No. 20 – Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||
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Position | Forward | |||||||||
League | NBA | |||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||
Born |
Hudson, New York |
April 9, 1996 |||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||
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High school |
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College | Syracuse (2015–2017) | |||||||||
NBA draft | 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24th overall | |||||||||
Selected by the Utah Jazz | ||||||||||
Playing career | 2017–present | |||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||
2017–present | Denver Nuggets | |||||||||
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Tyler Robert Lydon (born April 9, 1996) is an American basketball player for the Denver Nuggets. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange.
Lydon attended Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, New York, then spent a prep year at New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire. He committed to Syracuse University to play college basketball.
As a freshman at Syracuse, Lydon averaged 10.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. As a sophomore, he averaged 13.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. After the season, he entered the 2017 NBA draft. At the draft, he was drafted by the Utah Jazz with the 24th pick in the first round, and was subsequently traded to the Denver Nuggets.