Jake LaRavia profile
- Club
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- United States
- Date of birth
- 2001-11-03
- Birthplace
- Pasadena, California, U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Weight
- 235 lb (107 kg)
- Shirt number
- 12
About Jake LaRavia
Jacob Glen LaRavia ( lə-RAY-vee-ə; born November 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana State Sycamores and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
After leading his high school team, Lawrence Central, to its first sectional title since 2012, LaRavia played two seasons of college basketball at Indiana State. With the Sycamores, he was named to the MVC All-Freshman and All-Newcomer teams as a freshman and was named to the Second-team All-MVC in his sophomore season. For his junior season, LaRavia transferred to Wake Forest and was named to the All-ACC Second Team. He was drafted 19th overall in the 2022 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.