2002-03:
Made first career NBA start vs. Dallas on 1/19…Scored a season-high eight points vs. Memphis on 1/17 and at Sacramento on 2/14 …Grabbed a career-high five rebounds in two games (vs. Portland on 11/21 and vs. Memphis on 1/17)…DNP-CD in seven games (11/27, 12/16, 1/8, 1/16, 1/22, 1/24 and 2/3)…Placed on the injured list on 2/20 with a lower-back strain and missed 30 games.
2001-02:
Averaged 6.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 15.8 mpg...Signed a 10-day contract on 3/29...Signed for the remainder of the season on 4/8...Scored a season-high 12 points at Houston on 4/2...Grabbed a season-high four rebounds at Houston on 4/2 and at Phoenix on 4/9...Named the 2001-02 MVP of the National Basketball Development League on 3/27...Averaged 13.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in 45 games for the Greenville Groove...Led the Groove to a share of the best record in the NBDL (36-20)...Started 41 of 45 games...Ranked 10th in the NBDL in scoring and 28th in rebounding...Scored in double-figures in 36 games...Led the Groove in scoring in 11 games. PLAYOFFS: Played in four games of First Round series against San Antonio, totaling 60 minutes...Averaged 1.8 points and 3.5 rebounds...Grabbed eight rebounds in Game 4.
COLLEGE:
Averaged 13.0 points and 6.4 rebounds in 110 career games at Mississippi ... Named to the All-SEC First Team by the Associated Press and by the coaches of the Southeastern Conference in his junior and senior seasons ... As a senior, named to the AP's Second Team All-America and deemed the conference's player of the year ... Also one of 10 players to be named on the Wooden All-American team in 1998 ... Helped lead the Rebels to back-to-back SEC Western Division titles and consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 1997 and 1998 ... With 1,428 points, ranks eighth on Ole Miss' all-time scoring list and is the second player in school history to have at least 1,000 points, 600 rebounds and 200 assists (former NBA player Elston Turner is the other) ... Was a member of the 1997 USA Basketball team that won gold at the World University Games ... Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks as the 30th pick overall in 1998.
