Larry Nance Jr.

Larry Nance Jr.

Nance with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2021
No. 22 – Atlanta Hawks
Position	Center / power forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1993-01-01) January 1, 1993 (age 31) Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Revere (Richfield, Ohio)
College	Wyoming (2011–2015)
NBA draft	2015: 1st round, 27th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015–2018	Los Angeles Lakers
2018–2021	Cleveland Cavaliers
2021–2022	Portland Trail Blazers
2022–2024	New Orleans Pelicans
2024–present	Atlanta Hawks
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-MWC (2014, 2015) MWC Defensive Player of the Year (2015) 2× MWC All-Defensive Team (2014, 2015)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Larry Donnell Nance Jr. (born January 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys, where he was considered one of the best big men in the Mountain West Conference^[1] after leading the 2014–15 team to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002. Nance was drafted 27th overall in the 2015 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He became part of the team's roster rebuild focusing around younger players.^[2] During the 2017–18 season, Nance was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, with whom he reached the 2018 NBA Finals. During the 2021 offseason, he was dealt to the Portland Trail Blazers, who traded him to the New Orleans Pelicans midway through the 2021–22 season.