CLEVELAND -- It may be only June, but Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Larry Nance Jr. has had a year to remember in 2018.
After being traded to his hometown team and helping them reach the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive season, Nance Jr. put his offseason break to good use, as he married his longtime girlfriend, Hailey Pince, in a ceremony at the Summit County Courthouse on Tuesday.
Judge Amy Corrigall Jones presided over the ceremony at the Summit County Courthouse and shared a photo with the newlyweds on her Facebook page.
“What an honor to be able to celebrate this special day and officiate the wedding ceremony for Hailey and Larry …GO CAVS!,” Corrigall Jones posted.
While still with the Los Angeles Lakers, Nance Jr. proposed to Pince, and the two announced their engagement on Instagram last September with the former saying, “I liked it, so I put a ring on it,” a nod to a line from the Beyoncé hit song, “Single Ladies.”
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“I cannot wait to be your wife, Larry Donnell,” Pince posted on Instagram after the engagement became public. “Thank you for this beautiful ring and for choosing me to be yours forever! -Future Mrs. Nance.”
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Nance Jr. and Pince met at the University of Wyoming, and their relationship blossomed over time.
“Four years ago I met this cutie at a really classy house party in Laramie, Wyoming,” Pince posted. “He thought he was slick when he slid into my DM’s a few days later.. little did he remember I had friended him on Facebook two years prior.
“I’ve been about this boy for a minute, and I cannot wait to marry him in six months.”
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A 6-foot-9, 230-pound power forward who played his prep basketball at Revere High School in Richfield, Nance averaged career highs in points (8.6), rebounds (6.8) and steals (1.4) while shooting 60.1 percent from the field in 42 games for the Lakers before being traded, along with guard Jordan Clarkson, to the Cavaliers on February 8.
Nance averaged 8.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.2 steals over 20.8 minutes of play in 24 regular-season games with the Cavaliers.
Despite inconsistent minutes through the first three rounds of the postseason, Nance Jr. averaged 5.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.5 blocks while shooting 50 percent from the field against the Golden State Warriors in the 2018 NBA Finals.