.jpg) Layman with thePortland Trail Blazers in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | B.League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-03-07)March 7, 1994 (age 31) Norwood, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | King Philip Regional (Wrentham, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Maryland (2012–2016) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2016: 2nd round, 47th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by theOrlando Magic | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | →Windy City Bulls | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | SeaHorses Mikawa | ||||||||||||||
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Jake Douglas Layman (born March 7, 1994) is an American professionalbasketball player forSeaHorses Mikawa of theJapaneseB.League. He played college basketball for theMaryland Terrapins.
Layman was drafted with the 47th overall pick in the2016 NBA draft by theOrlando Magic before being traded to thePortland Trail Blazers on draft night. He spent three seasons in Portland before being dealt to the Timberwolves as part of asign-and-trade deal. He was signed by the Celtics infree agency in September 2022.
Born inNorwood, Massachusetts, Layman was considered a "late bloomer" atKing Philip Regional High School and didn't even start for his AAU team.[1] Despite his 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) height, he preferred to play on the perimeter. He playedAAU basketball for Leo Papile with the Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC).[2] As a senior, he averaged 26 points, five blocks, and four assists per game. ESPN rated him the 17th-best small forward nationally and the 3rd-best player in Massachusetts.[3]
Layman was selected as the 2012 HockomockSports.com Boys' Basketball Player of the Year.[4] He was also chosen as the Hockomock League's Most Valuable Player for boys' basketball in 2012.[5]
Layman was recruited by Massachusetts native and then Maryland assistant basketball coach,Scott Spinelli. He started 17 games and averaged 5.5 points per game as a freshman.[3]
Layman improved his averages to 11.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore.[3]
As a junior, Layman was a Third-team All-Big Ten selection by the media. However, he was only an Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection by the coaches.[6][7] He was twice named Big Ten Player of the Week.[8] Layman was nominated for the inaugural Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award.[9] Layman led Maryland to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. He finished third on the team in scoring behindMelo Trimble andDez Wells with 12.5 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 5.8 rebounds per game. After speaking with an NBA advisory committee, Layman decided to return to school for his senior season and forgo a possible second round selection in the2015 NBA draft.[2]
As a senior, he was an Honorable Mention All-Big 10 selection by the coaches and media.[10][11] Layman averaged 11.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, shooting 50 percent from the field and 39.6 percent from three-point range.[12]
On June 23, 2016, Layman was selected by theOrlando Magic with the 47th overall pick in the2016 NBA draft. He was subsequently traded to thePortland Trail Blazers on draft night in exchange for a future second-round pick and cash considerations.[13] On July 6, he signed with the Trail Blazers and joined the team for the2016 NBA Summer League.[14] He made his NBA debut on November 1, 2016, scoring 17 points in eight minutes off the bench in the Trail Blazers' 127–104 loss to theGolden State Warriors. He hit five three-pointers in the game, becoming the first Trail Blazer ever to make five three-pointers in a debut, and finished one shy of the franchise record in a quarter.[15]
On July 8, 2019, Layman signed a 3-year, $11.5 million contract with the Blazers and was subsequently traded to theMinnesota Timberwolves as a part of a sign-and-trade deal in exchange for the draft rights toBojan Dubljević.[16][17]
On September 15, 2022, Layman signed with theBoston Celtics.[18] He was waived on October 15.[19]
On November 9, 2022, Layman signed withBaxi Manresa of theLiga ACB.[20] On November 15, however, the club terminated his contract due to a herniated disc.[21]
On June 30, 2023, Layman signed withSeaHorses Mikawa of theJapaneseB.League.[22]
In the summer of 2012, Layman was on the under-18 United States national team that defeatedBrazil for the gold medal in theFIBA Americas championship. He played more than expected due to aninjury toSam Dekker. Layman played 12 minutes per game and averaged nearly eight points and four rebounds per game. In an opening round game versusMexico, Layman led the U.S. team in scoring with 18 points.[8]
Layman has drawn comparisons toChandler Parsons. Both players have the size to grab rebounds but also the shooting ability to hit 3-pointers. Of the comparison, Layman noted, “I feel like his game fits a little more in the NBA than in the college game, and that’s what I feel like. I think I’m a guy that doesn’t have to have the ball in his hands all the time to really make an impact. I feel like I could be one of those guys that hangs out in the perimeter and just shoots 3's and slashes to the basket when he needs to.”[23]
Layman has four brothers: Connor, Jimmy, Ryan and Kyle. His parents, Tim and Claire, played college sports at theUniversity of Maine at Orono.[24] In July 2019, Layman married his long-term girlfriend Jasmine.[25]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Portland | 35 | 1 | 7.1 | .292 | .255 | .765 | .7 | .3 | .3 | .1 | 2.2 |
| 2017–18 | Portland | 35 | 1 | 4.6 | .298 | .200 | .667 | .5 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 1.0 |
| 2018–19 | Portland | 71 | 33 | 18.7 | .509 | .326 | .704 | 3.1 | .7 | .4 | .4 | 7.6 |
| 2019–20 | Minnesota | 23 | 2 | 22.0 | .453 | .333 | .750 | 2.5 | .7 | .7 | .4 | 9.1 |
| 2020–21 | Minnesota | 45 | 11 | 13.9 | .495 | .295 | .703 | 1.5 | .6 | .6 | .4 | 5.1 |
| 2021–22 | Minnesota | 34 | 1 | 6.8 | .411 | .229 | .722 | 1.1 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 2.4 |
| Career | 243 | 49 | 12.8 | .460 | .300 | .719 | 1.7 | .5 | .4 | .3 | 4.8 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Portland | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | .500 | 1.000 | .500 | .5 | .5 | .5 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | Portland | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1.000 | – | – | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| 2019 | Portland | 6 | 0 | 3.3 | .143 | .000 | .750 | .7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Career | 9 | 0 | 4.9 | .429 | .167 | .667 | .7 | .2 | .3 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
