Pro Career: At the Minnesota Summer League, appeared in all five games and made two starts… Averaged 7.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 17.2 minutes… Early entry candidate for the 1998 NBA Draft…Selected in the first round by the Chicago Bulls, 28th overall…Played three seasons with Chicago with 144 career appearances…Appeared in 31 games as a rookie in 1998-99, averaging 3.8 points and 1.3 rebounds in 10.3 minutes…Recorded career-highs of 7.7 points and 1.8 rebounds in 18 minutes per game in 1999-00, playing in 48 games with 10 starts…Averaged 4.7 points and 1.5 rebounds in 65 games in 2000-01…Signed with Orlando in September 2002, but waived before the regular season began…Played nine games with the Atlanta Hawks during the 2002-03 season and averaged 4.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists…Started the 2001-02 season with Montegrenaro in the Italian A-2 League, playing 9 games before returning to the United States to join the Southern California Surf in the ABA...Selected by the North Charleston Lowgators as 7th overall pick in the 2002 NBDL Draft.
Miscellaneous: Full name is Corey Dwight Benjamin…Has two brothers, Sonny and Derrick…Played with Sonny and Charlotte Bobcats Assistant Coach John-Blair Bickerstaff at Oregon State…Has one daughter, Coriaun…Was a business and sociology major at Oregon State…Honorable Mention All-Pac 10 in 1998…Honorable Mention All-America by Associated Press in 1998…As a sophomore, averaged 19.8 points and 5.0 rebounds before entering the NBA draft…Led team in scoring and rebounding.
#60 • PRIMOZ BREZEC • CENTER • 7-1 • 252 LBS. • SLOVENIA
2003-04: Appeared in 18 games and averaged 1.6 points and 0.8 rebounds in 4.0 minutes… Shot .462 from the field… Battled injuries and did not play from Jan. 28 to march 31 due to a right hamstring strain… Played a season-high 10 minutes at Minnesota on Dec. 20…Scored a season-high five points at Chicago on Dec. 13.
Pro Career: Drafted by Indiana with the 27th overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft, but began his NBA career in the 2001-02 season…Averaged 1.8 points, 1.1 rebounds and 5.5 minutes in three seasons with Indiana… Appeared in 62 total games… Saw action in 22 games during the 2002-03 season with one start… Averaged 1.9 points and 1.0 rebounds… Missed the last 11 games with a sprained right ankle… During his rookie season, appeared in 22 games and averaged 2.0 points, 1.3 rebounds in 7.2 minutes… Played in his native Slovenia from 1997 through 2001… Averaged 4.5 points and shot .778 percent from the field in 26 games for Olimpija Ljubljana in 1998-99… Was a member of the Slovenian silver-medal team at the 22-and-Under European Championships… Selected to the All-Star team that season…Averaged 7.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 52 games in 1999-2000… In 34 games during the 2000-01 season for B.C. Olimpija Ljubljana of Slovenia, he averaged 10.6 points on .740 from the field, along with 4.5 rebounds.
Miscellaneous: Full name is Primoz Brezec… His father’s name is Hilarlj and his mother’s name is Irena… He lists his father, a former basketball player, as having the biggest influence on his career… Enjoys playing tennis and shooting pool… His favorite actor is Al Pacino… Lists “The Shawshank Redemption” as his favorite movie… His basketball heroes growing up were Michael Jordan and Julius “Dr. J” Erving…Has appeared in a potato chip commercial… Wears a size 17 basketball shoe.
#16 • KEITH CARTER • GUARD • 6-2 • 195 LBS. • MISSISSIPPI '99
Pro Career: At the Minnesota Summer League, appeared in all five games… Averaged 3.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in 12.0 minutes… Spent the 2003-04 season with Terano-Italy and averaged 18.0 points and 3.0 assists…In February and March of 2002, played for the Dakota Wizards (CBA) following knee surgery…Signed with Capod D’-Orlando (Italy) during the 2001-2002 season and averaged 21.2 points and 2.5 assists…Played two seasons (1999-01) with the New Mexico Slam of the International Basketball League (IBL)…Averaged 13.2 points in his first season and 16.0 points in his second season.
College Career: Played four seasons at Mississippi (1995-99)…Averaged 14.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.3 steals in 31.8 minutes (117 career games)… Named First Team All-SEC during his senior season and Second Team All-SEC after his junior year…Set a school single-game record by connecting on eight three-pointers (8-10) against Prairie View A&M in November of 1998…Ranks fifth all-time at Mississippi in scoring with 1682 points…Became the first Ole Miss freshman to lead the team in scoring (1995-96) with 13.8 points…Member of the 1998 USA Team that won the Gold Medal during the Goodwill Games in New York…Averaged 7.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
#38 • MAURICE CARTER • GUARD • 6-5 • 210 LBS. • LOUISIANA STATE '99
2003-04: Saw action in 10 NBA games this past season, four with the Los Angeles Lakers and six with New Orleans…Averaged 4.2 points, 1.1 rebounds and 11.0 minutes… shot .800 from the free-throw line on 16-20 attempts…appeared in one of New Orleans seven playoff games and recorded two minutes of action.
Pro Career: Signed consecutive 10-day contracts with the Los Angeles Lakers in January of 2003, but saw action in only four games…Left Los Angeles and signed with Dakota of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA)…Averaged 24.8 points in five games, including 36 in the title game…He averaged 19.0 points in the CBA regular season…Signed a 10-day contract with New Orleans on March 25, 2004 and appeared in six games…Split parts of the 2001-02 season with Peristeri Athens (Greece), where he averaged 12.5 points and 3.0 rebounds and the Kansas City Knights of the American Basketball Association (ABA-2000) and posted 23.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 30 contests…Spent 1999-2001 playing in the International Basketball League (IBL)…Played for two different teams during his tenure in the league, first for the San Diego Stingrays and secondly for the St. Louis Swarm…In 2001, he was named IBL Finals Most Valuable Player.
College: A former standout at Louisiana State University, Carter played all four seasons (1995-99) at LSU, averaging 12.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 108 games…He finished his college career ranked 19th on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,299 points…Earned Third Team All-SEC honors as a senior…Averaged 14.4 points as a junior.
#65 • MELVIN ELY • FORWARD/CENTER • 6-10 • 261 LBS. • FRESNO STATE '02
Pro Career: In his rookie season with the Clippers in 2002-03 he played in 52 games (seven starts) and averaged 4.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and shot .495 from the field in 15.4 minutes… Finished the season strong, with averages of 6.1 points and 4.8 rebounds in February and 6.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in March… Registered a career-high 12 rebounds (including eight offensive rebounds and added 12 points for his first career double-double at Sacramento on March 27, 2003… Also had a season-best 14 points with seven rebounds at Detroit on Feb. 5, 2003… Posted 13 points and nine rebounds on April 12, 2003 at Denver… Began his rookie season on the injured list with a sprained left foot before he made his NBA debut on Nov. 28, 2002 against New Jersey… Posted his first career start in his third game, on Dec. 1, 2002 against Indiana and had six points and six rebounds.
College: Was the all-time leading scorer in Fresno State history with 1,951 points and finished his career with averages of 15.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks, while shooting .577 from the field in 124 games… Named Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a junior and senior, and became the first player to do so since Utah’s Keith Van Horn in 1994 and 1995, and also earned All-America honors as a junior and senior… Finished his career fourth in WAC history in points and second in blocked shots… Averaged 23.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.2 blocks as a senior and placed fifth in the nation in scoring and 13th in blocked shots… Set a school record as a sophomore with 92 blocks (3.0 per game)… Named All-WAC Newcomer Team as a freshman.
Personal: Has a three-year old son, Melvin, Jr… A native of Harvey, Illinois, he is a distant cousin of former NBA player Dale Ellis, who played for Bobcats General Manager & Head Coach Bernie Bickerstaff in Seattle from 1986-90 and won the 1987 Most Improved Player Award… Has two brothers and one sister… Older brother, Louis, played college basketball at Wisconsin… Was on Team USA at the 2001 World University Games in China and averaged 10.5 points, team-best 6.3 rebounds… Was tabbed “the most sought after post player” by Sports Illustrated as a senior at Thornton High School in 1997.
#10 • PATRICK JACKSON • GUARD • 5-10 • 165 LBS. • BALL STATE '02
College Career: Was a college teammate at Ball State with Bobcats forward Theron Smith…Played 122 games for Ball State over his four-year career…Averaged 11.1 points, 2.9 assists and 2.1 rebounds at Ball State…Collected 241 assists over his last two seasons at Ball State…Set the Ball State record with 202 career three-pointers made…Shot .427 from three-point range over his career…Scored 23 points against Kansas and UCLA and finished with 21 points against Duke at the 2001 Maui Invitational…Averaged 15.3 points (64 games) over his last two seasons…Co-Recipient of Ball State’s Most Valuable Player Award.
Miscellaneous: Named the 2002 Verizon Academic First-Team All-American…Managed a 3.54 GPA as a business major…Accepted an invitation to participate in the 2002 Portsmouth Invitational, and averaged 4.3 points and 3.3 assists in three games played.
#22 • DANNY JOHNSON • GUARD • 6-3 • 200 LBS. • COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON '99
College Career: Played two seasons at the College of Charleston (1997-99)…Averaged 9.8 points and 4.0 rebounds in 59 career games…As a senior, he led the team to a 28-3 record while averaging 12.0 points and 6.2 rebounds in 29 games…Named All-Southern Conference First Team as a junior…Transferred to Charleston after two seasons at Clemson University (1994-96)…As a sophomore, he led Clemson in field goal percentage (.543)…Averaged 3.2 points and 1.9 rebounds in 16 games.
#24 • JASON KAPONO • FORWARD • 6-8 • 213 LBS. • UCLA '03
2003-04: Played in a total of 41 games (three starts) with the Cavaliers… Led the team in three-point field goal percentage by shooting .477 behind the arc… Scored a career-high 19 points on 7-9 FG and 5-5 3FG vs. New Orleans on Feb. 23… Posted back-to-back games in double-figures with 13 points at Atlanta on Nov. 22 and 14 points Nov. 26 at New Orleans… Scored 16 points on 6-8 FG (2-2 3FG) against Atlanta on Dec. 6… Made three consecutive starts from Nov. 22 to Nov. 28 and averaged 9.7 points in those games… Missed 13 games on the injured list with right knee tendinitis.
College: Finished his college career ranked third on UCLA’s all-time scoring list (2,095 points) which ranks behind only Don MacLean (2,608) and Kareem Abdul Jabbar (2,325)... Was the first Bruin to earn First Team All-Pac-10 honors all four years and the only UCLA player to lead the school in scoring four straight years... Member of gold medal-winning U.S. team at 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men held in Japan... As a senior in 2002-03 he shared the Coach John Wooden Award as UCLA’s Most Valuable Player with fellow senior Ray Young, making him the first UCLA player to receive the award in four seasons... Scored 20+ points on 11 occasions... Scored a career-high 44 points in a win at Washington State... In 2001-02 he led the Bruins in minutes per game (34.6), points (16.0 ppg), three-point field goal percentage (.453) and free throw percentage (.856)... Was third on the team in rebounding and third in assists while shooting 45.9% from the field... Led the Bruins in scoring in 11 games... scored 20+ points nine times and 10+ points in 28 contests... His 87 three-point field goals set a school record and he made at least one three-pointer in 30 of the teams 33 games... As a sophomore in 2000-01, named Honorable Mention All-America... Averaged 17.2 points, 5.7 rebounds in 32 games (31 starts)... Scored 20 or more points on 14 occasions and 10+ points 25 times... Posted a season-high 28 points on March 8 vs. Washington State... Was selected the National Freshman of the Year by CBS Sportsline in 1999-2000... Averaged 16.0 ppg and 4.4 rpg in 32.7 mpg in 33 games (all starts)... Became only the second true freshman in school history to start 33 games (Earl Watson)... Led the team in scoring 16 times... Reached double figures on 29 occasions and scored 20+ points nine times... Scored a season-high 27 points on two occasions: vs. USC on February 9 and on February 19 vs. Arizona.
Personal: Full name is Jason Alan Kapono... Has one sister, Jillian... Was a history major at UCLA... Was a member of the gold-medal winning United States team at the 2001 FIBA World Championships for Young Men, held in Japan… As a high school senior, earned second-team All-America by USA Today and third team by SLAM Magazine... Posted 12 points and seven rebounds in the McDonald’s All-America game and won the three-point shooting contest... Attended the same high school as former NBA players Ed and Charles O’Bannon.
#59 • OLUMIDE OYEDEJI • FORWARD • 6-10 • 240 • NIGERIA
Miscellaneous: Born in Ibadan, Nigeria… Attended 1999 NBA pre-draft camp before deciding to withdraw his name from the draft.
#21 • BERNARD ROBINSON • GUARD/FORWARD • 6-6 • 210 • MICHIGAN '04
College Career: Averaged 12.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.4 steals in 30.6 minutes in four seasons at the University of Michigan (2000-04)…Earned All-Big Ten Conference honors following his junior and senior seasons…Played in 120 career games with 104 career starts…Scored in double figures in 90 of 120 career games…Scored 1,505 career points (15th on the school’s scoring list)…Registered 640 career rebounds (19th all-time at U-M)…Recorded 364 career assists (7th all-time at U-M), 169 career steals (3rd all-time at U-M) and 47 career blocks…Was the first player in school history to record at least 1,400 points, 600 rebounds, 300 assists and 150 steals…Was one of 11 players selected for the 2002 Big Ten Conference All-Star Foreign Tour ... Helped the all-star team go 4-1 during the 10-day trip to Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands ... Averaged 10.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.4 assists in 17.2 minutes…Led the team with 18 points, 14 rebounds in 20 minutes in a 108-52 win over Tus Treis-Karden.
Personal: Given name is Bernard Gregory Robinson Jr…Sports management and communication major…Attended Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C…Transferred to New Hampton Prep (N.H.) for senior season, which was ranked as the No. 3 prep school in the country... Averaged 23.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a senior.
#1 • LOREN WOODS • CENTER • 7-2 • 261 LBS. • ARIZONA '01
Pro Career: Drafted in the second round (46th overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft by Minnesota…Has appeared in 136 games and has made 13 starts…Averaged 2.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.49 blocks in 10.1 minutes in two seasons in Minnesota and one season in Miami…In 13 career starts, he has averaged 5.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.74 blocks in 22.8 minutes…During the 2001-02 season, he appeared in a career-high 60 games and averaged 1.8 points and 2.0 rebounds…Recorded a career-high five blocks at Golden State on Jan. 19, 2002…Registered a career-high four assists at Atlanta on Jan. 5, 2002…In his second season (2002-03), saw action in 38 games (11 starts)…Averaged 2.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 9.3 minutes…Signed with the Miami HEAT as a free agent on Aug. 8, 2003.
College: Played two seasons each at Wake Forest (1996-98) and Arizona (1999-2001)…In 107 collegiate games, he averaged11.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists, while shooting .493 from the field…In his two seasons at Arizona, averaged 14.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 55 games…Was named All-American Honorable Mention by the Associated Press as a junior and senior…In 29 games as a senior, he ranked 15th nationally in blocks (2.9 bpg)…Became just the second player in Pac-10 history, joining California’s Jason Kidd, to post more than one triple-double in a career…Averaged 16.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in NCAA Tournament play, while leading Arizona to the National Championship game in Minneapolis…In two seasons at Wake Forest, averaged 7.7 points and 6.0 rebounds in 52 games…Averaged 8.8 points in 22 games as a sophomore…As a freshman in 1996-97, averaged 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds (second on the team) in 30 games and was named ACC Rookie of the Week three times…Started 11 games alongside National Player of the Year Tim Duncan and averaged 8.2 points and 6.5 rebounds during those contests.
Personal: Full name is Loren Gerald Woods…nickname is “Lo-Lo”…Has one son Kholin (3)…Majored in human development at Arizona…Lists his mother, Colleen Woods, as the person who made the biggest impact on his life…Enjoys playing video games in his free time…Would like to live on a tropical island when his playing career is over…Lists Cancun, Mexico as the best place he has ever visited…Enjoys rap music…Roots for his hometown professional sports teams, including the St. Louis Rams, Cardinals and Blues… Attended the same high school (Cardinal Ritter in St. Louis) as Bobcats center Jahidi White…Was a McDonald’s All-American as a senior, averaging 21.1 points, 13.2 rebounds and 6.5 blocked shots in 1995-96…Led his team to back-to-back state 2A Championships in 1995 and 1996, including a 55-6 overall record in those two years…wears a size 16 shoe.
#37 • PIERRE WOOTEN • 6-3 • 174 LBS. • WINTHROP '03
Miscellaneous: Played for Winthrop University from 1998-2003… From their home in Cincinnati, his parents, Elton and Sandra Wooten, attended all but one of his games during his career at Winthrop… During his senior year, recorded averages of 13.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists… Voted to the All-Big South First Team and won the 2003 Big South Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award… Recorded career-highs of 27 points and eight field goals against Eastern Kentucky on December 21, 2002.
Minnesota Summer League: At the Minnesota Summer League, appeared in all five games and made three starts… Averaged 3.6 points, 4.2 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 18.8 minutes… His assists average was fourth in the league.
Pro Career: Spent the entire season in Lebanon, playing for the Blue Stars of Lebanese Div.-A Team…Averaged 21.1 points and 5.2 assists…Led team to Lebanese Cup and League semifinals…Named Asia-Basket.com Lebanese League All-Imports First-Team…Training camp participant with the New York Knicks but waived prior to the start of the season…Signed with Idaho Stampede of the CBA…Saw action in 23 games and averaged 11.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals…Traded to Rockford Lighting in February and averaged 17.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals in 11 games…Signed with Ionikos N.F. Thessaloniki (Greece)…Averaged 14.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals in eight games…signed with the Fayetteville Patriots of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL)…Appeared in 26 games with with 14 starts…Averaged 11.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals…In February, he signed with Dakota Wizards of the CBA and saw action in 17 games…Averaged 21.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds…Played for the International Basketball League’s St. Louis Swarm under Bernie Bickerstaff…Averaged 20.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 39.0 minutes...Was the Swarm’s leading scorer and was named the 1999-2000 IBL Rookie of the Year…During Johnson’s two years with the Swarm, the team won the first two IBL Championships….Signed with Toros de Aragua (Venezuela) in May of 2001.
Minnesota Summer League: At the Minnesota Summer League, appeared in all five games and made four starts… Averaged 8.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists in 22.2 minutes.
Pro Career: Played last week in the Minnesota Summer League with Milwaukee and averaged 6.3 points and 6.7 rebounds… Drafted by Seattle in the second round of the 2000 NBA Draft… Played two seasons with the Sonics, averaging 1.5 points in 66 games… Played the 2002-03 season with Orlando after signing in July of 2002… Signed with Ilisiakos (Greece) in October 2003 and moved to the Brighton Bears (England) later that season… Moved onto Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) in December 2003 before being released in January 2004… Played for Wurzburg (Germany) during the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons… Played in the German League All-Star game during both seasons, taking home MVP honors in 1999-2000… Won the German Slam Dunk contest in 1998-99… Member of the Nigerian National Team that finished second to Angola in the Olympic qualifying tournament in 1999.
Pro Career: Selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in the second round (45th overall) in the 2004 NBA Draft… In the Minnesota Summer League, appeared in all five games… Averaged 4.4 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.2 assists in 14.4 minutes.
2003-04: Appeared in 38 games (two starts) with Miami…Averaged 3.2 points, 3.5 rebounds in 13.3 minutes…Shot a career-high .458 from the field…Scored a season-high 12 points against New Orleans on Nov. 25, 2003…Recorded a season-high two blocks against Philadelphia on Dec. 5, 2003...Had a season and career-high six offensive rebounds at Detroit on Dec. 3, 2003…Was on Miami’s playoff roster, but appeared in only one of the team’s 13 games.
Pro Career: Earned a spot in the Bobcats mini-camp through a tryout… Selected from a group of 44 entrants to gain a position… Survived an open tryout of 35 players in Denver to earn a spot in mini-camp in 2003 with the Nuggets and played for their entry in the LA Summer Pro League… Most recently played in Turkey for Oyak Renault… Averaged 15.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals.
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