Tyler Bey

American basketball player (born 1998)

Tyler Bey

Bey with Colorado in 2020

Free agent
Position| Small forward
Personal information
Born|  (1998-02-10) February 10, 1998 (age 27)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Listed height| 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight| 215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school|

* Las Vegas
(Sunrise Manor, Nevada)
* Middlebrooks Academy
(Los Angeles, California)

College| Colorado (2017–2020)
NBA draft| 2020: 2nd round, 36th overall pick
Drafted by| Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career| 2020–present
Career history
2020–2021| Dallas Mavericks
2021| →Long Island Nets
2021| →Salt Lake City Stars
2021–2022| Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2022–2023| Ironi Ness Ziona
2023–2024| Magnolia Hotshots
2024| Taipei Fubon Braves
2024–2025| Hapoel Haifa
2025-present| Homentemen Beirut
Career highlights

* NBA G League champion (2022)
* Israeli League Top Scorer (2023)
* First-team All-Pac-12 (2019)
* Second-team All-Pac-12 (2020)
* Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2020)
* Pac-12 Most Improved Player (2019)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Tyler Tarik Bey (born February 10, 1998) is an American professional basketball playing for Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League (FLB). He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes.

## Early life

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Bey was born and brought up in Las Vegas and started playing competitive basketball in eighth grade. He played for Las Vegas High School in Sunrise Manor, Nevada, where he averaged 17 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game as a junior. Bey transferred to Middlebrooks Academy, a prep school in Los Angeles, where he attracted more interest from NCAA Division I programs and received scholarship offers from UNLV, San Diego State, Arizona State and Utah.[1] On September 10, 2016, he committed to play college basketball for Colorado. Bey was considered a four-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals and a three-star recruit by ESPN.[2]

## College career

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As a freshman, Bey averaged 6.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, starting 21 of 32 games. After the season he worked to add a mid-range jumper to his game.[1] After being benched in a game against Oregon State on January 31, 2019, Bey had 11 double-doubles over the final 16 games.[3] He had a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds in a 73–51 win over Oregon on February 3.[4] On February 13, Bey had 22 points and a career-high 17 rebounds as Colorado defeated Arizona State 77–73.[5] In the final week of the regular season, Bey was named Pac 12 player of the week.[6] Bey led the team with 13.6 points and 9.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore. He was named to the First Team All-Pac-12 and became the second Colorado player in four years to win the league's Most Improved Player award.[3]

Bey scored 16 points and had a career-high six steals in a 69–53 win against UC Irvine on November 18.[7] He was named MVP of the Main Event Tournament after averaging 14.5 points per game and leading the Buffaloes to a win over Clemson in the championship.[8] At the conclusion of the regular season, Bey was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and was selected to the Second Team All-Pac-12.[9] Bey averaged 13.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game as a junior.[10] After the season, Bey declared for the 2020 NBA draft.[11]

## Professional career

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### Dallas Mavericks (2020–2021)

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Bey was selected 36th overall in the 2020 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Shortly after he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks alongside Josh Richardson in exchange for Seth Curry.[12] He was signed on November 30, 2020.[13] His deal was converted to a two-way contract for the season, meaning he would split time with the Mavericks’ NBA G League affiliate, the Texas Legends. On February 2, 2021, it was announced Bey would have his first assignment at the NBA G League, going to the Long Island Nets as the Legends opted out of the G League restart.[14]

### Rio Grande Valley Vipers (2021–2022)

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On August 25, 2021, Bey signed with the Houston Rockets[15] but was waived on September 17.[16] Nine days later, he signed a two-way contract with Houston. Under the terms of the deal, he split time between the Rockets and their NBA G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.[17] He was waived near the end of training camp.[18]

Bey joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2022 NBA Summer League.[19]

### Ironi Ness Ziona (2022–2023)

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On July 31, 2022, Bey signed with Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[20]

### Magnolia Hotshots (2023–2024)

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On August 10, 2023, Bey signed with the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as the team's import for the 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[21] In 22 games, he averaged 25.8 points (3rd in the league), 13.0 rebounds (4th), 2.3 steals (2nd), and 1.2 blocks (6th) per game.[22]

### Hapoel Haifa (2024–2025)

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In August 2024, Bey signed with Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[23]

### Homenetmen Beirut (2025–Present)

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In 2025, Bey signed with Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League.[24]

## Career statistics

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Legend  GP  | Games played  |  GS | Games started  |  MPG | Minutes per game

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FG% | Field goal percentage  |  3P% | 3-point field goal percentage  |  FT% | Free throw percentage
RPG | Rebounds per game  |  APG | Assists per game  |  SPG | Steals per game
BPG | Blocks per game  |  PPG | Points per game  |  Bold | Career high

### NBA

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#### Regular season

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Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2020–21 | Dallas | 18 | 0 | 3.9 | .318 | .250 | .600 | 1.1 | .2 | .0 | .1 | 1.0
Career  | 18 | 0 | 3.9 | .318 | .250 | .600 | 1.1 | .2 | .0 | .1 | 1.0

### College

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Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2017–18 | Colorado | 32 | 21 | 19.7 | .503 | .000 | .685 | 5.1 | .5 | .6 | .7 | 6.1
2018–19 | Colorado | 36 | 36 | 26.3 | .541 | .227 | .782 | 9.9 | .6 | .8 | 1.2 | 13.6
2019–20 | Colorado | 31 | 30 | 29.0 | .530 | .419 | .743 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 13.8
Career  | 99 | 87 | 25.0 | .530 | .305 | .747 | 8.1 | .9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.2

## References

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1. ^ a b Gordon, Sam (March 14, 2019). "Las Vegas native Tyler Bey finds his groove at Colorado". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
2. ^ Rooney, Pat (September 10, 2016). "Four-star recruits D'shawn Schwartz, Tyler Bey commit to CU Buffs men's basketball". Daily Camera. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
3. ^ a b Rooney, Pat (April 22, 2019). "'Unfinished business' keeping CU basketball's Tyler Bey out of draft pool". Daily Camera. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
4. ^ "Bey scores 27 with 10 boards as Colorado beats Oregon 73–51". ESPN. Associated Press. February 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
5. ^ "Pac-12 basketball: Tyler Bey, McKinley Wright drive Colorado past Arizona State 77–73". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. February 13, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
6. ^ "Colorado's Tyler Bey Named Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year". KKTV. March 11, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
7. ^ Georgatos, Dennis (November 18, 2019). "Tyler Bey, McKinley Wright each score 16 as No. 23 CU Buffs beat UC Irvine". The Denver Post. Associated Press. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
8. ^ Pascoe, Bruce (December 2, 2019). "Nico Mannion named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week". KTBS. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
9. ^ "Pac-12 announces 2019–20 Men's Basketball annual major awards". pac-12.com. March 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
10. ^ Crawford, Kirkland (March 16, 2020). "The 2020 NCAA tournament that could have been: South region". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
11. ^ Howell, Chase (March 24, 2020). "Wright and Bey to Test NBA Draft Process". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
12. ^ "Mavericks acquire Josh Richardson, but are 'not done yet,' Nelson says". Dallas Mavericks. November 18, 2020.
13. ^ "With training camp around the corner, Mavs sign Green and Bey". mavs.com. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
14. ^ "Tyler Bey and Nate Hinton Transferred To Long Island Nets". National Basketball Association. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
15. ^ "Rockets Sign Tyler Bey and Daishen Nix". NBA.com. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
16. ^ Gauruder, Dana (September 18, 2021). "Rockets Sign Dante Exum, Waive Tyler Bey". HoopsRumors.com. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
17. ^ "Rockets Announce Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
18. ^ DuBose, Ben (October 13, 2021). "Rockets convert Armoni Brooks to two-way contract, waive Tyler Bey". Rockets Wire. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
19. ^ "Philadelphia 76ers 2022 NBA2K23 Summer League Roster". NBA.com. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
20. ^ "Ironi Ness Ziona signs Tyler Bey". Sportando. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
21. ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 11, 2023). "Magnolia taps 2020 NBA 2nd-round pick Tyler Bey as Commissioner's Cup import". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
22. ^ "Tyler Bey," basketball.realgm.com.
23. ^ "Former Mavericks player Tyler Bey signed with Israeli team," Hoopshype.
24. ^ "Former Mavericks player Tyler Bey signed with Lebanese team," Hoopshype.

## External links

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*   * Career statistics from NBA.com · Basketball Reference
* Colorado Buffaloes bio

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Hapoel Haifa current roster

* 0 Bey
* 1 Workman
* 2 Coleman III
* 5 Johnson
* 7 Ovadia
* 10 Rosenbaum
* 15 Landesberg
* 18 Schneider
* 20 Gershon
* 21 Taylor
* 25 Noyovitch
* 30 Bokovza
* 31 Sobel

* Head coach: Hasin
* Assistant coach: Amar
* Zohar

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* Tyrell Terry
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Israeli Premier League Top scorers

Total Points Scored|

* 1954: Shneior
* 1955: Cohen
* 1956: Cancelled due to war
* 1957: Kupfer-Toval
* 1958: Babinder
* 1959: Hoffman
* 1960: Hemmo
* 1961: Eshed
* 1962: Eshed
* 1963: Eshed
* 1964: Lutsky
* 1965: Eshed
* 1966: Buchbinder
* 1967: Eshed
* 1968: Buchbinder
* 1969: Buchbinder
* 1970: Eshed
* 1971: Teichner
* 1972: Teichner
* 1973: Inbar
* 1974: Kaplan
* 1975: Kaplan
* 1976: Kaplan
* 1977: Kaplan
* 1978: Kaplan
* 1979: Janay
* 1980: Pinder
* 1981: Robinson
* 1982: Jamchi
* 1983: Cobb
* 1984: Jamchi
* 1985: Jamchi
* 1986: Magee
* 1987: Davis
* 1988: Simpson
* 1989: Magee

Points Per Game|

* 1990: Gaither
* 1991: Hackett
* 1992: Dawson
* 1993: Williams
* 1994: Ancrum
* 1995: Eubanks
* 1996: Gervin
* 1997: Hill
* 1998: Gervin
* 1999: Jamchi
* 2000: English
* 2001: Pledger
* 2002: Barrett
* 2003: Minlend
* 2004: Davis
* 2005: Dixon
* 2006: Hatten
* 2007: Marsh
* 2008: Burtt Jr.
* 2009: Flores
* 2010: Dentmon
* 2011: Nailon
* 2012: Banks
* 2013: Dyson
* 2014: Brown
* 2015: Lyons
* 2016: Clyburn
* 2017: Lyons
* 2018: Rice Jr.
* 2019: Tollefsen
* 2020: Young
* 2021: Agada
* 2022: Killeya-Jones
* 2023: Bey
* 2024: Stewart
* 2025: Brown

*[GP]: Games played
*[GS]: Games started
*[MPG]: Minutes per game
*[FG%]: Field goal percentage
*[3P%]: 3-point field-goal percentage
*[FT%]: Free-throw percentage
*[RPG]: Rebounds per game
*[APG]: Assists per game
*[SPG]: Steals per game
*[BPG]: Blocks per game
*[PPG]: Points per game
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