League NBA Salary 2.24 million USD (2015) Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg) Height 2.08 m | Role Basketball Player Nationality Canadian / American Name Trey Lyles | |
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Position Power forward / Small forward High school Arsenal Technical High School Parents Thomas Lyles, Jasenka Lyles Similar People Willie Cauley‑Stein, Karl‑Anthony Towns, Dakari Johnson, Tyler Ulis, Andrew Harrison Profiles | ||
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||
Trey lyles basketball highlights top player in the 2014 class
Trey Anthony Lyles (born November 5, 1995) is a Canadian-American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted by the Utah Jazz following his freshman season at the University of Kentucky.
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- Trey lyles basketball highlights top player in the 2014 class
- NBA Denver Nuggets Trey Lyles HAD IT COOKING OPEN RUN INDY
- High school career
- College career
- Utah Jazz 20152017
- Denver Nuggets 2017present
- National team career
- References
NBA Denver Nuggets Trey Lyles HAD IT COOKING OPEN RUN INDY
High school career
Entering his senior year of high school, Lyles was ranked as one of the best high school basketball players in the country and was recruited heavily by Kentucky, Indiana, and Louisville. Lyles originally committed to Indiana in September 2010 during his freshman year of high school, but then later decommitted in August 2012. Lyles signed a letter of intent on November 5, 2013 to play and study at the University of Kentucky.
During his senior year of high school, Lyles averaged 23.7 points, 12.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists and led Arsenal Tech to the IHSAA Class 4A State Championship game with a 63-59 victory over Lake Central. Following the conclusion of his senior season, Lyles was voted Indiana Mr. Basketball over fellow high school seniors Trevon Bluiett, who signed to play at Xavier University and James Blackmon, Jr. who signed with Indiana University.
College career
Lyles enrolled at Kentucky on June 12, 2014. Due to an unspecified leg injury, Lyles sat out Kentucky's six-game exhibition series in Nassau, Bahamas from August 10 through August 17. As a freshman, Lyles was named to the 2015 All-SEC Freshman Team and helped lead the Wildcats to a 2015 NCAA Final Four appearance.
On April 9, 2015, Lyles along with Kentucky teammates Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Devin Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein declared to enter their names into the 2015 NBA draft.
Utah Jazz (2015–2017)
On June 25, 2015, Lyles was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He signed his rookie scale contract with the Jazz on July 7. Lyles averaged 3.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game over the first two months of his rookie season. He began picking up his production with more steady minutes during the month of January, scoring in double figures for the first time on January 4 with 13 points against the Houston Rockets. On January 9, in a win over the Miami Heat, he recorded 10 rebounds for the first time, and on January 14, he scored a then season-high 19 points in a loss to the Sacramento Kings. On February 3, he was named a Rising Stars Challenge participant at the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend, replacing the injured Nikola Mirotić on the World Team roster. On April 10, he scored a career-high 22 points in a 100–84 win over the Denver Nuggets.
Denver Nuggets (2017–present)
On June 22, 2017, Lyles was traded, along with the draft rights to Tyler Lydon, to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for the draft rights to Donovan Mitchell.
National team career
Lyles (who moved to Indiana with his family when he was seven years old) has represented both Canada and the United States. Until his sophomore year in high school, he had trained in the United States developmental pipeline.
On the international stage, Lyles played for Canada's Junior men's national team. During the summer of 2013, Lyles, along with Tyler Ennis, led Canada to an all-time-best 6th-place finish at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship with Lyles coming in second to Ennis in scoring at the tournament.