| Pete Nance | |
| Position: | Power forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 225 |
| League: | NBA |
| Team: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Number: | 8 |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| High School: | Revere (Richfield, Ohio) |
| College: |
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| Draft Year: | 2023 |
| Career Start: | 2023 |
| Years1: | 2023–2024 |
| Team1: | Cleveland Charge |
| Years2: | –present |
| Team2: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Years3: | 2024–present |
| Team3: | →Cleveland Charge |
Pete Lucas Nance (born February 19, 2000)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He played college basketball at Northwestern and North Carolina.
Nance played at Revere High School.[2] In his senior season, Nance was tall and weighed .[3] That year, Nance led Revere to its first district championship, and he was named the Ohio Division II Player of the Year.[4] On June 29, 2017, Nance committed to playing for Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team starting in the 2018–19 season.[5] [6] In doing so, Nance declined offers from the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University.[7] Nance was a four-star recruit and the highest-ranked recruit in program history.[8] [9] Scout.com ranked him as the 83rd-best overall player and the 19th-best power forward in the country.[10] Meanwhile, 247Sports ranked him 64th overall.[8]
Nance debuted in an exhibition game against the McKendree Bearcats, during which he notched 12 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and four steals in 19 minutes off the bench.[11] In his first regular-season college basketball game, Nance scored three points and provided one assist in a win against the New Orleans Privateers.[12] Nance earned his first collegiate start in an 80–60 loss to the Michigan Wolverines.[13] He averaged 8.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore.[14] As a junior, Nance averaged 11.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.[15] He missed a game against Michigan State on January 15, 2022, due to an ankle injury.[16]
Nance averaged 14.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a senior. After testing the waters in the 2022 NBA draft, Nance ultimately returned to college and transferred to North Carolina.[17]
Nance transferred to North Carolina to play in his fifth collegiate season, joining a team that had been national runners-up the season prior. He was able to join the Tar Heels due to an NCAA rule granting all student-athletes an extra year of eligibility because of the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down sports at the end of the 2019–20 season. Immediately becoming a starter and a key part of the rotation, Nance and the Tar Heels struggled through an up-and-down season. Hampered by a nagging back injury that kept him out of a few games, Nance started all 30 games in which he played as a Tar Heel. He averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds per game, and shot 42% from the floor in his lone season in Chapel Hill.[18]
After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Nance joined the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2023 NBA Summer League and on September 13, 2023, he signed with the Cavaliers.[19] However, he was waived on October 21[20] and one week later, signed with the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League.[21]
On January 18, 2024, Nance signed a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers,[22] making him the third member of the Nance family to play for the Cavaliers (after his father Larry and brother Larry Jr.).[23] On January 30, he returned to the Cleveland Charge[24] and on February 19, he signed a two-way contract with the Cavaliers.[25]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland| 8 || 0 || 3.4 || .167 || 1.000 || .000 || .4 || .0 || .1 || .0 || .4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 8 || 0 || 3.4 || .167 || 1.000 || .000 || .4 || .0 || .1 || .0 || .4
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern| 23 || 1 || 13.9 || .347 || .263 || .417 || 1.7 || .8 || .3 || .3 || 2.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern| 30 || 20 || 26.2 || .400 || .297 || .686 || 6.0 || 1.6 || .3 || 1.0 || 8.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern| 24 || 23 || 27.7 || .495 || .364 || .784 || 6.8 || 1.8 || .6 || .7 || 11.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern| 30 || 30 || 27.2 || .497 || .452 || .768 || 6.5 || 2.7 || .3 || 1.1 || 14.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| North Carolina| 30 || 30 || 30.2 || .422 || .320 || .816 || 6.0 || 1.7 || .3 || 1.1 || 10.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 137 || 104 || 25.3 || .449 || .347 || .759 || 5.5 || 1.7 || .4 || .9 || 9.7
Nance is the son of Larry Nance and the younger brother of Larry Nance Jr., both of whom have played in the National Basketball Association.[6] He also has an older sister named Casey.[6]