into thinking, oh, we gotta switch it up, we gotta buy something new. And now we’re just buying clothes to impress people or to stand out. It’s ludicrous.”

Now Kuzma choosing not to break out his best gear before games doesn’t mean that he’s stepping out of the world of fashion altogether — he’s just going to wear that stuff on his off days.
“As athletes, we make our everyday lives our tunnels, whether we’re in season or not,” he added. “But the actual tunnel is not really the best place to get a fit off.”

The NBA season just started and Kuzma’s change is already evident. At a recent game, he opted to wear a sweater and sweatpants — a far cry from back in 2021 when he wore a pink sweater that was so long in the sleeves that he probably swing from the ceiling of an NBA arena like Spider-Man.

Kuzma doesn’t just love wearing clothes — he also loves to donate them. Last year, Kuzma donated $60,000 in clothing to female prisoners that were set to be released from the Genesee County jail in his hometown of Flint, MI.