$Signed a three-year, $2.77 million contract with the Timberwolves in August of 2019. Timberwolves exercised $1.93 million team option for 2022-23 in June of 2022.
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.
Good to go Tuesday
GMinnesota Timberwolves
April 25, 2023
Nowell (knee) is available for Game 5 versus the Nuggets on Tuesday.
ANALYSIS Nowell has been upgraded from questionable to available despite a nagging knee injury for the fifth straight game. While he should feature off the bench, Nowell has failed to score in the previous two contests.
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Stat Review
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.
True Shooting %
An advanced statistic that measures a player's efficiency at shooting the ball that takes field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and three point percentage into account.
Effective Field Goal %
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
Number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt.
Offensive Rebound %
An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
Defensive Rebound %
An estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
Total Rebound %
An estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
Assist %
An estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while they were on the floor.
Steal %
An estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while they were on the floor.
Block %
An estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while they were on the floor.
Turnover %
An estimate of turnovers committed per 100 plays.
Usage %
An estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while they were on the floor.
Fantasy Points Per Game
NBA Fantasy Points Per Game.
Fantasy Points Per Minute
NBA Fantasy Points Per Minute.
True Shooting %
52.7%
Effective Field Goal %
50.2%
3-Point Attempt Rate
37.1%
Free Throw Rate
15.8%
Offensive Rebound %
3.3%
Defensive Rebound %
11.8%
Total Rebound %
7.6%
Assist %
16.1%
Steal %
1.4%
Block %
0.3%
Turnover %
7.5%
Usage %
25.2%
Fantasy Points Per Game
18.2
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.9
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How are these ratings calculated?
Our historical fantasy ratings are standard scores calculated using 8-Category settings with 12 teams and 13 players per team.
ANALYSIS 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.
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.
More Fantasy News
Listed as questionable
GMinnesota Timberwolves
Knee
April 24, 2023
Nowell (knee) is questionable for Tuesday's Game 5 in Denver.
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Available Sunday
GMinnesota Timberwolves
April 23, 2023
Nowell (knee) is available for Sunday's Game 4 against the Nuggets.
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Nabs questionable designation
GMinnesota Timberwolves
Knee
April 22, 2023
Nowell is officially questionable for Sunday's Game 4 against the Nuggets due to left knee tendinopathy.
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Not on injury report
GMinnesota Timberwolves
April 21, 2023
Nowell (knee) is not on the final injury report for Game 3 against the Nuggets on Friday.
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Status in question Friday
GMinnesota Timberwolves
Knee
April 20, 2023
Nowell (knee) is questionable for Game 3 against the Nuggets on Friday.
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