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2011-12 Statistics

PPG
3.2
RPG
6.40
APG
0.3
EFF
+ 7.54
Born: Dec 7, 1984
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight: 270 lbs. / 122.5 kg.
College: Pittsburgh
Years Pro: 4

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Background

Draft Position: Chicago, second round (49th overall) in the 2007 NBA Draft.

How Acquired: Acquired from Chicago Bulls in exchange for Devin Brown on 1/25/10.

2009-10 Season: Averaged 3.3 points, 3.3 rebounds in 9.7 minutes in 32 games (0 starts)… Totaled 12 points, 7 rebounds (6 off.) vs. WAS 3/31… Had 7 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists at UTA 3/20… totaled 6 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists vs. OKC 3/10… Had 7 points, 8 rebounds 3/3 vs. MEM… played 24 minutes, totaling 6 points and 7 rebounds and held Dwight Howard to 2 4th quarter points vs. ORL 2/26… in first action with Hornets, had 2 rebounds, 1 block at MEM 1/30… had six points and three rebounds vs. TOR 12/5… scored five points in 6 minutes at CLE 12/4… made season debut at UTA 11/26 after missing first 13 games with left fibula stress fracture.

2008-09 (Chicago): Played in 56 games, with 18 starts, and averaged 3.5 ppg and 3.9 rpg in 12.8 mpg … shot .485 from the field and .576 from the line … in his 18 starts on the year, he averaged 4.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 1.2 apg in 17.0 mpg … posted nine points (3-3 FG) in 9:28 minutes of play at LAC (01/28) … scored 10 points and grabbed nine boards vs. MIN (01/03) … posted his lone double-double of the year with 12 points (season high) and 11 rebounds at MIA (12/26) … had nine boards vs. WAS (12/06) … finished with 11 points and five boards at LAL (11/18) … grabbed 10 rebounds vs. ATL (11/11) … recorded 26 DNP-CDs … 2009 Playoffs: Appeared in two games, and grabbed one rebound in 10 minutes of play.

2007-08: Made 61 appearances during rookie season, including one start … averaged 4.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg and 0.7 apg in 10.0 mpg and shot .505 from the floor and .566 from the free throw line … two double-double games … made his first career start in the season finale vs. TOR (04/16) and responded with his best game of the season, piling up season-highs of 19 points, 22 rebounds and 35 minutes of action … registered his first career double-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds (both then season-highs) and five assists at WAS (12/19) … logged a then season-high 19:53 minutes of action and responded with then season-best eight points (4-8 FG) and six rebounds vs. LAL (12/18) … two games on the Inactive List and 18 DNP-CDs … missed one game due to back spasms (03/29).

College: Finished his four years at Pittsburgh with averages of 9.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.3 apg and 1.15 bpg in 113 games (68 starts) … shot .550 from the field and .595 from the line with the Panthers … concluded his college career ranked 10th in school history in rebounds (790), fifth in blocks (130), sixth in double-doubles (33) and fifth in double-figure rebounding games (39) … selected All-Big East First Team honors as a junior and senior … named Third Team All-America by The Associated Press his senior season … led the team in scoring (13.9 ppg), rebounds (9.5 rpg), field goal percentage (.565) and blocked shots (62) … named the 2006-07 Big East/Aeropostale Scholar-Athlete of the Year and All-Big East First Team … posted 15 double-doubles … averaged 13.9 ppg, 10.5 rpg and 1.8 apg in 33 games his junior season … became the first Pitt player since 1987-88 to average a double-double for a season … led the Big East in double-doubles with 18 … named the Big East Most Improved Player for the 2005-06 season … led the conference in rebounding … scored a career-high 25 points against Notre Dame … claimed Big-East All-Tournament Team accolades in 2006, when he recorded three double-doubles in four games and set the Tournament record for rebounds with 47 … posted averages of 4.3 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 29 games his sophomore season … played in 15 games his freshman year and averaged 1.7 ppg and 1.5 rpg.


Personal

Full name is Aaron Michael Gray … nickname is “A.G.” … son of Michael and Sandy Gray … his brother, Matthew, played collegiate baseball at Bloomsburg (Pa.) ... his uncle, Steve Gray, was a member of the 1978 Duke basketball team that advanced to the Final Four … favorite movie is “Men of Honor” … majored in Communication & Rhetoric … in March teamed with GW Fins Restaurant to help reward 20 Lusher Elementary 5th graders for exceptional “Project Pride” behavior which emphasizes core values of being kind, responsible, respecting people and property and doing your best work…attended the Hornets and the Salvation Army’s Emerge Program Easter party at Audubon Zoo where he interacted and thanked kids from the Recovery School District who have reached perfect attendance… participated in the EnergizaBulls fitness program launch at Orozco Community Academy … attended the Chicago Bulls Basketball Camp for children held at the Bulls/White Sox Training Academy in Lisle … spoke to attendees before signing autographs for everyone in the gym … attended the Luol Deng Thanksgiving Dinner at the Pacific Garden Mission for 843 men, women and children, and served a Thanksgiving dinner … helped 25 kids from the Martin Luther King Boys & Girls Club go on a holiday shopping spree and spend $100 gift cards courtesy of Dick’s Sporting Goods … distributed gifts to children and helped decorate Christmas trees that were later donated to CHA senior facilities at a holiday party for the Chicago Housing Authority, as well as USO families who had loved ones serving overseas during the holidays … made a personal food donation to the Chicago Bulls and Midway Moving & Storage Holiday Food Drive benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository … participated in the Chicago Bulls Division Navy Recruit Swearing-in Ceremony at the Berto Center … attended the Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education event with physically disabled children in the spring of 2007 … participated in the Chicago Bulls cleanup event at Schiller Woods with the District of Cook County Forest Preserve to launch the Bulls “Go Green” campaign to raise environmental awareness … attended the Chicago Bulls Basketball Camp for children held at the Bulls/White Sox Training Academy … attended and golfed in the Bulls/Verizon Wireless Charity Golf Outing in 2008.


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