Jaylen Nowell

Jaylen Nowell

25-Year-Old GuardG
 Free Agent    
Free Agent
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Jaylen Nowell in 2024. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
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#140
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$Signed a one-year, $2.26 million contract with the Pelicans in November of 2024. Waived by the Pelicans in November of 2024.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Jaylen Clinton Andrew Nowell was born in Seattle in 1999. Both of Nowell's parents, Lanie and Mike, played collegiate basketball at Clark Atlanta University. Nowell attended Garfield High School in Seattle, the same school that produced former NBA guards Brandon Roy, Will Conroy and Tony Wroten. As a sophomore, he averaged 23.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, helping Garfield to the Class 3A KingCo Championship. As a junior, Nowell's 17.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game netted him USA Today All-Washington second-team honors. After high school, Nowell took his talents to the University of Washington, choosing to play for the Huskies over the likes of Stanford, the University of California Berkeley, and the University of Oregon. You can follow him on Twitter @JaylenNowell. Nowell was named the 2019 Pac-12 Player of the Year and was picked for the 2019 All-Pac-12 Tournament first team after a successful sophomore season at the University of Washington. The Seattle native helped lead the Huskies to the 2018-19 Pac-12 regular-season title as well as the conference tournament final before losing to Oregon. Nowell also helped Washington to the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. He led his team in points (16.2), assists (3.1) and rebounds (5.3) per game in 2018-19. Nowell announced his desire to enter the 2019 NBA Draft after two college seasons. He was selected in the second round (43rd overall) in the draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Set to lose roster spot
GFree Agent
November 20, 2024
The Pelicans plan to waive Nowell on Wednesday, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
ANALYSIS
After failing to win a spot on the Wizards' season-opening roster coming out of the preseason, Nowell caught on with the Pelicans on a one-year deal earlier this month when New Orleans was short on healthy bodies. He had appeared off the bench in eight of the Pelicans' last nine games, averaging 8.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 three-pointers in 21.0 minutes while shooting just 35.6 percent from the floor. The Pelicans will replace Nowell on the 15-man roster with Elfrid Payton, who will provide New Orleans with a more traditional option at point guard while Dejounte Murray (hand) and Jose Alvarado (hamstring) are sidelined.
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How does Jaylen Nowell compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
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    A statistic that adjusts field goal percentage to account for the fact that three-point field goals count for three points while field goals only count for two points.
  • 3-Point Attempt Rate
    Percentage of field goal attempts from three point range.
  • Free Throw Rate
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True Shooting %
43.0%
 
Effective Field Goal %
41.1%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
37.0%
 
Free Throw Rate
15.1%
 
Offensive Rebound %
3.8%
 
Defensive Rebound %
9.6%
 
Total Rebound %
6.6%
 
Assist %
16.7%
 
Steal %
0.3%
 
Block %
2.2%
 
Turnover %
7.7%
 
Usage %
21.8%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
15.6
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.7
 
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After four years with the Timberwolves, Nowell moves on to the Kings. The 2019 second-round pick has shown some intriguing per-minute fantasy upside in the past, though he's never seen more than 19.3 minutes per game in a season (2022-23), when he averaged 10.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists. With Sacramento, he may not be a part of the rotation every night. Nowell will be competing with other established reserve guards like Davion Mitchell, Malik Monk and Chris Duarte.
Injuries to multiple players on the Wolves allowed Nowell to have a steady role in February and March. During those two months, he averaged 10.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 20.1 minutes. He saw only sporadic action before and after that stretch. Nowell's role will probably be relatively small to start this season, as the Wolves enter the campaign healthy and didn't lose any core pieces in the offseason. Nowell can be ignored in almost all drafts.
Drafted with the 43rd overall pick in 2019, Nowell joins the Timberwolves. The 6-foot-4, 202-pound sophomore out of Washington was voted Pac-12 Player of the Year on the back of 16.2 points (50.2 FG%, 44.0 3P%, 77.9 FT%), 5.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals across 34.4 minutes. He projects as a quality three-point shooter at the NBA level considering he shot 90-for-227 (39.6 percent) across his 70 collegiate games. Arguably his best in-conference performance last season came during a Pac-12 Tournament victory over USC, where Nowell dropped 24 points on 13 shots, plus eight rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block. With the Timberwolves, Nowell will compete against the likes of Josh Okogie and Jarrett Culver for reserve minutes at shooting guard. There seems to be a chance that Nowell could be an every-night rotation player if everything goes right. While it probably won't result in fantasy relevance during his rookie season, Nowell makes for an intriguing dynasty league option.
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Inefficient off bench
GNew Orleans Pelicans
November 5, 2024
Nowell produced 11 points (4-12 FG, 2-4 3Pt, 1-2 FT), two rebounds, one assist and one steal across 23 minutes during Monday's 118-100 loss to Portland.
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Headed to NOLA
GNew Orleans Pelicans
November 2, 2024
Nowell agreed to a one-year contract with the Pelicans on Saturday, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
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Let go by Washington
GFree Agent
October 10, 2024
The Wizards waived Nowell on Thursday, Varun Shankar of The Washington Post reports.
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Signs camp deal with Washington
GWashington Wizards
August 28, 2024
Nowell and the Wizards agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract Wednesday, Josh Robbins of The Athletic reports.
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Remaining in Detroit
GDetroit Pistons
April 12, 2024
The Pistons signed Nowell to a second 10-day contract Friday, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.
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Might land in Golden State
GFree Agent
September 13, 2023
Nowell took part in a recent workout for the Warriors, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.
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Golden State has brought in a range of veterans for workouts this offseason as the team considers all its options for the final spots on the roster. Nowell is one of the younger players in that group, and the 24-year-old guard averaged 19.3 minutes a night over 65 contests for the Timberwolves last season while producing a career-high 10.8 points a game.
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