Landry Fields

Landry Fields (born June 27, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Stanford University.

Early life

Fields was born in Long Beach, California to Steve and Janice Fields, who played basketball in college at Miami University and Highland Community College, respectively (Steve was later drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers). Fields' father is African-American, while his mother is Caucasian. Landry was one of three children and attended Ellwood P. Cubberley Elementary School and later Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California. Fields was a three-year letter-winner on the varsity basketball squad, which he captained during his junior and senior seasons. His high school jersey #12 was later retired by Los Alamitos on January 5, 2016. Though he was heavily recruited by Arizona coach Lute Olson and by Gonzaga University, Fields ultimately chose to play for Trent Johnson and Stanford, joining twin brothers Robin and Brook Lopez to create one of the top recruiting classes in the nation.