Ty Jeremy Jerome was born on July 8,1997 and is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League.
18 Facts About Ty Jerome
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Ty Jerome played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers, where in 2019 he was the starting point guard on their national championship team.
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Ty Jerome was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2019 NBA draft but was traded to the Phoenix Suns.
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Ty Jerome attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York and was a four-year varsity player.
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On September 2,2014, Ty Jerome committed to playing college basketball at the University of Virginia.
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Ty Jerome took over as the Cavaliers' starting point guard his sophomore year.
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On February 4,2019, Ty Jerome was named as one of the ten finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, recognizing the nation's top college point guard.
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Ty Jerome was projected in most mock drafts as an early second-round pick in the 2019 NBA draft.
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Ty Jerome's rights were later traded to the Boston Celtics alongside Philadelphia's 33rd pick for the draft rights to Matisse Thybulle before being traded to the Phoenix Suns alongside Aron Baynes for a future first round pick.
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On November 16,2020, Ty Jerome was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder alongside Kelly Oubre Jr.
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Ty Jerome was assigned to the Thunder's G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue, still recovering from a severe left ankle sprain suffered a year earlier.
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Ty Jerome made his debut playing limited minutes for the Blue on February 11,2021.
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Ty Jerome finished the game with 9 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists in 22 minutes.
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On September 30,2022, Ty Jerome was traded, along with Derrick Favors, Maurice Harkless, Theo Maledon and a future second-round pick, to the Houston Rockets in exchange for David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke, and Marquese Chriss.
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Ty Jerome was signed to the Golden State Warriors on October 4,2022 for the rest of the preseason, he then signed to a two-way contract to play along with the affiliate Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League.
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Ty Jerome is a biracial African American and has two brothers and two sisters.
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Ty Jerome's paternal grandmother was active in the Civil Rights Movement with the Congress of Racial Quality, and her husband Fred was a photographer who covered the movement.
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Ty Jerome majored in American Studies while at the University of Virginia.