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Ty Jacob Leaf ( he, טיי ג'ייקוב ליף; born April 30, 1997) is an Israeli-American professional
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player for the
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of the
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(CBA). After playing one season of
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for the
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, he was selected by the
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in the first round of the
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with the 18th overall pick. Leaf was named an All-American as a high school senior in 2016. As a UCLA freshman in 2016–17, he earned first-team all-conference honors in the
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. He began his NBA career with three seasons in Indiana, but was unable to carry over his college success. He joined the
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as a free agent in 2021. Leaf also played for Israel's Under-18 junior national team at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship B Division.


Early life

Leaf was born in
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, Israel, to Karen and
Brad Leaf Brad Leaf ( he, ברד ליף; born May 17, 1960) is an American-Israeli basketball coach and former player. He played 17 years of professional basketball in Israel, first for Hapoel Galil Elyon and later for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premie ...
. His father was playing professional basketball in Israel at the time, and he enjoyed a 17-year career in the country. Leaf lived his first years in Tel Aviv before growing up in
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, in
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. His father coached him in summer leagues prior to high school. Despite possessing the height of a
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—he stood in junior high—Leaf played on the perimeter to develop
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skills. His father wanted him to be versatile like the big men that he had competed against as a pro in Europe. Leaf attended
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in
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, where he also played under his father. As a junior, Leaf averaged 27.4 points, 14.2
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, 4.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 2.7 blocks per game, leading Foothills Christian to the San Diego Section Division II championship. ''Cal-Hi Sports'' named him their Division II State Player of the Year. In his senior year, Leaf led the team to a No. 3 state ranking after averaging 28.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, and 5.1 assists. He scored a season-high 44 points in a loss to
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, who were led by future teammate
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. Leaf earned
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and Ballislife All-American honors, and ''
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'' named him second-team All-USA. He was a runner-up to Ball for
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. Leaf finished his high school career second all-time in the San Diego Section in both points (3,022) and rebounds (1,476). He trailed only his brother, Troy, in points (3,318 for Foothills Christian from 2007 to 2010) and Angelo Chol in rebounds (1,732 with Hoover from 2008 to 2011).


College career

Leaf originally committed in 2014 to play for
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under coach
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. He tried out for the United States under-19 national team, also coached by Miller, but was cut in training camp in June 2015. In August, Leaf decommitted from Arizona, leading to speculation that the cut by Miller was a motivating factor. He signed with
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three months later, choosing them over
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and
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. A consensus five-star and overall top-20 recruit, he joined his
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(AAU) teammates from the Compton Magic,
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and
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, who also committed to UCLA. The Bruins recruiting class also included Ball, who along with Leaf were both expected to lead a UCLA turnaround in 2016–17 after the Bruins finished just 15–17 the year before. On December 5, 2016, Leaf was named Pac-12 Player of the Week following his performance at
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, where he registered 17 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists. He and Ball were named to the mid-season watch list for the
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, given annually to the top college player in the nation; UCLA was one of just five schools with two candidates on the list. The two were also among 30 on the midseason watch list for the
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. On February 1, 2017, Leaf scored a career-high 32 points on 14-for-18 shooting and added 14 rebounds in a 95–79 win over
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, which ended a two-game losing streak for No. 11 UCLA. He missed the regular season finale with a sprained left ankle, which he suffered five minutes into the prior game against
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. Leaf finished the season as UCLA's leading scorer with 16.3 points per game. He also averaged 8.2 rebounds and ranked third in
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(61.7) among
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players. He received honorable mention from the
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(AP) for their
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, and was named first-team All-Pac-12 along with teammates Lonzo Ball and
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. Leaf and Ball were also placed on the Pac-12 All-Freshman team. On March 30, Leaf announced that he was leaving UCLA and declaring for the
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.


Professional career


Indiana Pacers (2017–2020)

Leaf was selected by the
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in the first round of the
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with the 18th overall pick, and he signed a three-year contract worth $7,249,200. He was joined in Indiana by Anigbogu, who was selected by the Pacers in the second round. Leaf began 2017–18 as a fixture in the Pacers' rotation, averaging 16.2 minutes and five shots per contest through the first eight games. However, he struggled on defense, and his playing time fell as Indiana coach
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tightened his rotation. In December 2017, Leaf was assigned to the
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of the
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and averaged 23.3 points and 8.3 rebounds in a three-game stint before returning to the Pacers. He finished with 52 games played during the regular season, but saw limited playing time towards the end as the Pacers qualified for the playoffs. In 2018–19, Leaf's minutes were limited playing behind big men
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,
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,
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and
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. On February 28, 2019, he had a career-high 18 points in a season-high 22 minutes in a 122–115 win over the
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. Leaf was forced into the game early after Turner and O'Quinn got into foul trouble guarding the Wolves'
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, and held his own defensively against the All-Star center. In the regular-season finale, Leaf had career highs of 28 points and 10 rebounds for his first career
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in a 135–134 win over the
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. Leaf worked on his jump shot during the offseason leading up to the 2019–20 season. Indiana exercised their contract option on his fourth year, guaranteeing him $4.3 million for 2020–21. On November 3, 2019, Leaf had 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds while getting extra time as a backup center in a 108–95 win over the
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. However, he fell out of the rotation by the end of the month. He played in just 28 games during the season after appearing in over 50 in each of his first two seasons. Leaf did not develop into his projected role as a
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, making just 26.5% of his
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in his last two years with Indiana. In three seasons with the Pacers, he averaged 3.3 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. On November 25, 2020, Leaf was traded along with a 2027 second-round draft pick to the
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in exchange for guard
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. On December 18, Leaf was waived by the Thunder after their final preseason game.


Portland Trail Blazers (2021)

On April 13, 2021, Leaf signed a
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with the
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.


Guangzhou Loong Lions (2021–2022)

Leaf signed with the
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of the CBA for the 2021–22 season, and averaged 25 points, 11.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.


Beijing Ducks (2022–present)

Leaf joined the
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for the 2022–23 season.


National team career

After being cut by coach
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from the U.S. Under-19 junior national team in 2015, Leaf joined Israel's under-18 junior national team the following month in July, to play in the
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in Austria. Although Israel lost 73–72 in the Division B final, Leaf was named tournament's MVP, after averaging 16.1 points per game, on 55 percent shooting, to go along with 8.4 rebounds per game in nine games played. In 2018 he said "Playing for the senior sraelnational team and helping the guys is one goal of my career."


Career statistics


NBA


Regular season

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Playoffs

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College

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China

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Accomplishments and awards

;College * AP honorable mention All-American (
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) * First-team All-Pac-12 (
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) * Pac-12 All-Freshman team (2017) ;High school *
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) * Ballislife All-American (2016) * Second-team ''USA Today'' All-USA (2016) * Second-team Naismith All-American (2016) *''Cal-Hi Sports'' Division II State Player of the Year (2015) * 2× All-
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San Diego Section Player of the Year (2015, 2016)


See also

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References


External links


UCLA Bruins bio
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