Nojel Eastern G #20

Height: 6-5 (196cm)

Weight: 246 lbs (112kg)

Born: May 26, 1999 (27 years old)

Hometown: Evanston, Illinois

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Agent: Mike Naiditch

NBA Draft: 2021 Undrafted

Pre-Draft Team: Howard (Sr)

High School: Evanston Township High School (Evanston, Illinois)

Nojel Eastern Player Profile

Recent Games

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL
5/9/2026	Rayos de Hermosillo	6	1	3	0
5/8/2026	Rayos de Hermosillo	20	6	2	0
5/1/2026	Venados de Mazatlan	13	3	3	1
4/29/2026	Astros de Jalisco	25	6	4	3
4/28/2026	Astros de Jalisco	21	7	3	0

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NBA Career
G League Career
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International Career
National Career

NBA Career

0 Years Of Service

NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jul 29, 2021	Nojel Eastern went undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft making him an Unrestricted FA.
Sep 17, 2025	Nojel Eastern signed a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Sep 18, 2025	The Minnesota Timberwolves placed the contract of Nojel Eastern on waivers.
Sep 20, 2025	Nojel Eastern, previously with the Minnesota Timberwolves, became a free agent.

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Season	Age	Team	League	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2024-25	25	MIN	NBA2K Summer League	2	6.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	.333	.000	1.000
2025-26	26	MIN	NBA 2K26 Summer League	1	21.3	4.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	.200	.000	1.000
CAREER				3	11.1	2.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	.250	.000	1.000

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV
2024-25	25	MIN	NBA2K Summer League	2	0	6.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
2025-26	26	MIN	NBA 2K26 Summer League	1	1	21.3	4.0	1.0	5.0	.200	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000	3.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0
CAREER				3	1	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.7	.250	0.7	.000	1.3	1.3	1.000	1.3	0.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.3

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV
2024-25	25	MIN	NBA2K Summer League	2	0	12.1	4	1	3	.333	1	.000	2	2	1.000	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
2025-26	26	MIN	NBA 2K26 Summer League	1	1	21.3	4	1	5	.200	1	.000	2	2	1.000	3	1	4	1	2	1	1
CAREER				3	1	33.3	8	2	8	.250	2	.000	4	4	1.000	4	1	5	2	2	2	1

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2024-25	25	MIN	NBA2K Summer League	2	0	.515	.333	8.1	-	4.8	9.5	-	-	9.5	12.1	133.3	5.5	1.3	139.7	111.3	16.0
2025-26	26	MIN	NBA 2K26 Summer League	1	1	.340	.200	17.6	5.2	11.1	5.5	14.5	4.0	4.1	12.2	120.0	-1.5	0.8	95.5	112.3	11.5
CAREER				3	1	.410	.250	12.7	3.9	8.8	6.8	9.3	2.7	6.2	12.2	125.0	0.9	1.0	111.2	109.0	13.1

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2024-25	25	MIN	NBA2K Summer League	2	0	.026	0.0	0.0	0.7	2	0	1.000	0.1	-	0.1
2025-26	26	MIN	NBA 2K26 Summer League	1	1	.056	1.0	2.0	0.4	0	1	.000	-	-	-
CAREER				3	1	.035	2.0	2.0	0.5	2	1	.667	-	-	0.1

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G League Career

G League Regular Season Stats

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Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2023-24	24	IWA	39	24.9	7.5	5.7	1.8	1.3	0.8	1.0	.483	.129	.851
2024-25	25	IWA	29	30.0	12.9	5.6	2.7	1.4	0.5	2.0	.522	.419	.744
2025-26	26	IWA	35	15.0	5.7	2.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	.439	.310	.750
CAREER			103	22.9	8.4	4.6	1.9	1.0	0.6	1.3	.488	.331	.788

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2023-24	24	IWA	39	15	24.9	7.5	2.8	5.9	.483	0.1	0.8	.129	1.0	1.2	.851	2.4	3.3	5.7	1.8	1.3	0.8	1.0	2.2
2024-25	25	IWA	29	23	30.0	12.9	4.9	9.4	.522	1.2	3.0	.419	1.1	1.5	.744	1.9	3.7	5.6	2.7	1.4	0.5	2.0	2.3
2025-26	26	IWA	35	0	15.0	5.7	2.1	4.7	.439	0.5	1.7	.310	0.6	0.8	.750	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.8
CAREER			103	38	22.9	8.4	3.2	6.5	.488	0.6	1.7	.331	0.9	1.1	.788	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.9	1.0	0.6	1.3	2.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2023-24	24	IWA	39	15	969.4	291	111	230	.483	4	31	.129	40	47	.851	94	127	221	72	51	32	39	85
2024-25	25	IWA	29	23	869.4	374	143	274	.522	36	86	.419	32	43	.744	54	107	161	79	40	15	58	66
2025-26	26	IWA	35	0	524.8	201	72	164	.439	18	58	.310	21	28	.750	25	65	90	41	16	13	37	64
CAREER			103	38	2,363.6	866	326	668	.488	58	175	.331	93	118	.788	173	299	472	192	107	60	134	215

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2023-24	24	IWA	39	15	.580	.491	9.9	14.1	12.0	9.9	13.5	2.5	3.0	12.6	146.3	0.9	1.3	116.0	115.5	13.9
2024-25	25	IWA	29	23	.638	.588	6.5	14.0	10.1	13.1	16.5	2.3	1.7	17.2	168.5	-0.6	1.4	114.1	122.6	15.1
2025-26	26	IWA	35	0	.570	.494	5.4	12.9	9.3	9.6	17.3	1.5	2.2	17.1	149.9	-1.8	1.2	103.0	121.7	9.6
CAREER			103	38	.601	.531	7.8	13.7	10.7	10.8	15.7	2.2	2.3	15.3	160.8	-0.2	1.3	112.4	119.4	13.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2023-24	24	IWA	39	15	6	1	.113	1.8	1.3	0.2	12	27	.308	0.7	1.0	1.7
2024-25	25	IWA	29	23	3	0	.185	1.4	0.7	0.2	6	23	.207	0.7	0.2	0.9
2025-26	26	IWA	35	0	0	1	.071	1.1	0.4	0.2	21	14	.600	-0.3	0.4	0.1
CAREER			103	38	9	2	.118	1.4	0.8	0.2	39	64	.379	1.0	1.8	2.8

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G League Transactions

Date	Transaction
Oct 23, 2021	Nojel Eastern tried out with the Long Island Nets.
Oct 27, 2021	The Long Island Nets placed the contract of Nojel Eastern on waivers.
Oct 28, 2023	The Iowa Wolves selected Nojel Eastern in Round 2 with Pick 11 in the 2023 Annual G League Draft.
Oct 25, 2024	Nojel Eastern returned to the Iowa Wolves.
Oct 24, 2025	Nojel Eastern returned to the Iowa Wolves.

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G League Showcase Cup Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2023-24	24	IWA	16	24.8	6.2	5.4	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	.460	.167	.909
2024-25	25	IWA	3	17.6	8.3	5.3	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	.733	.500	.500
2025-26	26	IWA	10	12.1	4.0	2.3	0.8	0.8	0.3	1.0	.324	.333	.750
CAREER			29	19.6	5.7	4.3	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.0	.453	.276	.810

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2023-24	24	IWA	16	8	24.8	6.2	2.5	5.4	.460	0.1	0.8	.167	0.6	0.7	.909	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	2.2
2024-25	25	IWA	3	0	17.6	8.3	3.7	5.0	.733	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	1.7	3.7	5.3	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.7
2025-26	26	IWA	10	0	12.1	4.0	1.2	3.7	.324	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.8	.750	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.8	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.7
CAREER			29	8	19.6	5.7	2.2	4.8	.453	0.3	1.0	.276	0.6	0.7	.810	1.6	2.8	4.3	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2023-24	24	IWA	16	8	396.2	99	40	87	.460	2	12	.167	10	11	.909	35	52	87	32	21	11	16	35
2024-25	25	IWA	3	0	52.7	25	11	15	.733	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	5	11	16	6	1	3	3	5
2025-26	26	IWA	10	0	120.8	40	12	37	.324	5	15	.333	6	8	.750	6	17	23	8	8	3	10	17
CAREER			29	8	569.8	164	63	139	.453	8	29	.276	17	21	.810	46	80	126	46	30	17	29	57

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2023-24	24	IWA	16	8	.539	.471	9.0	14.1	11.5	11.1	14.8	2.6	2.5	11.6	153.6	1.3	1.1	111.3	111.8	12.1
2024-25	25	IWA	3	0	.787	.767	9.8	21.2	15.5	16.8	15.9	0.9	4.9	15.0	173.3	1.8	1.7	139.2	107.4	22.9
2025-26	26	IWA	10	0	.494	.392	5.5	14.3	10.1	7.3	19.8	3.1	2.1	16.8	140.8	-3.7	1.1	88.4	119.6	7.7
CAREER			29	8	.553	.482	8.5	14.7	11.6	10.3	16.4	2.5	2.6	13.0	153.9	0.3	1.2	108.9	114.3	12.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2023-24	24	IWA	16	8	3	1	.113	2.0	1.3	0.1	6	10	.375	0.2	0.5	0.7
2024-25	25	IWA	3	0	0	0	.134	2.0	0.3	0.1	2	1	.667	0.2	0.1	0.3
2025-26	26	IWA	10	0	0	0	.042	0.8	0.8	0.2	5	5	.500	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
CAREER			29	8	3	1	.088	1.6	1.0	0.2	13	16	.448	0.1	0.7	0.8

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NCAA Career

College: Howard (2021)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
2x All-Big Ten Defensive Team	2019, 2020

NCAA Season Stats

Summary
Per Game
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Misc

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2017-18	18	Purdue	Fr	37	12.6	2.9	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	.483	.333	.417
2018-19	19	Purdue	So	36	28.2	7.5	5.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.4	.495	.000	.650
2019-20	20	Purdue	Jr	31	25.5	4.9	4.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.5	.420	.000	.485
2020-21	21	Howard	Sr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CAREER		NCAA DI		104	21.9	5.1	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.3	.466	.188	.558

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2017-18	18	Purdue	Fr	37	0	12.6	2.9	1.1	2.4	.483	0.1	0.2	.333	0.5	1.3	.417	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.5
2018-19	19	Purdue	So	36	35	28.2	7.5	2.8	5.7	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.8	.650	1.9	3.7	5.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.4
2019-20	20	Purdue	Jr	31	27	25.5	4.9	2.2	5.2	.420	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.1	.485	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.9
2020-21	21	Howard	Sr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CAREER		NCAA DI		104	62	21.9	5.1	2.0	4.4	.466	0.0	0.2	.188	1.0	1.7	.558	1.4	2.6	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.3	2.0

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2017-18	18	Purdue	Fr	37	0	467	107	42	87	.483	3	9	.333	20	48	.417	37	56	93	39	21	5	40	57
2018-19	19	Purdue	So	36	35	1,014	269	102	206	.495	0	4	.000	65	100	.650	67	132	199	89	39	12	51	86
2019-20	20	Purdue	Jr	31	27	792	152	68	162	.420	0	3	.000	16	33	.485	41	84	125	85	33	5	48	60
2020-21	21	Howard	Sr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CAREER		NCAA DI		104	62	2,273	528	212	455	.466	3	16	.188	101	181	.558	145	272	417	213	93	22	139	203

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2017-18	18	Purdue	Fr	37	.487	.500	10.3	13.1	11.8	13.8	26.7	2.7	1.1	16.7	123.3	-3.1	1.2	95.7	95.8	10.4
2018-19	19	Purdue	So	36	.531	.495	7.7	15.3	11.5	15.6	16.7	2.3	1.5	15.5	114.5	0.9	1.3	114.6	100.0	15.3
2019-20	20	Purdue	Jr	31	.428	.420	5.8	13.1	9.3	20.3	21.3	2.6	0.8	14.8	90.5	1.2	0.9	93.3	95.2	11.6
2020-21	21	Howard	Sr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CAREER		NCAA DI		104	.488	.469	7.6	13.9	10.8	16.5	20.4	2.5	1.2	15.5	121.1	0.1	1.2	103.2	97.2	12.5

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2017-18	18	Purdue	Fr	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	.078	1.0	0.5	0.6	30	7	.811	0.2	0.9	1.1
2018-19	19	Purdue	So	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	.198	1.7	0.8	0.5	26	10	.722	2.0	1.5	3.5
2019-20	20	Purdue	Jr	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	1.8	0.7	0.2	16	15	.516	0.3	1.4	1.7
2020-21	21	Howard	Sr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CAREER		NCAA DI		104	4	0	0	0	0	0	.153	1.5	0.7	0.4	72	32	.692	2.5	4.0	6.4

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International Basketball Career

International Season Stats

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Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2022-23	23	Rayos de Hermosillo	CIBACOPA	36	28.4	14.1	6.1	4.0	1.1	0.2	2.1	.464	.268	.722
2023-24	24	Halcones Rojos	LNBP	7	20.8	4.9	4.0	1.9	1.0	0.1	1.0	.324	.125	.900
2025-26	26	Ostioneros de Guaymas	CIBACOPA	9	29.3	17.4	6.2	4.1	1.1	0.3	2.2	.538	.407	.836

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2022-23	23	Rayos de Hermosillo	CIBACOPA	36	16	28.4	14.1	5.0	10.8	.464	0.6	2.3	.268	3.5	4.9	.722	1.6	4.5	6.1	4.0	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.4
2023-24	24	Halcones Rojos	LNBP	7	5	20.8	4.9	1.7	5.3	.324	0.1	1.1	.125	1.3	1.4	.900	1.1	2.9	4.0	1.9	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.3
2025-26	26	Ostioneros de Guaymas	CIBACOPA	9	9	29.3	17.4	5.6	10.3	.538	1.2	3.0	.407	5.1	6.1	.836	1.2	5.0	6.2	4.1	1.1	0.3	2.2	2.1

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2022-23	23	Rayos de Hermosillo	CIBACOPA	36	16	1,021	509	180	388	.464	22	82	.268	127	176	.722	59	161	220	145	41	7	76	85
2023-24	24	Halcones Rojos	LNBP	7	5	145.6	34	12	37	.324	1	8	.125	9	10	.900	8	20	28	13	7	1	7	9
2025-26	26	Ostioneros de Guaymas	CIBACOPA	9	9	263.6	157	50	93	.538	11	27	.407	46	55	.836	11	45	56	37	10	3	20	19

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2022-23	23	Rayos de Hermosillo	CIBACOPA	36	16	.547	.492	6.5	15.7	11.4	23.0	14.0	2.0	0.6	23.4	145.4	2.0	1.3	111.0	102.2	17.3
2023-24	24	Halcones Rojos	LNBP	7	5	.411	.338	6.4	14.5	10.7	14.8	14.5	2.6	0.6	16.1	134.9	1.2	0.9	93.9	104.7	10.5
2025-26	26	Ostioneros de Guaymas	CIBACOPA	9	9	.670	.597	5.4	19.0	12.7	18.9	14.6	1.8	0.9	22.3	178.1	1.7	1.7	129.3	115.0	21.7

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2022-23	23	Rayos de Hermosillo	CIBACOPA	36	16	7	.276	1.9	0.5	0.5	29	7	.806	1.6	2.5	4.0
2023-24	24	Halcones Rojos	LNBP	7	5	0	.130	1.9	1.0	0.3	3	4	.429	-0.1	0.3	0.2
2025-26	26	Ostioneros de Guaymas	CIBACOPA	9	9	0	.256	1.9	0.5	0.6	4	5	.444	1.0	0.3	1.3

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Apr 22, 2026	Nojel Eastern has signed with Ostioneros de Guaymas.

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