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2008-09 Statistics

PPG
3.8
RPG
4.50
APG
0.8
EFF
+ 6.88
Born: Dec 7, 1984
Height: 7-0 /  2,13
Weight: 270  lbs. / 122,5  kg.
College: Pittsburgh
Years Pro: 1

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Background


Career Transactions: Selected in the second round (49th overall) by the Chicago Bulls in NBA Draft 2007 (06/28/07).

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 Career: 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 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


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 … participated in the EnergizaBulls fitness program launch at Orozco Community Academy … attended holiday party for USO and CHA kids whose parents were deployed in the Armed Services … 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 launce 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 last summer.



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