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Larry Nance Jr.

Forward-Center  at New Orleans Pelicans
Age33
NationalityUSA
Height203 cm (6'8")
Weight111 kg
BornJan 1, 1993
CollegeWyoming
Career
7.5PPG
6.0RPG
1.8APG
693 games · 11 seasons

Career snapshot

11seasons
693games
5,229career pts
16.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Cleveland Cavaliers · 217 games · 2017-18–2025-26

Position rank · 2023-24

#81PPG rank
#81PER rank
#81WS rank
Among 103 Forward-Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 10.1 2019-20 · CLE
RPG 8.2 2018-19 · CLE
APG 3.2 2018-19 · CLE
PER 21.5 2017-18 · CLE
WS 4.9 2018-19 · CLE

Draft

2015
Round 1 · Pick 27
from Wyoming

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
2017-18 – 2025-26 · 5 seasons
8.6 PPG 6.7 RPG 2.3 APG
217 games
Atlanta Hawks
2024-25 – 2024-25 · 1 seasons
8.5 PPG 4.3 RPG 1.6 APG
24 games
New Orleans Pelicans
2021-22 – 2023-24 · 3 seasons
6.3 PPG 5.1 RPG 1.8 APG
135 games
Portland Trail Blazers
2021-22 – 2021-22 · 1 seasons
6.9 PPG 5.6 RPG 2.0 APG
37 games
Los Angeles Lakers
2015-16 – 2017-18 · 3 seasons
6.9 PPG 5.8 RPG 1.2 APG
168 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
2015-16 LAL 63 22 20.1 5.5 5.0 0.7 0.9 0.4 52.7 10.0 68.1 13.4 2.2
2016-17 LAL 63 7 22.9 7.1 5.9 1.5 1.3 0.6 52.6 27.8 73.8 15.7 3.5
2017-18 NBA 66 26 21.5 8.7 6.8 1.2 1.3 0.6 58.1 16.7 66.4 — —
2017-18 CLE 24 9 20.8 8.9 7.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 55.0 12.5 72.0 21.5 2.1
2017-18 LAL 42 17 22.0 8.6 6.8 1.4 1.4 0.5 60.1 25.0 63.2 19.4 3.7
2018-19 CLE 67 30 26.8 9.4 8.2 3.2 1.5 0.6 52.0 33.7 71.6 18.6 4.9
2019-20 CLE 56 10 26.3 10.1 7.3 2.2 1.0 0.4 53.1 35.2 67.6 17.3 3.9
2020-21 CLE 35 27 31.2 9.3 6.7 3.1 1.7 0.5 47.1 36.0 61.2 13.2 1.8
2021-22 NBA 46 11 22.6 7.0 5.4 1.8 0.9 0.4 52.2 32.9 70.2 — —
2021-22 NOP 9 0 20.2 7.3 4.3 0.9 0.6 0.8 55.1 50.0 100.0 14.2 0.4
2021-22 POR 37 11 23.2 6.9 5.6 2.0 1.0 0.4 51.5 30.6 65.3 14.4 1.9
2022-23 NOP 65 1 21.2 6.8 5.4 1.8 0.9 0.6 61.0 33.3 69.6 16.0 4.9
2023-24 NOP 61 0 19.9 5.7 5.0 1.9 1.0 0.3 57.3 41.5 77.0 — —
2024-25 ATL 24 3 19.3 8.5 4.3 1.6 0.8 0.5 51.6 44.7 69.2 — —
2025-26 CLE 35 3 12.8 3.7 2.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 41.9 33.3 46.2 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 2022 Portland Trail Blazers New Orleans Pelicans season change
Oct 2021 New Orleans Pelicans Portland Trail Blazers mid season trade From 2021-22 to 2021-22
Jul 2021 Cleveland Cavaliers Portland Trail Blazers season change
Jul 2021 Cleveland Cavaliers New Orleans Pelicans season change
Oct 2017 Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Lakers mid season trade From 2017-18 to 2017-18
Jul 2017 Los Angeles Lakers Cleveland Cavaliers season change

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About Larry Nance Jr.

Larry Donnell Nance Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered by many as one of the best big men ever to play in the Mountain West Conference, he played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys before being drafted 27th overall in the 2015 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. Nance has also played for the Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans, and Atlanta Hawks.