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Cleveland Cavaliers | #2 | Guard-Forward

Ty

Jerome

PPG

11.4

RPG

2.0

APG

3.5

PIE

14.0

HEIGHT

6'5" (1.96m)

WEIGHT

195lb (88kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Virginia

AGE

27 years

BIRTHDATE

July 8, 1997

DRAFT

2019 R1 Pick 24

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

6'5" | 195lb | 27 years

DRAFT

2019 R1 Pick 24

BIRTHDATE

July 8, 1997

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Virginia

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Appeared in 159 games (seven starts) in his NBA career with Phoenix, Oklahoma City, Golden State and Cleveland...holds career averages of 7.0 points, 2.6 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 17.3 minutes over his four NBA seasons...has scored 10 or more points 52 times as well as 20 or more points on six occasions...his career-high is 24 points on Dec. 29, 2021 at PHO as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder...Jerome recorded his 1,000th career NBA point during the 2022-23 season with the Warriors.

BEFORE NBA

Played three seasons at University of Virginia and helped the Cavaliers to a 66-6 (.917) overall record over his final two seasons, culminating in the program’s first NCAA National Championship title in 2019...Started all 71 of his appearances over his final two seasons, being named to All-ACC Second Team in 2018-19 and Third Team in 2017-18...in 105 career collegiate games, averaged 9.6 points, 3.7 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.2 steals while shooting .435 from the field, .392 from three and .788 from the free throw line for his career...2018-19 (Junior): Led Virginia to NCAA Championship and school-record 35 wins, leading ACC with 5.5 assists per game in addition to averaging 13.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals...ranked fifth in the ACC by shooting .399 from 3-point range and fifth in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.31...had 16 points, eight assists, six rebounds and just one turnover in national championship victory over Texas Tech; his eight assists were most by any player in the title game since Derrick Rose for Memphis in 2008...averaged 18.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists in two games at the Final Four in Minneapolis; according to Sports Reference, joined Oscar Robertson (1959 and 1960) and Magic Johnson (1979) as the only players to average at least 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists at a Final Four...tied a school record with 14 assists at Syracuse onMarch 4, 2019...2017-18 (Sophomore): Averaged 10.6 points, 3.9 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals while shooting .421 from the floor, .379 from beyond the arc and .905 from the charity stripe...scored career-high 31 points vs. Boston College on 12/30. Tied for team-high 15 points in NCAA tournament vs. UMBC...2016-17 (Freshman): Averaged 4.3 points in 13.9 minutes playing in 34 games (five starts).

PERSONAL LIFE

Both of his parents played college basketball... his mother Melanie Walker played at Brandeis and his father, Mark Jerome, played at Lafayette...has two brothers, Kobe Jerome and John Recupero, and two sisters, Maya Recupero and Olivia Jerome...the best moment of his basketball career so far is winning the national championship in 2019...lists Blank Space by Taylor Swift as his guilty pleasure song...just the Two of Us by Will Smith is one song he can sing by heart...entourage is his comfort television show...his favorite athletes all time are Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Tom Brady.