Jake Layman
Jake Layman was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, United States on March 7th, 1994 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 30, Jake Layman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jake Douglas Layman (born March 7, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He completed his college career for the University of Maryland while earning a bachelor's degree in American Studies.
Personal life
Layman lives in Portland, Oregon, and has four brothers: Connor, Jimmy, Ryan and Kyle. His parents, Tim and Claire, played college sports at the University of Maine at Orono. In July 2018, Layman proposed to his long-term girlfriend, Jasmine, and they got married on July 20, 2019. Other members of his family reside in Carroll County, Maryland.
High school career
Layman, a native of Norwood, Massachusetts, was regarded as a "late bloomer" at King Philip Regional High School and he didn't even start for his AAU team. Despite his 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) height, he preferred to play on the perimeter. He played for Leo Papile, a youth basketball team, with Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC). He averaged 26 points, five blocks, and four assists per game as a senior. ESPN named him as the 17th top small forward nationally and Massachusetts' 3rd-best player.
Layman was named the 2012 HockomockSports.com Boys' Basketball Player of the Year. In 2012, he was also selected as the Most Valuable Player for boys' basketball in the Hockomock League.
College career
Scott Spinelli, a Massachusetts native and then Maryland assistant basketball coach, recruited Layman. As a freshman, he played 17 games and averaged 5.5 points per game.
As a sophomore, Layman's averages increased to 11.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
Layman, a junior, was a Third-team All-Big Ten pick by the media. However, he was only an Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection by the coaches. He was named Big Ten Player of the Week twice this week. Layman was nominated for the inaugural Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. For the first time in five years, Layman led Maryland to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. He came in third place on the team in scoring behind Melo Trimble and Dez Wells with 12.5 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 5.8 rebounds per game. Layman, after speaking with an NBA advisory committee, decided to return to school for his senior year and forego a potential second round pick in the 2015 NBA draft.
He was named as an Honorable Mention All-Big 10 pick by the coaches and media as a senior. Layman averaged 11.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, shooting 54% from the field and 39.6 percent from three-point range.
Professional career
Layman was selected by the Orlando Magic with the 47th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft on June 23, 2016. On draft night, he was then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a future second-round pick and cash considerations. On July 6, he signed with the Trail Blazers and joined the team in the 2016 NBA Summer League. In the Trail Blazers' 127-104 loss to the Golden State Warriors on November 1, 2016, he made his NBA debut on November 1, 2016, scoring 17 points in eight minutes off the bench. In the game, he made five three-pointers, becoming the first Trail Blazer to make five three-pointers in his debut, and fell one shy of his franchise record in a quarter.
Layman signed a three-year, $11.5 million contract with the Blazers on July 8, 2019, and was later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of a sign-and-trade agreement in exchange for Bojan Dubljevi's draft rights.
National team career
Layman was a member of the United States national team under 18 that defeated Brazil for the gold medal in the FIBA Americas championship in the summer of 2012. Due to Sam Dekker's injury, he was more active than expected. Layman played 12 minutes per game and averaged almost eight points and four rebounds per game. Layman led the United States team in scoring by 18 points in an opening round match against Mexico.