Deandre Ayton

Deandre Ayton is one of those players who makes the game look almost unfairly easy — a 7-foot center from Nassau, Bahamas, who moves like a guard and has hands soft enough to make catching lobs look like a hobby. He was the overall number one pick in the 2018 NBA Draft out of Arizona, where he was the Pac-12 Player of the Year after just one college season, and the hype was absolutely justified. His time with the Phoenix Suns had its share of drama — the contract saga, the playoff heartbreaks, the sense that the team never fully unlocked what he could be — but watching him play at his best, you see a center with rare two-way potential. Now with the Lakers, I'm genuinely curious whether he finally gets the starring role his raw talent has always deserved.

Name (English)

Deandre Ayton

Name (Japanese)

デアンドレ・エイトン

Reading

であんどれ・えいとん

Born

July 23, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

Origin

Nassau, The Bahamas

Height

85 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

University of Arizona

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/deandreayton/
• Xhttps://x.com/DeandreAyton
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3

Tags

• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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