{"id":4357,"date":"2026-04-17T06:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=4357"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:39:38","slug":"nba-champion-kuzma-joins-courtois-at-sierra-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/nba-champion-kuzma-joins-courtois-at-sierra-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA champion Kuzma joins Courtois at Sierra Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Kuzma has joined Sierra Racing Club as co-owner and global brand ambassador in the E1 Series, linking up with Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois at the team.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on Wednesday, with the Milwaukee Bucks forward becoming the latest high-profile athlete to invest in the all-electric powerboat racing championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a competitor [and] this is what I do every night in the NBA. When I saw what Sierra Racing Club was building along with E1, it was really a no-brainer,\u201d said the 30-year-old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXHUW0hDTVc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; 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flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXHUW0hDTVc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kyle Kuzma (@kuz)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kuzma, who won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, joined a growing list of global sports icons and celebrities involved in the series, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/nadal-vs-lebron-vs-drogba-vs-kohli-only-in-e1-series-powerboat-racing\/\">Rafael Nadal, LeBron James, Tom Brady, Didier Drogba and Virat Kohli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 E1 Series season began in Jeddah in January, with Aoki Racing Team taking victory in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>The championship continues at Lake Como in Italy from April 24-25, with the race available live on SPOTV NOW.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fdk-AXs_G8?si=p4E1BeLX5X8QNYRQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Kuzma has joined Sierra Racing Club as co-owner and global brand ambassador in the E1 Series, linking up with Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois at the team. The announcement was made on Wednesday, with the Milwaukee Bucks forward becoming the latest high-profile athlete to invest in the all-electric powerboat racing championship. \u201cI\u2019m a competitor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/nba-champion-kuzma-joins-courtois-at-sierra-racing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA champion Kuzma joins Courtois at Sierra Racing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[941],"class_list":["post-4357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-e1-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4359,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4357\/revisions\/4359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}