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How Acquired/Draft Background:
Acquired by Portland from the Minnesota Timberwolves
for the draft rights to Randy Foye (seventh pick overall) via the Boston Celtics on June 28, 2006. Originally
selected by the Timberwolves in the first round (sixth pick overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft...Signed by Minnesota as free agent on July 31, 2012
2011-12 SEASON: Did not play.
2010-11 SEASON: Appeared in 47 games (23 starts), averaging 12.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 27.9 minutes
Led team in scoring eight times (inc. ties)
Racked up 21 points (9-17 FG) on March 15 vs. Dallas, his highest point total since Dec. 10 at Phoenix (26 points) ... Scored five points on Feb. 23 vs. L.A. Lakers in his first game since Dec. 15 ... Underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on both knees Jan. 17 ... Scored a game-high 27 points Nov. 26 vs. New Orleans in first game back from injury ... Missed three contests due to left knee injury from Nov. 16 to Nov. 20 ... Hit 38 straight free-throw attempts from Nov. 1 to Nov. 28 ... Netted a season-high 29 points Oct. 30 at New York.
2009-10 SEASON: Averaged 21.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 0.94 steals and 37.2 minutes in 65 games (all starts)
Led team and ranked 11th among NBA leaders in scoring ... One of four NBA players that averaged at least 21.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists (K. Bryant, L. James, D. Wade)
Honored as an All-NBA Third Team member
Named an All-Star for third consecutive season ... Honored as Western Conference Player of the Week for week ending March 14, joining only Clyde Drexler as a five-time winner of the award in franchise history ... Scored 23 points or more in 15 straight appearances Dec. 1-Jan. 2, the longest string of 23-point games in a season in franchise history (27.9 ppg).
2008-09:
Posted team highs of 22.6 points, 5.1 assists, 1.13 steals and 37.2 minutes to go
with 4.7 rebounds in 78 games (all starts) ... Tallied 20-plus points in 55 contests, including 12 games of 30
or more ... Led team in scoring 51 times and assists in 35 games (including ties) ... Led Portland in steals a
team-high 27 times (including ties)
Team leader with 5.33 free throws made and 6.47 free throw attempts
per game (82.4%)
Set career highs in scoring (22.6), rebounds (4.7, tied), field goal shooting (48.0%),
3-point shooting (37.7%, tied) and games (78)
Ranked 17th in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.63)
... Ranked 10th in the NBA in scoring, 23rd in assists, 34th in steals and 22nd in minutes
Named to the
All-NBA Second Team, becoming the first Trail Blazer to make an All-NBA squad since Clyde Drexler in 1991-
92
Selected to the Western Conference All-Star Team, netting 14 points (7-8 FG), five rebounds and five
assists ... Named Western Conference Player of the Week for the weeks ending Nov. 30 and April 12 ... Dished
a season-high 11 assists in posting his third double-double (25 points) of the year March 31 vs. Utah ... Tied
the franchise record for steals in a game with 10 on Jan. 24 vs. Washington ... Rang up a career-high 52
points (14-27 FG, 5-7 3-PT, 19-21 FT) Dec. 18 vs. Phoenix, setting the record for points in a game in Portland
and placing second on the all-time list for scoring in a game by a Trail Blazer ... Scored 29-plus points in five
straight games from Dec. 9-18 (36.4 points per game).
NBA Career:
Holds career averages of 19.8 points (46.5% FG, 80.3% FT), 4.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.12
steals and 36.9 minutes in 209 games (207 starts)
Led team in points, assists, steals and minutes during
the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons
In 209 career games, has led team in points 103 times and assists
92 times
Posted 112 career games of 20 points or more
Is one of two players this decade (LeBron
James) to be named Rookie of the Year and appear in two All-Star Games in his first three NBA seasons
His four Western Conference Player of the Week honors are second-most by a Trail Blazer (Clyde Drexler, 10)
2007-08:
Averaged a team-high 19.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, a team-best 5.8 assists and a team-high
37.7 minutes in 74 games (all starts)
Ranked among NBA leaders in assists (No. 16), minutes (No. 20) and
points (No. 35)
Also ranked No. 11 in the NBA with a 3.16 assist-to-turnover ratio
Led team in scoring
38 times (team high), rebounding four times and assists 40 times (team high)
Scored in double-digits
65 times, including 41 games of 20-plus and two of 30-plus
Registered nine double-doubles, ranking
second on the team
Earned spots on both the Western Conference All-Star Team and the T-Mobile Rookie
Challenge sophomore squad at All-Star Weekend in New Orleans ... In the All-Star Game, played a team-high
29 minutes, counting a team-high tying 18 points (8-10 FG, 2-3 3-PT) to go with nine rebounds, five assists
and a steal in the Wests 134-128 loss
His 18 points mark the second-highest total from a Trail Blazer in an
All-Star game (Drexler, 25)
In the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge, registered 17 points (5-10 FG, 1-1 3-PT, 6-8
FT), two rebounds, seven assists, two steals and 26 minutes in the Sophomores 136-109 victory
Named
Western Conference Player of the Week for the weeks ending Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, becoming only the second
Trail Blazer to receive the honor in back-to-back weeks (Drexler) ... Registered first career triple-double with
20 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists Feb. 1 vs. New York.
2006-07:
Posted averages of 16.8 points, 4.4
rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.18 steals and 35.4 minutes in 57 games (55 starts)
Named T-Mobile NBA Rookie
of the Year, becoming the third player in franchise history to win the award
Earned unanimous selection
to T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team by a vote of NBA head coaches
Member of the rookie squad in the
Rookie-Sophomore game at All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas
Garnered Western Conference Rookie of the
Month honors in January, February and March ... Notched 16 games of 20-plus points
Led or co-led team
in points 14 times, rebounds four times and assists 17 times
Picked up four double-doubles
Led all
rookies in points, assists and minutes per game
Finished No. 7 among rookies in rebounds, No. 3 in free
throw percentage, No. 6 in field goal percentage, No. 2 in steals and No. 6 in 3-point field goal percentage ...
Missed 19 games with a heel injury.
Playoffs 2009:
Started all six games for Portland, averaging a team-best 26.7 points (45.9% FG,
87.0% FT) to add to 4.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.33 steals and 39.7 minutes
His 26.7 points per game were
seventh-best in the 2009 NBA playoffs and ranked fourth by a Trail Blazer in a single postseason
Netted 19
points or more in every game
Led Portland in scoring five times (including ties)
His 42 points on April
21 vs. Houston were the most scored in NBA history by a player in his first or second career playoff game and
tied for the second-most points in franchise playoff history ... Became third Trail Blazer to make at least 13
free throws without a miss (13-13 FT) in a postseason game on April 26 at Houston.
College:
Listed as a finalist for the Wooden Award, Naismith Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy and the
Adolph Rupp Player of the Year
Finished collegiate career as Washingtons 10th all-time leading scorer with
1,477 points and ranked sixth in assists with 308
Posted career averages of 14.3 points (51.2% FG), 5.0
rebounds, 3.0 assists and 27.5 minutes in 103 games
As a senior in 2005-06, named Pac-10 Player of the
Year and earned consensus First Team All-America honors
Ranked second in the Pac-10 in scoring (20.2),
third in field goal percentage (.508) and fourth in assists (4.1) in 2005-06
Finished senior year ranked
fourth all-time in Washington single-season scoring with 666 points.
Personal:
Honored as the winner of the 2009 Magic Johnson Award, presented to an NBA player who
combines excellence on the court with outstanding cooperation with the media
Named the NBAs Northwest
Division winner and an NBA finalist for the 2007-08 Sportsmanship Award, given annually to the player who
best represents the ideals of on-court sportsmanship
Brandon and fiancι Tiana are the parents of Brandon
Jr. and Mariah
Majored in American Ethnic Studies in college
Has two brothers and one sister
Grew
up in Seattle playing youth basketball with fellow Trail Blazer Martell Webster.
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