Zach LaVine
Zach LaVine was born in Renton, Washington, United States on March 10th, 1995 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 29, Zach LaVine 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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Zachary LaVine (born March 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He was selected by the Timberwolves in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft, ranked 13th overall pick.
He is the reigning champion of the Slam Dunk Contest twice. LaVine grew up in Washington, where he was honoured as the state's top high school player.
He played basketball for UCLA.
After being named one of the best freshmen in the Pac-12 Conference for one season at UCLA, he joined the NBA.
He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team as a rookie with Minnesota in the Slam Dunk Contest.
He became the fourth NBA player to win consecutive dunk contests in 2016.
Early life
Lavine was born in Renton, Washington, to athletic parents. Paul's father, Paul, played American football professionally in the United States Football League (NFL), and National Football League (NFL), and his mother, CJ, was a softball player. Since watching Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls in the film Space Jam, Lavine discovered an interest in basketball around the age of five. Later, he became a follower of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and modeled his game after his childhood idols.
LaVine trained in the family's backyard, where his father used to imitate the NBA's Three-Point Shootout repeatedly. Bothell High School in Bothell, Washington, was attended by the boy. He was their primary ball handler and was their playing point guard. He had risen to 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), and he'd play dunking for hours in his backyard after his shooting regiment came to an end by his junior year.
He averaged 28 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game as a senior, and was named the 2013 Associated Press Washington state player of the year and Washington Mr. Basketball. He was also recognized nationally as a first-team Parade All-American. He competed in the Ballislife All-American Game and lifted the event's slam dunk competition. LaVine, who was considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, was ranked No. Among the No. 77 candidates. The No. 12 shooting guard and the No. 92 pistol guard were among the No. 1 shooter. In 2013, the country's best-ranked player was 44.
College career
LaVine committed verbally on June 20, 2012, and was playing for coach Ben Howland for the 2013 season. After Howland was fired nine months later, LaVine considered staying in-state and attending the University of Washington instead. However, he decided to stay with UCLA and their new coach, Steve Alford; Lavine had inherited an obsession with UCLA from his father, who grew up in San Bernardino, California;
Former Bruin Russell Westbrook's UCLA debut as the team's sixth man got off to a promising start to 2013-2014, with an impressive display of outside shootings and explosive dunks. If LaVine has declared himself eligible, NBA draft pundits started putting her hopes for the 2014 NBA draft high on their rankings. Chad Ford, a Westbrook staffer, compared Lavine's appeal to the Westbrook comparisons. Ford ranked him as the 10th overall pick at one point, while NBADraft.net ranked him fifth. During the season, LaVine's freshman son, Bryce Alford, usually handled the ball, was the team's chief facilitator, while starter Kyle Anderson was the team's main facilitator. Lavine suffered from a shooting slump in which he took just 7 of 36 shots from the field beginning on January 26, 2014. He averaged 9.4 points per game during the season, his fourth best on the team, and his 48 three-point field goals were the second most by a freshman in the school's history. However, LaVine did not achieve double-figures in scoring in 14 of the final 18 games, totaling just 11 points and was 0 for 8 on three-point attempts in the final five games. Despite his late-season struggles, he was accepted to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, and he was named as the team's most valuable freshman by Bryce Alford.
He declared himself for the NBA draft on April 16, 2014, forgoing his last three years of college eligibility.
Professional career
The Minnesota Timberwolves selected LaVine as the 13th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. On July 8, 2014, he signed his rookie scale deal with the team. LaVine played in total of 12 minutes in the first five games of the 2014–15 season. Lavine took over as the starting point guard over veteran Mo Williams after an ankle injury sidelined starter Ricky Rubio indefinitely. After being sidelined Williams, who had to be back spasms, LaVine returned to the starting lineup. LaVine's first double-double against the San Antonio Spurs on December 6 had 22 points and ten assists.
Rubio returned to Lavine in February 2015, resulting in a decrease in playing time for the Lavine. However, Williams was also traded that month, offering more opportunities. During the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend, Lavine won the Slam Dunk Contest. In 1997, he became the youngest champion since an 18-year-old Kobe Bryant. He was the first player since Dwight Howard in 2009 with a flawless record on multiple dunks, triumphing over future NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Rising Stars Challenge took place last weekend in LaVine. In a loss to the Golden State Warriors on April 11, LaVine had a season-high 37 points along with nine rebounds. Lavine played in 77 games, starting in 40, averaged 10.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.6 assists, while shooting 42.2 percent on three-pointers and 34.1 percent on three-pointers. He was later named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.
The Timberwolves exercised their third-year team option on Lavine's rookie scale deal on October 21, 2015, extending the deal through the 2016-2017 season. With Ricky Rubio out early in November, LaVine took over the starting point guard position and reclaimed the extra minutes. In a loss to the Indiana Pacers on November 13, he scored a season-high 26 points. In a loss to the Phoenix Suns, he surpassed that record on December 13, scoring 28 points. In the Rising Stars Challenge's 2016, LaVine scored 30 points for Team USA, winning MVP awards. He also became the fourth player to win consecutive Slam Dunk Contests. The final round of the tournament, which featured two tie-breakers with Aaron Gordon, brought comparisons to Michael Jordan's 1988 match against Dominique Wilkins.
The Timberwolves tried their fourth-year team option on LaVine's rookie scale contract on October 24, 2016, extending the deal until the 2017-18 season. In a 123-107 victory over the Orlando Magic on November 9, he tied his career high with 37 points. In a 109-105 loss against the Sacramento Kings on December 23, he scored a career-high 40 points and tied a career high with seven three-pointers. After an MRI revealed he had a torn ACL in his left knee, LaVine was ruled out for the remainder of the season. He underwent successful knee reconstruction surgery ten days later.
Lavine was traded by the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Jimmy Butler and the rights to Justin Patton, the sixth pick in the 2017 NBA draft), along with Kris Dunn and the rights to Lauri Markkanen (the seventh pick in the 2017 NBA draft).
In the Bulls' 107-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons on January 13, 2018, LaVine's first game in 11 months. In a 114-113 victory over his former team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, he scored a season-high 35 points on February 9.
The Sacramento Kings' restricted free agent LaVine was given a four-year, $80 million contract sheet on July 6, 2018. The Bulls exercised their right of first refusal and matched the Kings' offer sheet to Lavine. In each of the Bulls' first three games of the season, LaVine scored at least 30 points, becoming the third Chicago player to do so, joining Michael Jordan (1986) and Bob Love (1971). The Bulls beat the Charlotte Hornets 112–110 on October 24, after he made two free throws with 0.5 seconds remaining. For his fourth straight 30-point game to start the season, he finished with 32 points. When the Bulls defeated the New York Knicks 116-116 in double overtime on November 5, he scored a career-high 41 points, including the game-winning free throw with 0.2 seconds remaining. He scored 24 points in a 99-98 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on November 10, resulting in 20 or more points in each of Chicago's 13 games since being recalled, including his final game of 2017-18. Jimmy Butler, the last Bulls player to score 20-plus points in 14 games in a row, was the last Bulls player to do it 15 times in a row. On November 12, he scored 26 points against the Dallas Mavericks in a row, but it was broken by a 10-point game against the Boston Celtics on November 14 that snapped the streak. In a 119-94 loss to the Timberwolves, Lavine had 28 points in 26 minutes off the bench after missing five games due to a sprained left ankle.
In a 126–116 victory over the Celtics on February 23, 2019, he scored a career-high 42 points. In a 168–161 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on March 1, he scored 47 points in the third highest scoring game in NBA history. The Bulls defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 108–108 on March 6, 39 points and hit the go-ahead layup in the closing seconds. Lavine missed the end of the season due to right leg injuries. Despite playing in only 63 games, he led the Bulls in points scored in the season.
In a 110-102 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in the second game of the 2019-20 season, LaVine scored 37 points. In a loss to the Brooklyn Nets on November 16, 2019, Lavine scored 36 points. Lavine scored a career high 49 points on Wednesday, 13 three-point field goals, including the game-winning three pointer to defeat the Charlotte Hornets 116-115. He had 36 points against Golden State on November 27, the first time he had seen them. In a 118-106 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 25, 2020, LaVine scored 44 points, ten rebounds, and eight assists. In a 126–114 loss to the Washington Wizards, he scored 41 points on 15-of-21 shooting, including 8 three-pointers, to go with nine rebounds. In a 124–122 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on February 25, 2020, Lavine scored 41 points in a 124–122 loss. In 42 of the 65 games played in the shortened season, he was the leading scorer.
In a 129–116 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on February 10, LaVine scored a season-high 46 points with nine 3-pointers. On February 24, 2021, he was deemed a reserve for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, with Billy Donovan as his head coach and averaging career highs in scoring and shooting efficiency. It was his first All-Star pick and the first Bulls player to be selected since Jimmy Butler in 2017. LaVine had his 17th game of the season, scoring 30 points or more. During the All-Star game on March 7, he played 28.19 minutes and scored 13 points. In a 120-108 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, LaVine scored 39 of his career-high 50 points in the first half. He averaged a career-high 27.4 points per game, which ranked seventh in the NBA, for the season. He also hit career highs in rebound (5.0), assists (4.9), 3-point shooting (41.9%), overall field goal percentage (50.9), and free throw percentage (84.9%).
In a 114–108 road victory over the Denver Nuggets on November 19, 2021, LaVine scored a season-high 36 points. On February 3, he was selected a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. He suffered with a tumultuous knee during the season and missed 15 games, but he played in his most games since his ACL tear in 2017. For the first time since 2017, the Bulls were playoff-eligible, giving LaVine his first career postseason appearance after eight seasons in the league. In a 95-119 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, he scored 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists in Game 4 of the first round of the playoffs. In five games, the Bulls would go on to lose to the Bucks. On May 24, Lavine underwent left knee surgery. LaVine resigned with the Bulls on July 7 with a new five-year max deal.
National team career
Lavine was chosen as one of Team USA's 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, but the sport was postponed to 2021 due to the introduction of Coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic. He appeared in one game and was a good sixth man with a scoring average of 10.6 points. He was second in assists, was playing solid defense, and was shooting a team-best 47% from three-point range before the gold medal game. In men's basketball, Lavine and Team USA won the Olympic gold medal.