Kodi Andrew Justice (born April 3, 1995) is an American professional

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player for

CSO Voluntari Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Voluntari 2005, commonly known as CSO Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian multi-sport club based in Voluntari who was founded at the initiative of the office of the Mayor of Voluntari. The club currently has 13 ...

of the Liga Națională. He played

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for the

Arizona State Sun Devils The Arizona State Sun Devils are the sport, athletic teams that represent Arizona State University. ASU has nine men's and eleven women's Varsity team, varsity teams competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Divisi ...

Early life

Justice began playing basketball on the

Amateur Athletic Union The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. It h ...

circuit in eighth grade. He was a varsity starter at

Dobson High School Dobson High School is a public high school located in Mesa, Arizona, United States. It is one of six high schools in Mesa Public Schools and serves grades 9-12. Rhodes and Summit Academy feed students into Dobson. The school's mascot is a Mustang ...

Mesa, Arizona Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Arizona, third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, T ...

since his freshman season. As a senior, Justice averaged 15.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.

College career

Justice played

for

Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the largest ...

for four years. He missed the second half of his freshman season with a foot injury. Justice averaged 7.9 points, 2.4 assists, and 2.2 rebounds per game. As a junior, Justice averaged 9.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 41.7 percent from three-point range. He frequently had to play out of position at power forward due to the lack of size on the team. On November 23, 2017, Justice scored a career-high 28 points in a 92–90 win over

Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public inst ...

. He averaged 12.7 points per game as a senior and finished with over 1,000 career points.

Professional career

On July 24, 2018, Justice signed with Russian club

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

of the

VTB United League The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...

. In 17 appearances, he averaged 10.6 points, 2.3 assists and 1.6 rebounds per game. On March 1, Justice signed with

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

of the

Polish Basketball League Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English language, English: Polish Basketball League), officially known as the Orlen Basket Liga due to its sponsorship by Orlen, is a professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Poland. I ...

and the VTB United League. On August 4, he signed with

Pallacanestro Trieste Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trieste. They played in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) for five seasons (2018–19 LBA season, 2018–19 to 2022–23 LBA season, 2022–23 season); after winning playof ...

of the Italian

Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club (sport), club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball ...

(LBA). Justice was named

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of Round 11 of the LBA after recording 24 points, six rebounds and six assists in a 69–61 victory over Universo Treviso on December 1. He averaged 9.8 points per game in 19 appearances for Trieste. On November 7, 2020, Justice signed with

KK Zadar Košarkaški klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball A ...

of the

HT Premijer liga The Favbet Premijer liga (, ), also known as simply Premijer liga, is the first tier level men's professional basketball league in Croatia. It began in 1991, following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and therefore the Yugoslav League, and is orga ...

and the

ABA League The ABA League, renamed the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the top-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedoni ...

. He averaged 10.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. On September 5, 2021, Justice signed with

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

of the

. On March 4, 2024, he signed with

of the Liga Națională.

Personal life

Justice has been diagnosed with

dyslexia Dyslexia (), previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability that affects either reading or writing. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, wri ...

. He did not speak publicly about his struggles with dyslexia until his junior year in college.

References

External links

Arizona State Sun Devils bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Justice, Kodi 1995 births Living people 21st-century American sportsmen American expatriate basketball people in Croatia American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Russia American men's basketball players Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball players Basketball players from Mesa, Arizona BC Parma players CSO Voluntari players KK Zadar players Pallacanestro Trieste players Shooting guards Śląsk Wrocław basketball players Sportspeople with dyslexia Zastal Zielona Góra players