
Posted Wednesday February 18, 1:51 PM

6-foot-0, 175 pounds
DOB: May 6, 1985
College: Wake Forest
4th NBA season ... 2nd NBA All-Star Game
Exciting playmaker who is among the league leaders in steals and assists, he was a member of the gold medal-winning team in the Beijing Olympics ... In 2007-08, ranked first in the NBA in assists per game and steals (first player since John Stockton in 1991-92 to lead the league in those categories) ... First player in the NBA in the last 15 seasons to average 20-plus points and 10-plus assists ... Averaged career-highs in points (21.1), assists (11.6), steals (2.7) and minutes (37.6), to go along with 4.0 rebounds in 80 games (all starts). Finished second in MVP voting behind Kobe Bryant ... First team All-NBA ... Second team all defensive ... Member of the Western Conference All-Stars where he had 16 points and 14 assists (becoming just the fourth player in All-Star Game history to reach 14+ points and 14+ assists) in the game ... Two-time Western Conference Player of the Month (December and March) and two-time Western Conference Player of the Week (Dec. 24-30 and Mar. 17-23)

| ALL-STAR AVERAGES | ||||||||||||||||||
| G | GS | MPG | FGM-A | FG% | 3PM-A | 3P% | FTM-A | FT% | OFF | DEF | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG | |
| 2 | 1 | 28.5 | 14-28 | 0.500 | 2-7 | 0.286 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 15.0 | |

| 2008-09 STATISTICS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team | G | GS | MPG | FGM-A | FG% | 3PM-A | 3P% | FTM-A | FT% | OFF | DEF | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| NOH | 47 | 47 | 37.3 | 341-687 | 0.496 | 39-108 | 0.361 | 281-328 | 0.857 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 21.3 |
