Larry Nance Jr.

Larry Nance Jr.

#22 Power Forward Center
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2024-25 REGULAR SEASON STATS
9.2 PTS
2.6 REB
1.2 AST
.667 3P%
0.8 STLS

Personal Information

Full Name Larry Nance Jr.
Position Power Forward, Center
DOB (Age) 01-01-1993 (31 yrs)
Height 6 ft 8 in (2.01 m)
Weight 230 lbs (104 kgs)
Hometown Akron, OH
College University of Wyoming
Draft 2015 - Rd: 1, Pick: 27 (ATL)
Debut 2015

Recent Games

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Date Opp Result Min PTS FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% REB AST BLK
Sun 04/14
@ LAL LAL
L 108-124 30 13 5 - 8 0.62 1 - 2 0.50 2 - 2 1.00 6 4 0
Wed 04/10
@ POR POR
W 110-100 19 2 0 - 2 0.00 0 - 1 0.00 2 - 2 1.00 4 2 0
Sun 04/07
@ PHX PHX
W 113-105 31 9 3 - 6 0.50 0 - 2 0.00 3 - 3 1.00 8 7 1
Sat 04/06
@ SAS SAS
L 109-111 20 6 3 - 7 0.43 0 - 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00 3 6 0
Thu 04/04
@ ORL ORL
L 108-117 13 2 1 - 2 0.50 0 - 1 0.00 0 - 0 0.00 1 1 0

Regular Season Stats

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Season Team GP GS Min PTS FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OFF DEF REB AST BLK
2024
ATL ATL
5 1 15.0 9.2 3.800 - 5.400 .704 1.600 - 2.400 .667 0.000 - 0.000 0 1.4 1.2 2.6 1.2 0.2
2023
NOP NOP
61 0 19.9 5.7 2.262 - 3.951 .573 0.443 - 1.066 .415 0.770 - 1.000 .770 1.5 3.5 5.0 1.9 0.3
2022
NOP NOP
65 1 21.2 6.8 2.862 - 4.692 .610 0.215 - 0.646 .333 0.846 - 1.215 .696 1.6 3.8 5.4 1.8 0.6
2021
NOP NOP
9 0 20.2 7.3 3.000 - 5.444 .551 0.444 - 0.889 .500 0.889 - 0.889 1.000 1.6 2.8 4.3 0.9 0.8
2021
POR POR
37 11 23.2 6.9 2.757 - 5.351 .515 0.514 - 1.676 .306 0.865 - 1.324 .653 1.6 4.1 5.6 2.0 0.4
Career 527 135 23.1 7.7 3.161 - 5.837 .542 0.408 - 1.173 .348 0.949 - 1.362 .696 1.9 4.3 6.2 1.9 0.5

Larry Nance Jr. News

"No idea what they're doing" - Larry Nance Jr. criticizes ESPN analysts for giving Herb Jones lowly 97th rank in Top 100 list "No idea what they're doing" - Larry Nance Jr. criticizes ESPN analysts for giving Herb Jones lowly 97th rank in Top 100 list
"No idea what they're doing" - Larry Nance Jr. criticizes ESPN analysts for giving Herb Jones lowly 97th rank in Top 100 list 
"Is Griff trying to kill me?" - Larry Nance Jr's wife hilariously reveals the challenges of getting traded right before bedtime "Is Griff trying to kill me?" - Larry Nance Jr's wife hilariously reveals the challenges of getting traded right before bedtime
"Is Griff trying to kill me?" - Larry Nance Jr's wife hilariously reveals the challenges of getting traded right before bedtime
"Worse than my Patrick Star edit" - Larry Nance Jr. mocks Luka Doncic's Hanzo edit "Worse than my Patrick Star edit" - Larry Nance Jr. mocks Luka Doncic's Hanzo edit
"Worse than my Patrick Star edit" - Larry Nance Jr. mocks Luka Doncic's Hanzo edit
"Wanted to make sure y'all saw"- Larry Nance Jr. trolls Nick Young's "TJ McCollum" tweet with hilarious meme "Wanted to make sure y'all saw"- Larry Nance Jr. trolls Nick Young's "TJ McCollum" tweet with hilarious meme
"Wanted to make sure y'all saw"- Larry Nance Jr. trolls Nick Young's "TJ McCollum" tweet with hilarious meme
"No Jontay Porter": Banned NBA player catches stray from Larry Nance Jr. after "betting" on Pelicans to beat OKC "No Jontay Porter": Banned NBA player catches stray from Larry Nance Jr. after "betting" on Pelicans to beat OKC
"No Jontay Porter": Banned NBA player catches stray from Larry Nance Jr. after "betting" on Pelicans to beat OKC

Larry Nance Jr. : A Brief Biography

Larry Donnell Nance Jr. is an American professional basketball player and a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. Larry Nance Jr. is the son of player Larry Nance who played his professional basketball for the Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. Nance attended Revere High School near Akron, Ohio. As a senior, he averaged 18.2 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game for the Minutemen.

Larry played his college basketball for Wyoming. In his four years there, he averaged 11.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.1 blocks in 123 games and was considered as one of the best big men in Mountain West Conference. He led the Wyoming Cowboys to their first NCAA tournament since 2002 in 2014-15. He is the 2015 MWC Defensive Player of the Year, 2-time First Team All-MWC (2014,2015) and a 2-time MWC All-Defensive Team (2014,2015).

Nance was selected as the 27th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 3 seasons Lance played in the purple and gold, he averaged 6.9 points, 5.7 rebound, 1.2 assists to go along with 1.2 steals shooting 54.7 percent from the field. Mid-way through the 2017-2018 NBA season, Nance, along with Jordan Clarkson, was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye, and a 2018 first-round draft pick.

After playing two games with no. 24 jersey, the NBA allowed him to him to wear his father's retired No. 22 jersey. In his first start, he set career highs with 22 points and 15 rebounds as the Cavaliers defeated the Detroit Pistons 112–90. He had a career-best stretch posting seven consecutive double-digit scoring games. Nance helped the Cleveland Cavaliers reach the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive time where they got swept by the Golden State Warriors. Nance also participated in the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk contest where he came in second.