T.J. Leaf is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Leaf currently plays for the Indiana Pacers as their Power forward.
Leaf currently has an estimated net worth of over $1.5 million. As a Power forward, Leaf's salary for the 2018-19 season is reported to be around $2.4 million.
As of 2018, Ty Jacob Leaf has an estimated net worth of over $1.5 million. As a rookie player in the NBA, his salary for the 2017-18 season was $2 million.
Leaf reportedly signed a 3-year contract with the Indian Pacers worth of $7.24 million which shall keep him with the Pacers until the end of 2019-20 season. However, the contract also has a fourth and fifth-year option as well.
For the 2018-19 season, T.J. Leaf looks to earn $2.4 million as his base salary and carries the dead cap value of $5 million. The contract has a scaling agreement, which causes his salary to increase with every season.
T.J. Leaf at the moment is in a relationship. He has not given any details as to who his girlfriend is but does often posts pictures of her on his Instagram account. He has been in a relationship with her for more than a year now.
Ty Jacob Leaf was born on April 30, 1997, in Tel Aviv, Israel to parents Brad Leaf and Karen Leaf. Growing up he had two brothers; Troy Leaf, Trent Leaf, and a sister Talia Leaf.
Ty Jacob Leaf attended Foothills Christian High School in El Cajon, California where he played for his high school basketball team. In the senior season of high school, he held an average of 28.4 points and 14.2 rebounds.
After completing high school, Ty Jacob Leaf enrolled at UCLA and played for the UCLA and was a teammate of Lonzo Ball. He was named to first-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman team during his college career.
The Indiana Pacers picked T.J. Leaf with their 18th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. Though Leaf saw an average of 16.2 minutes per game in his earlier days with the team but was later saw less time due to his struggle in defense.
Leaf was also assigned to the Pacers' NBA G League affiliate Fort Wayne Mad Ants in December of 2017 and played three games with the team. In his rookie season at the NBA, Leaf played in 53 games recording an average of 2.9 points and 1.5 rebounds with 8.7 minutes per game.
T.J. Leaf currently is in the roster of Indiana Pacers along with Doug McDermott, Tyreke Evans, Domantas Sabonis, and Victor Oladipo.
