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2011-12 Statistics

PPG
3.2
RPG
1.70
APG
0.7
EFF
+ 3.53
Born: Jan 11, 1980
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight: 225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Georgia / USA
Years Pro: 7

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Background

2010-11: Appeared in 52 games (no starts) with the Atlanta Hawks averaging 3.5 points (career-high .504 FG), 1.7 rebounds, 0.5 steals in 13.0 minutes per game…Scored in double figures five times…Tied a season-high 14 points (5-10 FG, 4-4 FTs) at Charlotte (4/13)…Scored a season-high 14 points (season-high six FGs) and tied season-high three steals vs. Miami (3/18)…Dished out season-high three assists at Chicago (3/11)…Grabbed season-high six rebounds at Golden State (2/25).

PRO CAREER: DRAFTED: Not drafted by an NBA franchise. TRANSACTIONS: Signed as a free agent with Seattle in 2004…Traded on July 27, 2009 to Minnesota along with Chucky Atkins for Etan Thomas and two future second-round draft picks…Signed a contract with the Atlanta Hawks on December 3, 2010…Signed a 10-day contract with the Hawks on January 8, 2011…Signed on January 28, 2011 with the Hawks for the remainder of the season. Signed as a free agent with Detroit (12/10/11). CAREER AVERAGES/MILESTONES: Appeared in 442 career NBA games (126 starts) averaging 6.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 20.0 minutes per game. YEAR-BY-YEAR KEY NOTES: 2009-10 (Minnesota): Saw action in 80 games (tied career-high 31 starts averaging 5.6 points (.433% FG), 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 19.8 minutes per game…Scored 10-plus points 15 times and registered three double-doubles…Minnesota won all three games when he recorded a double-double and went 8-7 when he reached double figures in scoring… Recorded his 1,000th career rebounds vs. Chicago (2/19)… Tied his season high 18 points vs. Oklahoma City (2/21) and handed out a season and team-high seven assists vs. New Orleans (1/22)…Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Washington (12/26) and blocked a career-high three shots at Boston (12/20)…Hit the game-winning basket as time expired vs. New Jersey (10/28), capping his first double-double since Feb. 12, 2006. 2008-09 (Oklahoma City): Averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 15.5 minutes in 41 games (14 starts)... Scored a season-high 18 points in 35 minutes at New Orleans (3/7). 2007-08 (Seattle): Appeared in 76 games (31 starts) averaging career highs in points (9.2), rebounds (3.2) and assists (2.0)...Scored 20-plus points four times...Scored a career-high 41 points to go along with a season-high nine rebounds at Atlanta (11/16) in 2OT (15-20 FG)...Scored the 2,000th point of his NBA career vs. Phoenix (3/19)...2006-07 (Seattle): One of three Sonics players to appear in all 82 games (Nick Collison and Chris Wilcox), starting 31... Averaged 8.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists in a career-high 24.8 minutes per game...Shot a career-high 88.2% (150-170) from the free throw line... Scored 20-plus points four times... Scored 26 points at Denver (12/28)...Scored 25 points vs. L.A. Lakers (4/7)...Recorded career highs in three-pointers made and attempted (5-10) at Houston (1/3) finishing with 19 points...Scored 20 points (9-11 FG) vs. Boston (12/31)...Scored the 1,000th point of his career at Dallas (1/2)...2005-06 (Seattle): Only Sonics player to appear in all 82 games (12 starts) averaging 6.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 18.6 minutes...Scored 20-plus points four times...Recorded two double-doubles... Scored 20 points (9-11 FG) vs. Portland (4/2)... Recorded a career-high seven steals vs. Utah (3/5)... Scored 26 points vs. Atlanta (2/10) including career highs of 12-of-13 from the free-throw line...Recorded his first career double-double at L.A. Clippers (1/14) with 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds...Made his first start of the season at Denver (12/29), recording 12 points and a career-high eight assists...2004-05 (Seattle): Appeared in 29 games (seven starts) averaging 6.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 17.9 minutes per game…Scored 20-plus points twice... Scored a season-high 21 points at Portland (3/24)...Missed 43 games with patellar tendinitis in his right knee.

COLLEGE: Began his collegiate career at North Carolina State where he averaged 11.7 points, 5.8 rebounds 2.8 assists and 32.2 minutes in 60 games with the Wolfpack…Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team...Started more games (34) and played more minutes (1,083) than any freshman in North Carolina State history…Transferred to the University of Georgia and sat out the 2001-02 season to satisfy NCAA transfer requirements…Served as co-captain of his Georgia Bulldogs team and averaged 12.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists in his senior year (2003-04) for the Bulldogs.

Personal

Full name is Damien Lamont Wilkins... Parents are 13-year NBA veteran Gerald Wilkins and Sonia Windley... Nephew of NBA Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins...Lists his father as the person who has most influenced his life and his mother as his best friend...Lists watching NFL Football as one of his favorite leisure-time activities...Considers one of his greatest basketball moments to be the signing of his Sonics contract in the summer of 2005... Lists his personal motto as “loyalty.”

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