Before the season even began, Kyle Kuzma made his intentions clear at the bottom of a small Polaroid photo.
Below a picture of him flexing on Media Day, the 27th draft pick wrote “All-Rookie Team.”
Eight months later, Kuzma’s goal has officially been made his achievement.
Of the 100 media members who voted on this year’s All-Rookie honors, 93 chose him for the First Team, while the other seven selected him for the Second Team.
“That’s one of my goals that I had at the beginning of the year,” Kuzma said. “… Everybody had a type of goal, and that was my goal.