Nate Pierre-Louis

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Nate Pierre-Louis

| image =

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| position = Shooting guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 205

| league = NBA G League

| team = Valley Suns

| number = 51

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|12|23}}

| birth_place = Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.{{cite web|title=Nate Pierre-Louis – Profile|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pierrna01.html|website=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=July 28, 2024}}

| high_school =

| college = Temple (2017–2020)

| draft_year = 2020

| career_start = 2021

| years1 = 20212023

| team1 = South Bay Lakers

| years2 = 2023–2024

| team2 = Mexico City Capitanes

| years3 = 2024

| team3 = Long Island Nets

| years4 = 2024

| team4 = Iowa Wolves

| years5 = 2025

| team5 = Valley Suns

| highlights =

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Nate Pierre-Louis (born December 23, 1998){{cite web|title=Nate Pierre-Louis – College Stats|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/nate-pierre-louis-1.html|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=July 28, 2024}} is an American professional basketball player for the Valley Suns of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Temple Owls.

High school career

After attending St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, New Jersey and St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey, Pierre-Louis attended Roselle Catholic High School in Roselle, New Jersey, where he averaged 15.6 points per game, leading Roselle to an 18–10 record, to the Union County Tournament final and the South Jersey, Non-Public B final.{{cite web|title=Nate Pierre-Louis – 2019–20 MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER|url=https://owlsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/nate-pierrelouis/11500|website=OwlSports.com|access-date=July 28, 2024}}

College career

Pierre-Louis attended Temple coming as a three-star recruit. He played 91 games and averaged 10.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals as a junior before entering the NBA draft.{{cite web|first=Owen|last=McCue|title=Rumph Classic: Temple product Nate Pierre-Louis keeping eyes on NBA dream|url=https://www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article/show/1280880|website=CityOfBasketballLove.com|date=August 7, 2023|access-date=July 28, 2024}}

Professional career

=South Bay Lakers (2021–2023)=

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Pierre-Louis joined the South Bay Lakers on October 23, 2021, after a tryout,{{cite web|title=South Bay Finalizes Training Camp Roster|url=https://southbay.gleague.nba.com/news/south-bay-finalizes-training-camp-roster|website=NBA.com|date=October 23, 2021|access-date=July 28, 2024}} playing 32 games and averaging 9.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.7 steals in 27.7 minutes.{{cite web|title=Nate Pierre-Louis Player profile|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Nate-Pierre-Louis/Summary/88851|website=RealGM.com|access-date=July 28, 2024}}

In June 2022, Pierre-Louis joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2022 NBA Summer League{{cite web|title=Lakers Announce 2022 Summer League Roster|url=https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/lakers-announce-2022-summer-league-roster|website=NBA.com|date=June 28, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2024}} and on October 11, 2022, he signed for them.{{cite web|first=Dana|last=Gauruder|title=Nate Pierre-Louis Signs Exhibit 10 Deal With Lakers|url=https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2022/10/nate-pierre-louis-to-sign-exhibit-10-deal-with-lakers.html|website=HoopsRumors.com|date=October 11, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2024}} However, he was waived four days later{{cite web|first=Luke|last=Adams|title=Lakers Cut Shaq Harrison, Jay Huff, Nate Pierre-Louis|url=https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2022/10/lakers-cut-shaq-harrison-jay-huff-nate-pierre-louis.html|website=HoopsRumors.com|date=October 15, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2024}} and on October 22, he returned to South Bay.{{cite web|title=South Bay Finalizes 2022 Training Camp Roster|url=https://southbay.gleague.nba.com/news/south-bay-finalizes-2022-training-camp-roster|website=NBA.com|date=October 22, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2024}} He played 47 games and averaged 7.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals in 18.4 minutes. On March 29, 2023, he was awarded the Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award.{{cite web|title=Nate Pierre-Louis Wins 2022–23 Kia NBA G League Sportsmanship Award|url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/nate-pierre-louis-wins-2022-23-kia-nba-g-league-sportsmanship-award|website=NBA.com|date=March 29, 2023|access-date=July 28, 2024}}

=Mexico City Capitanes (2023–2024)=

On October 30, 2023, Pierre-Louis joined the Mexico City Capitanes{{cite tweet|author=CAPITANES|title=Comunicado oficial: Capitanes presenta su roster para el Training Camp 23–24 #SomosCapitanes|number=1719057279763308852|user=CapitanesCDMX|date=October 30, 2023|access-date=October 31, 2023|language=Spanish}} where he played 22 games and averaged 4.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.8 steals in 18.2 minutes.

=Long Island Nets (2024)=

On February 27, 2024, Pierre-Louis was traded to the Long Island Nets{{cite web|title=Long Island Nets Announce Roster Changes|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/long-island-nets-announce-roster-changes/n-6061844|website=OurSportsCentral.com|date=February 27, 2023|access-date=July 28, 2024}} where he played 11 games and averaged 3.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.8 steals in 15.1 minutes. On November 4, he was waived by Long Island.{{cite web|title=Long Island Nets Waive Two Players|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/long-island-nets-waive-two-players/n-6162408|website=OurSportsCentral.com|date=November 4, 2024|access-date=November 4, 2024}}

=Iowa Wolves (2024)=

On November 18, 2024, Pierre-Louis signed with the Iowa Wolves.{{cite web|title=Wolves Add Nate Pierre-Louis|url=https://iowa.gleague.nba.com/news/wolves-add-nate-pierre-louis|website=NBA.com|date=November 18, 2024|access-date=November 18, 2024}} However, he was waived on November 27.{{cite web|title=2024-2025 Iowa Wolves Transaction History|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/gleague/teams/Iowa-Wolves/4/Transaction_History/2025|website=RealGM.com|access-date=November 28, 2024}}

Personal life

Pierre-Louis has a brother Josh, who played at Temple in the same roster. He majored in psychology.

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