Jaylen Hands

Jaylen Hands
	Hands at the 2017 McDonald's All-American Game
Palencia Baloncesto
Position	Shooting guard / Point guard
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	February 12, 1999; San Diego, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Mater Dei Catholic; (Chula Vista, California); Balboa City School; (San Diego, California); Foothills Christian; (El Cajon, California);
College	UCLA (2017–2019)
NBA draft	2019: 2nd round, 56th overall pick
	Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–2020	Long Island Nets
2021	FMP
2021	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2021–2022	Telenet Giants Antwerp
2022–2023	PAOK Thessaloniki
2023–2024	Peristeri Athens
2024–present	Palencia
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-Pac-12 (2019); McDonald's All-American (2017);
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jaylen Joseph Hands (born February 12, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Palencia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. As a high school senior in 2017, he was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game, and was ranked as a consensus five-star prospect and the No. 3 point guard in the country in the class of 2017 by all major scouting services, including ESPN and 247Sports. Hands earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors in his sophomore year with UCLA in 2019. He was selected in the second round of the 2019 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 56th pick before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets. He played a season in the NBA G League with Brooklyn's affiliate, the Long Island Nets before beginning his European career in 2021.

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