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Zach LaVine
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American basketball player (born 1995)
OverviewAI-generated
Zach LaVine is an American male basketball player born in Renton on March 10, 1995. His birth name is Zachary Thomas LaVine. He plays as a shooting guard and point guard. LaVine represents the United States in international competition, including the men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He wears the number 8.
He was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves and has played for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Chicago Bulls, and the Sacramento Kings. LaVine was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional career in the National Basketball Association began in 2014. He is a native English speaker.
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Key facts
- Position
- Shooting guard
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1995-03-10 ) March 10, 1995 (age 31) , Renton, Washington , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- High school
- Bothell ( Bothell, Washington )
- College
- UCLA (2013–2014)
- Nba draft
- 2014 : 1st round, 13th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Playing career
- 2014–present
- 2014 2017
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- 2017 2025
- Chicago Bulls
- 2025 present
- Sacramento Kings
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Sacramento Kings
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Renton
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Sacramento Kings
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 91
- Image
- Zach LaVine (2022 All-Star Weekend).jpg
- Height
- 196
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1995-03-10
- Commons category
- Zach LaVine
- drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- sport number
- 8
- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- social media followers
- 603163
- birth name
- Zachary Thomas LaVine
- name in native language
- Zach LaVine
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Encyclopedic overview
Zachary Thomas LaVine (/ləˈviːn/ lə-VEEN; born March 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. A two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion, he was named an NBA All-Star with the Chicago Bulls in 2021 and 2022. He also won a gold medal on the 2020 U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo.
LaVine grew up in the Seattle, Washington area, where he was honored as the state's top high school player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. After one season at UCLA, he entered the NBA after being named one of the top freshmen in the Pac-12 Conference. As a rookie with Minnesota, LaVine won the league's Slam Dunk Contest, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In 2016, he became the fourth NBA player to ever win consecutive dunk contests. He was traded to the Chicago Bulls in 2017, where he played for eight seasons before being traded to Sacramento in 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zach LaVine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.