Lavigne Zack is the young talent of the Timberwolves club from Minnesota. The player is drafted by the team in the 2014/2015 season. In recent years, the club does not have significant achievements in the major basketball league. However, Lavigne to this day continues to defend his colors.
early years
Zach Lavigne was born in a sports family. The father of the future basketball player played in a professional baseball league. Zack's mother has been involved in softball since childhood.
The boy started playing basketball in high school. In the youth team, Zach Lavigne acted as a point guard, standing out among his peers with high growth, jumping ability and lightning reaction.
Already in the final class, the guy scored an average of 28.5 points during the match, completed 2.5 assists and made at least 3 rebounds per game. In 2013, Zach Lavigne was awarded the title of the best basketball player in Washington State among school teams.
University Speeches
Zach Lavigne, whose photo is presented in this material, began to demonstrate serious success in sports during his studies at the University of California. The guy played for the student team "UKLA". Here the young player fully revealed his abilities to score dizzying dunks and attack the enemy’s ring from any distance.
Watching Zack's game, reputable sports experts praised his chances of being in one of the NBA 's best teams after completing his appearances for the university team. Contributed to this high player performance. During the first season in the student league, Zach Lavigne consistently brought to the team's piggy bank an average of 9.4 points per game. However, his progress was not so significant. So, in the last 18 games for the student team, Levin managed to earn only 10 points during the match. In April 2014, Zak decided to put forward his own candidacy for a draft to sign a contract with one of the NBA clubs.
Career at NBA
As noted at the beginning of the article, Zach Lavigne was selected at the annual Minnesota Timberwolves club picking procedure for young players. The professional agreement between the basketball player and the management of the team was signed on July 8, 2014.
The first major success in the major league to the player came in the match against the Los Angeles Lakers. Once on the site from the bench of spare 19-year-old basketball player managed to set an NBA record, gaining 28 points for his team. Previously, more than 25 successful throws on the opponent’s ring in the role of a reserve player of a team who did not reach the age of 20 were only possible once.
In the same debut season, Zach Lavigne designed his first double-double, having obtained 22 points for the team and completed 10 productive passes. Thus, the guy inscribed himself on the list of league players who were lucky to set records at the same time in several categories at the age of 19.
Zach Lavigne is a basketball player who participated in the events of the so-called "star weekend" in the first season of performances in the top division. At first, the guy played for a team of promising stars against the world team, and the next day he won the title of author of the best slam dunk of 2015.
Already in the new season, Zach Lavigne set a personal performance record. Speaking for the same Minnesota Timberwolves club, the player scored 37 points and completed 9 rebounds in a duel against the Golden State. However, despite the impressive number of points accumulated by Lavigne, the match was still lost by the “wolves” with a score of 101 to 110.
At the end of the second season, Zach ended up in the symbolic rookie team, whose members are determined by the best coaches of the National Basketball Association for the year.
NBA Player Statistics
- Participation in matches - 82.
- The number of points gained is 1150 (an average of 14 per game).
- The average result of assists is 3.1.
- Rebounds - 229 (2.8 on average per fight).
- Interceptions - 69 (average 0.8 per game).
- Three-point performance - 38.9% (123 successful shots out of 316 attempts).
Finally
Currently, Zach Lavigne is still in favor of Minnesota, despite the fact that the NBA club remains one of the most unattractive options for young players. The last time the team reached the stage of the playoffs back in 2004. The indicated indicator is the worst among all the clubs that play today in the professional league.