Deandre Ayton

Deandre Ayton
	Ayton with The Bahamas in 2023
No. 2 – Portland Trail Blazers
Position	Center
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	July 23, 1998; Nassau, Bahamas
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Balboa City School; (San Diego, California); Hillcrest Prep Academy; (Phoenix, Arizona);
College	Arizona (2017–2018)
NBA draft	2018: 1st round, 1st overall pick
	Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2023	Phoenix Suns
2023–present	Portland Trail Blazers
Career highlights and awards
	NBA All-Rookie First Team (2019); Consensus first-team All-American (2018); Karl Malone Award (2018); Pac-12 Player of the Year (2018); First-team All-Pac-12 (2018); Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2018); Pac-12 tournament MOP (2018); McDonald's All-American (2017);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus five-star prospect in the Class of 2017 and a McDonald's All-American, he played one season of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, where he was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. Ayton was selected with the first overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2019. In 2021, he helped lead the Suns to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1993.

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