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Skylar Justin Mays (born September 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers.

Skylar Mays

Mays with LSU in 2019
No. 4 – Delaware Blue Coats
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	NBA G League
Personal information
Born	(1997-09-05) September 5, 1997 (age 25) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada)
College	LSU (2016–2020)
NBA draft	2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	2020–present
Career history
2020–2022	Atlanta Hawks
2021–2022	→College Park Skyhawks
2022–present	Delaware Blue Coats
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-SEC (2020) Second-team All-SEC (2019) Academic All-American of the Year (2020) 2x First-team Academic All-American (2019, 2020) Second-team Academic All-American (2018)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Early life and high school career

Mays grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attended the Louisiana State University Laboratory School (U-High), where he began playing on the varsity basketball team when he in eighth grade.[1] He first began to dunk the basketball as a freshman.[2] He was named first-team All-State in his sophomore and junior seasons as he helped lead the Cubs to back to back state championships. As a junior, he averaged 9.1 points, 8.1 assists and 3.2 rebounds.[1] Mays transferred to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada before his senior year and averaged 10.9 points, 5.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.7 steals in his only season with the Pilots.[3] Rated a three-star recruit, Mays committed to play college basketball at Louisiana State during his sophomore year before re-opening his recruitment to other schools shortly before he transferred to Findlay. Mays eventually re-committed to LSU after considering offers from Baylor, UNLV, Oklahoma State, Memphis, California and Stanford.[4]

College career

Mays became the Tigers' starting point guard during his freshman year, averaging 8.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals over 31 games (25 starts).[5] As a sophomore, Mays averaged 11.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists as well as 1.6 steals per game.[6] He averaged 13.4 points, 3.3 rebounds 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game as a junior and was named second team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the conference's scholar-athlete of the year.[7][8] Mays scored his 1,000th career point on February 26, 2019 against Texas A&M.[9] After the season, Mays declared for the 2019 NBA draft but ultimately opted to return to LSU.[10]

Mays was named preseason first team All-SEC and to the watchlists for the Jerry West and the Naismith Player of the Year awards.[11] He was also named the 45th-best collegiate basketball player going into the 2019–20 season by CBS Sports.[12] Mays scored a career-high 30 points on November 22, 2019 in an 80–78 loss to Utah State.[13] Mays tied his career high with 30 points along with eight assists and seven rebounds on February 8, 2020 in a 91–90 overtime loss to Auburn.[14] At the end of the regular season he was again named a first team Academic All-American and was selected as the Academic All-American of the Year as well as First Team All-SEC and was named the scholar-athlete of the year for a second straight season.[15][16] Mays averaged 16.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.[17]

Professional career

Atlanta Hawks (2020–2022)

On November 18, 2020, Mays was selected with the 50th pick in the 2020 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.[18] Mays signed a two-way contract with the team on November 24, 2020, meaning he would split time between the Hawks and their NBA G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks.[19] On February 13, Mays scored a career high 20 points against the San Antonio Spurs, cutting a 45-point deficit to just 11 in the second half.

Mays played for the Hawks in the 2021 NBA summer league, scoring 13 points in 30 minutes on 4-11 shooting at his debut in a 85-83 loss against the Boston Celtics.[20] On August 26, 2021, Mays signed a second two-way contract with the Hawks.[21] On April 7, 2022, the Hawks converted his previously signed two-way contract into a standard NBA contract.[22]

Delaware Blue Coats (2022–present)

On November 4, 2022, Mays was named to the opening night roster for the Delaware Blue Coats.[23]

Career statistics

Legend

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	Bold	Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2020–21	Atlanta	33	0	8.2	.449	.350	.880	1.1	.9	.4	.1	3.8
2021–22	Atlanta	28	5	7.9	.500	.320	.889	.9	.6	.3	.0	2.9
Career		61	5	8.0	.469	.338	.882	1.0	.8	.3	.0	3.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2021	Atlanta	7	0	2.4	.800	—	—	.3	.1	.3	.0	1.1
2022	Atlanta	2	0	4.5	1.000	—	—	.5	.5	.5	.0	1.0
Career		9	0	2.9	.833	—	—	.3	.2	.3	.0	1.1

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	LSU	31	25	22.9	.411	.328	.812	2.2	3.6	1.3	.1	8.3
2017–18	LSU	33	30	31.1	.443	.351	.837	4.0	2.9	1.6	.2	11.3
2018–19	LSU	35	35	33.1	.421	.313	.860	3.3	2.1	1.9	.2	13.4
2019–20	LSU	31	31	34.4	.491	.394	.854	5.0	3.2	1.8	.2	16.7
Career		130	121	30.5	.445	.345	.845	3.6	2.9	1.6	.2	12.4

Personal life

Mays' best friend and LSU teammate, Wayde Sims, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head and neck on September 28, 2018. Mays served as the pallbearer at the funeral.[24] He gave an 11-minute speech in Sims's honor at an on-campus vigil outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in front of a crowd of hundreds.[2] Mays wore customized Nike tennis shoes during the 2019 SEC Tournament in honor of Sims.[25]

References

External links

• LSU Tigers bio

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