NBA.com: Carlos Rogers Bio

Chosen by the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round (11th pick overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft....Started the expansion Toronto Raptors' first game ever at small forward

2000-01:
With Houston, he averaged 4.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 13.9 minutes per game in 39 contests....Led the Rockets with a team-leading field goal percentage of .682 (75-110 FGs), marking the seventh consecutive season that he has shot above 50 percent from the field....At Cleveland, 1/2, he scored a season-high 22 points....Registered a season-high 12 rebounds vs. Denver, 4/10....Compiled two double-doubles and led Houston in rebounds four times....Scored in double figures five times and grabbed 10+ rebounds three times....Missed six games while on the injured list from 12/16 - 12/27 with a strained left knee....Did not see action in two games due to asthma, four games due to a strained left knee, six games due to personal reasons, four games due to bronchitis and one game due to conjunctivitis....Missed 20 games due to coaching decisions.

1999-2000:
Activated from the injured list on 2/20, after missing 13 games with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right hand....Recorded 28 points and 5 rebounds in a 103-87 loss to Utah on 1/8....Totaled 11 points and 14 rebounds in a 103-96 loss to Seattle on 1/4....Notched 19 points and 8 rebounds in a 100-99 loss to Toronto on 12/28....Posted 15 points and 13 boards in a 100-96 loss in Boston on 12/10....Tallied 18 points and 7 rebounds in a 102-99 win over Vancouver on 12/6....Recorded a double-double (10 points and 10 rebounds) in only 22 minutes, in a 110-107 loss in Seattle on 11/20....Totaled 13 points and 10 rebounds in 14 minutes, in a 114-95 loss in Dallas on 11/16....Scored 16 points (6-6 FG, 4-4 FT) and grabbed 6 boards in a 97-81 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on 11/12

1998-99:
Placed on the injured list on 4/14 due to tendinitis in his right knee....On the injured list from 3/3 to 4/13 due to tendinitis in his right knee.

1997-98:
Placed on the injured list on 3/16 due to a right knee effusion....Traded by the Raptors with Damon Stoudamire and Walt Williams to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kenny Anderson, Alvin Williams, Gary Trent, two first-round draft choices, a second-round draft choice and cash on 2/13....Registered 11 points (5-7 FG) and 4 rebounds against the Portland Trail Blazers on 2/1....Posted 12 points and 6 rebounds against the Sacramento Kings on 1/30....Scored 9 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds against the New York Knicks on 1/17.... On the injured list from 11/12 to 11/26, and from 12/8 to 1/12, due to a lower back strain....Recorded 14 points (6-8 FG) and 5 rebounds, in 20 minutes, against the Orlando Magic on 11/8

1996-97:
Rogers played in 56 games for Toronto in 1996-97, all but three off the bench....Averaged 9.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.23 blocks in 24.9 minutes, setting career-highs in each of those categories except rebounding....Posted career-highs in steals (0.75 spg), three-point field goal percentage (.379) and free throw percentage (.600)....Shot an impressive .525 from the field, his third year in a row above .500 and the best mark among players who spent the entire season with Toronto....His 25 three-pointers were five times his previous career total of five....Scored in double figures 25 times, getting a season-high 24 points twice--in a 118-106 win over Minnesota on 1/19 and in a 112-90 victory at Philadelphia on 4/12....Had 13 rebounds against Philadelphia to match his season-high set in a 115-113 triple-overtime loss at Boston on 12/11....Sat out 16 games in two stretches because of upper respiratory infections....Missed seven games prior to the All-Star break due to the death of his sister, after offering to participate an organ transplant if it might help save her life.

1995-96:
The starting small forward in the first game in Toronto Raptors history, Rogers appeared in a total of 56 games and made 18 starts, averaging 7.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.86 blocks in 18.6 minutes per game....Played in each of the team's first nine games, then sat out 14 of the next 29 before coming on strong in the second half of the season....Finally, a neck strain suffered on April 6 sidelined him for the final eight games....His most productive stretch of the season was from 3/18 to 4/6, when Rogers played in 11 games, starting nine, and averaged 14.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 33.9 minutes per game and shot .538 from the field....Before that he had averaged just 6.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.6 bpg and 14.9 mpg, shooting .505....Set a career high with seven blocks against Orlando on 3/29 and posted career highs of 28 points in 48 minutes against the Lakers on 3/31....Posted his first double-double of the year against the Clippers on 4/2, scoring 20 points and grabbing a season-high 11 rebounds.

1994-95:
Despite missing 33 games in his rookie season because of injuries or illness, Rogers was a bright light in a dismal campaign for the Golden State franchise....After missing training camp and the season's first two games before signing a nine-year contract, Rogers sprained his right ankle in practice on 11/9....Returned a few days later but strained his lower back on 12/13 and missed 13 straight games....After coming off the injured list on 1/ 19, was bothered by bone chips in his right ankle and missed another 13 games....On 4/8 he resprained the ankle in a game against the San Antonio Spurs and missed two more games....Finished the season slightly hobbled by the recurring ankle problems....Started 18 games for the Warriors....During the last 13 games of the season he played just over 28 minutes per game and averaged 12.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks while shooting .533 from the floor.....Posted 6 double-doubles on the year, including 4 in his last nine games....His best outing came in Golden State's upset victory over the Phoenix Suns on 4/4, when he contributed 22 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 1 block in 38 minutes....For the season, Rogers finished with averages of 8.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.06 blocked shots in just under 21 minutes per game....One of the most productive rebounders on the squad, with a rebound for every 3.6 minutes of court time....Shot .529 from the floor but only .521 from the free-throw line.

COLLEGE:
Began his college career at Arkansas-Little Rock but transferred to Tennessee State for his junior and senior seasons....In both of those years he was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. He averaged 24.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots as a senior in 1993-94 and was an honorable mention Associated Press All-American....Nominated for the Naismith Award as the top college player in the country, Rogers was the only player to rank among the NCAA's top 15 in scoring (15th), rebounding (10th), blocked shots (14th) and field goal percentage (12th, with a .614 mark)....Finished his college career with two-year averages of 22.5 points and 11.6 rebounds per game at Tennessee State....His finest moment as a collegian came in the finals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, when he scored 38 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Tigers beat Murray State to earn an NCAA Tournament berth.