TJ Leaf

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Basketball player
TJ Leaf
Leaf (jersey no.22) in 2016
Player information
birthday April 30, 1997
place of birth Tel Aviv , Israel
size 208 cm
position Power forward
college UCLA
NBA draft 2017 , 18th pick , Indiana Pacers
Club information
society Indiana Pacers
league NBA
Jersey number 22nd
Clubs as active
Indiana Pacers since 02017United StatesUnited States

Ty Jacob "TJ" Leaf (born April 30, 1997 in Tel Aviv ) is an American / Israeli basketball player . He has been part of the Indiana Pacers squad in the NBA since 2017 .

career

Leaf was born in Tel Aviv, Israel , and lived there for the first two years of his life. His father, Brad, who came from the United States , was a professional basketball player in Israel at the time. The family then moved back to the United States. Leaf grew to be a great basketball talent at Foothills Christian High School in the Californian city ​​of El Cajon , and his father was his coach on the school team. In his last season at high school (2015/16) he averaged 28.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 3.2 ball wins per match.

Leaf moved to the University of California (UCLA) in Los Angeles for the 2016/17 game year . He had previously withdrawn his original acceptance from the University of Arizona . At UCLA, he immediately became a top performer and promptly caught the eye in his competitive game debut on November 11, 2016 against the University of the Pacific team with 22 points, 15 rebounds and four basket preparations. In the course of the season Leaf was on the UCLA starting line-up in all 35 games and recorded a team maximum of 16.3 points per encounter. He also collected 8.2 rebounds per game, which meant the second best value within the team. Steve Alford , the head coach of the university team, described Leaf as "a special talent" and highlighted, among other things, his qualities on the offensive with high accuracy when throwing from distance and the gift of putting his teammates in the limelight.

After his impressive first year at UCLA, Leaf decided to continue his career as a professional basketball player and thus to prematurely end his university time. He enrolled in the 2017 NBA Draft and was selected 18th in the first round of the selection process by the Indiana Pacers . As part of the NBA summer league, he made his debut in the Pacers shirt. Leaf was a newcomer to the NBA in 53 games for Indiana in the 2017/18 season and scored an average of 2.9 points per encounter. In his first year in the league, he revealed weaknesses in defense and difficulty coping with the body-hugging style of play in the NBA.

National team

In 2015 Leaf was appointed to the squad of the Israeli U18 national team, with which he participated in the European B Championship. During the tournament he recorded averages of 16.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per encounter and was named the best player in the European Championship. That same year, Leaf was also invited to a training camp for the United States U19 national team.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Israel-born TJ Leaf drafted by NBA's Pacers in first round . ( timesofisrael.com [accessed September 26, 2017]).
  2. ↑ 5-star Calif. forward TJ Leaf has Indiana ties . In: Indianapolis Star . ( indystar.com [accessed September 26, 2017]).
  3. ↑ a b TJ Leaf - 2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster - UCLABruins.com | UCLA Athletics. Retrieved September 26, 2017 (English).
  4. ^ Leaf still Pac-12-bound with UCLA commitment . In: ESPN.com . ( espn.com [accessed September 26, 2017]).
  5. ↑ UCLABruins.com | UCLA Athletics. Retrieved September 26, 2017 (English).
  6. ^ NCAA Statistics. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
  7. ↑ 2017 NBA Draft | Prospect profiles | TJ Leaf | NBA.com. Retrieved September 26, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ Ben Bolch: TJ Leaf leaves UCLA for the NBA . In: Los Angeles Times . March 30, 2017, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed September 26, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Pacers Draft TJ Leaf with 18th Overall Pick | Indiana Pacers . In: Indiana Pacers . ( nba.com [accessed September 26, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Game Rewind: Pacers 84, Hornets 77 (Summer League) | Indiana Pacers . In: Indiana Pacers . ( nba.com [accessed September 26, 2017]).
  11. ↑ https://www.nba.com/pacers/player-review-2018-tj-leaf
  12. ↑ Ty Leaf | U18 European Championship Men (2015) | FIBA Europe. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
  13. ↑ USA Men's U19 Training Camp Roster Announced . ( usab.com [accessed September 26, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Leaf, TJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leaf, Ty Jacob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Israeli basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv