Education
Arsenal Technical High School.
Arsenal Technical High School.
He was drafted by the Jazz following his freshman season at the University of Kentucky. Entering his senior year of high school, Lyles was ranked as one of the best high school basketball players in the country and was recruited heavily by Kentucky, Indiana, and Louisville. Lyles originally committed to Indiana in September 2010 during his freshman year of high school, but then later decommitted in August 2012.
Lyles signed a letter of intent on November 5, 2013 to play and study at the University of Kentucky.
During his senior year of high school, Lyles averaged 23.7 points, 12.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists and led Arsenal Technical to the IHSAA Class 4A State Championship game with a 63-59 victory over Lake Central. Following the conclusion of his senior season, Lyles was voted Indiana Mr.
Basketball over fellow high school seniors Trevon Bluiett, who signed to play at Xavier University and James Blackmon, Junior. who signed with Indiana University. Lyles enrolled at Kentucky on June 12, 2014.
Due to an unspecified leg injury, Lyles sat out Kentucky"s six-game exhibition series in Nassau, Bahamas from August 10 through August 17.
As a freshman, Lyles was named to the 2015 All-Securities and Exchange Commission Freshman Team and helped lead the Wildcats to a 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four appearance. On April 9, 2015, Lyles along with Kentucky teammates Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Devin Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein declared to enter their names into the 2015 National Basketball Association draft. On June 25, 2015, Lyles was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft by the Utah Jazz.
He signed his rookie scale contract with the Jazz on July 7.
Lyles averaged 3.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game over the first two months of his rookie season. He began picking up his production with more steady minutes during the month of January, scoring in double figures for the first time on January 4 with 13 points against the Houston Rockets.
On February 3, he was named a Rising Stars Challenge participant at the 2016 National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend, replacing the injured Nikola Mirotić for the World Team roster. Lyles (who moved to Indiana with his family when he was seven years old) has represented both Canada and the United States.
Until his sophomore year in high school, he had trained in the United States developmental pipeline.
On the international stage, Lyles played for Canada"s Junior men"s national team During the summer of 2013, Lyles, along with Tyler Ennis, led Canada to an all-time-best 6th-place finish at the 2013 International Basketball Federation Under-19 World Championship with Lyles coming in second to Ennis in scoring at the tournament.