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PRORESSIONAL CAREER: International Experience:Played his first year at the professional level with WTC Cornella in the Spanish LEB2 league…Also appeared with Winterthur F.C. Barcelona with their U-20 team in the Circuito Sub-20, a four-phase competition organized by the Spanish basketball leagues separate from their regular seasons…Had previously signed a multi-year contract in the summer of 2004 with Unelco Tenerife of the Spanish ABC, the country’s top professional league, but did not appear in any games with the senior team…Attended Arona Basket Sur Academy in Spain’s Canary Islands in 2003-04. 2007-08 (Detroit): Appeared in four games, averaging 1.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.50 blocks in 7.8 minutes per game…Scored two points with four rebounds and two blocks in 15 minutes during his NBA debut at L.A. Lakers (11/16)…Scored a career-high four points in five minutes at Minnesota (4/1)…Made two NBA Development League assignments during the season and averaged 10.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and a league-leading 4.0 blocks in 19 games with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants…Recorded a triple-double (12 points, 12 rebounds, NBA D-League record 11 blocks) vs. Sioux Falls (2/2)...DNP-CD three times and DNP-Inactive List 47 times with Detroit. 2006-07 (WTC Cornella): Appeared in five games (four starts) with the Pistons at the 2007 Vegas Summer League and averaged 7.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 22.6 minutes per game…Shot 57.7% (15-26 FG) from the field and 71.4% (5-7 FT) from free throw range…Averaged 9.6 points with WTC Cornella of the Spanish League. 2005-06 (WTC Cornella and Winterthur F.C. Barcelona): Played five games with the Pistons in the 2006 Las Vegas Summer League and averaged 7.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game…Averaged 7.8 points with team-highs of 7.5 rebounds and 3.1 blocks for WTC Cornella…Led the league in blocked shots, registering more blocks than the totals for every other team in the league except for one…Averaged 9.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in four playoff contests…With Winterthur F.C. Barcelona in the Circuito Sub-20, averaged 9.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocks in 11 games. 2004-05 (Tenerife): Played for Tenerife’s affiliated club which was not at the pro team level…Practiced with the senior team. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Was an early entry candidate for the 2005 NBA Draft before withdrawing his name from consideration … Drafted by the L.A. Lakers in the second round (#51 overall) in the 2006 NBA Draft. Traded by L.A. Lakers on draft night (6/28/06) to Detroit in exchange for Maurice Evans … Traded to Denver along with G Chauncey Billups and F Antonio McDyess from Detroit on 11/3/08. |
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