• Charlie Villanueva
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• Forward

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PRO CAREER:
Drafted: Selected after sophomore year by Toronto in first round of 2005 NBA Draft (#7 overall).

Transactions: Traded by Raptors along with cash considerations to Milwaukee in exchange for T.J. Ford (6/30/06)…Signed with Detroit as a free agent (7/8/09) Honors: Named NBA Rookie of the Month (December 2005)…Earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors in 2006.

Career Averages/Milestones: In 274 career NBA games has averages of 13.4 points on .451 (1,456- 3,226 FG) shooting with 6.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 26.5 minutes per game…Scored 48 points at Milwaukee (3/26/06) as rookie, the most since 1997 [Allen Iverson, 50 at Cleveland (4/12/97)] and tied for the third-highest total since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976-77 (Michael Jordan).

Year-By-Year Key Notes:
2007-08 (Milwaukee): Appeared in 76 games (31 starts), averaging 11.7 points (.435 FG, .297 3FG, .783 FT), 6.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 24.1 minutes per game…Led the Bucks in scoring 10 times, rebounding 13 times and blocks 23 times…Produced 10 double-digit rebounding efforts, including nine double-doubles…Tallied a season-high 38 points and 12 rebounds at Toronto (4/9)… Grabbed 16 rebounds twice [at Washington (3/11) and at Memphis (2/5)], tying the fourth-highest rebounding game by a Bucks’ player…Made a career-high seven three-pointers at Toronto (4/9). 2006-07 (Milwaukee): Appeared in 39 games in his first year with Milwaukee, including 17 starts, averaging 11.8 points and 5.8 rebounds in 25.2 minutes per game…Missed 43 games due to injury, including 10 with a torn elbow ligament (11/15-12/6), 30 with right shoulder tendinitis (12/16, 1/3-1/24, 3/15-4/18), and three with a right ankle sprain (2/14-2/21)…Spent 37 games on the Inactive List… Underwent successful season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on 3/7)…Scored 10-plus points in 21 games, grabbed 10-plus rebounds six times and recorded six double-doubles…Shot a career-best 47.0% from the field and a career-best 33.7% from three-point range. 2005-06 (Toronto): Appeared in 81 games (36 starts) as a rookie, averaging 13.0 points (.463 FG, .327 3FG, .706 FT), 6.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 29.1 minutes per game…His 81 games were the second most by a rookie in Raptors history…Averaged 14.2 points and 7.9 rebounds over the last 36 games of the season as a starter…Among NBA regular- season rookie leaders, ranked second in points and rebounds, third in blocks and minutes, seventh in field goal percentage and eighth in steals…Scored in double figures 48 times, 20-plus points 11 times and 30-plus points once…Set the Raptors rookie record for points (48 – most by an NBA rookie since Iverson in 1997) and rebounds (16) in a game…Played a career-high 53 minutes at New Orleans (4/2)…Averaged 16.6 points, 10.0 rebounds and 38.6 minutes with four double-doubles during a seven-game stretch after the all-star game (2/21-3/7)…Selected to play in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge at NBA All-Star 2006)…Named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in December, averaging 14.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 13 games.

COLLEGE:
Played two seasons at the University of Connecticut (2003-2005)…Originally was an early candidate for the 2003 NBA Draft before withdrawing his name and attending UConn for two seasons…Averaged 13.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.80 blocks and starting in all 31 games as a senior…Named All-Big East Second Team that season while posting averages of 19.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in two NCAA tournament games…As a freshman, was declared eligible by the NCAA on 12/5/03 after being withheld from competition through the exhibition season and six regular season games while UConn and the NCAA reviewed his eligibility status…Became one of the top reserves for the Huskies’ second national championship team in 2004…Selected to the Big East All-Rookie Team…Started the first two games of the Big East Tournament in place of Emeka Okafor and averaged 10.0 points and 9.5 rebounds as a freshman.