Nick Young (basketball)
Young with the Lakers in December 2014
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| No. 0 – Los Angeles Lakers | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 1, 1985 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Cleveland (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | USC (2004–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16th overall |
| Selected by the Washington Wizards | |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2012 | Washington Wizards |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2012–2013 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2013–present | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Nicholas Aaron "Nick" Young (born June 1, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays both shooting guard and small forward positions. Young played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was a two-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Young played for Cleveland High School in suburban Reseda, California. He averaged 27.2 points and 10.8 rebounds as a 2004 senior at Cleveland, earning 2004 CIF L.A. City Section, Los Angeles Times All-City and San Fernando Valley first team honors. He shot 57.3% from the field and 46.8% from three-point range (52-of-111), had 48 steals and 41 blocks as Cleveland finished 25–4. Young was tabbed the seventh-best player in the country by HoopScoop and listed by prep basketball guru Frank Burlison as among the Top 50 recruits in 2004. He once scored 56 points in one game and had 23 rebounds in another. He earned CIF L.A. City Section first team honors in 2003 and was included in a list of Top Seniors by Athlon heading into 2004.
Young played for the University of Southern California from 2004 to 2007 and was All-Pac-10 First Team in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In the 2007 NCAA Tournament, Young led the fifth-seeded Trojans to a berth in the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to the one-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels, 74–64. Along the way, Young led USC to a 77–60 first-round win against Arkansas. In the 2nd round, Young led the team with 22 points over the Texas Longhorns in an 87–68 rout of the team featuring the National Player of the Year, Kevin Durant, though Durant led both teams in scoring with 30.
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