height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years profile draft_year team draft_pick number image college name caption high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team position draft_round letter league height_in bbr article_title
5 american 3 november 1987 2009 2009 present start -- 2014 end 2011 2015 start -- ty_lawson 2009 houston houston rockets rockets denver nuggets Žalgiris kaunas -lrb- lithuania -rrb- 18 3 ty lawson nuggets.jpg north carolina -lrb- 2006 -- 2009 -rrb- ty lawson lawson with the nuggets bishop academy -lrb- mouth of wilson , virginia -rrb- mcnamara -lrb- forestville , maryland -rrb- oak hill 195 clinton , maryland minnesota timberwolves point guard 1 l nba 11 lawsoty01 ty lawson

ty lawson

tywon ronell `` ty '' lawson -lrb- born november 3 , 1987 -rrb- is an american professional basketball player who currently plays for the houston rockets of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .
lawson played college basketball for north carolina where he won a national championship his junior year .
he was drafted with the 18th overall pick in the 2009 nba draft by the minnesota timberwolves and was immediately traded to the denver nuggets for a future first round pick .
