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A member of the NBA All-Rookie First Team, he averaged 12.4 points, 5.7 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game in 76 appearances for the New Orleans Hornets…when the Hornets' All-Star point guard, Chris Paul, was injured, he stepped in and averaged 18.8 points, 9.1 assists (most among rookies in starts), and 3.5 rebounds in 40.3 minutes per game…he had 44 games with 10+ points, 16 games of 20+ points, two games of 30+ points and 14 double-doubles…among rookies, he ranked second in free-throw percentage (.851), tied for third in assists (5.7), was third in 3-pt FG percentage (.400), and sixth in points per game (12.4), steals per game (1.03), and minutes per game (27.8)…he had seven-straight games of 18+ points and nine or more assists, marking the third-longest streak ever for a rookie in the history of the NBA…he finished the season with 432 assists – ranking second most ever in a single season by a rookie in the history of the franchise…he combined with Marcus Thornton to become the top scoring pair of rookies in Hornets history with a combined 2,003 points…the rookie duo also combined to average the most points per game for a pair of rookies in Hornets history with 26.9 ppg…he recorded the first triple-double of his career with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists against the Pacers, 2/19…he scored a career-high 35 points (15-21 FG) in 44 minutes at Dallas. 2/28, tying the third-best rookie performance in franchise history…in the season's first seven games he totaled 12 minutes and drew four DNP-CDs…from that point on he would play in all but two games and would average more than 28 minutes a game (28.7 mpg) in his last 73 appearances…he logged 30+ minutes in just six of his first 40 games, but then averaged over 40 mpg (40.1) in his last 36 outings…beginning with the last game of January vs. Memphis, he logged 40+ minutes in 23 of 25 games and averaged 42.8 mpg…in those 25 games--all as a starter--he averaged 19.3 poings, 4.8 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game…after scoring 20 or more points in just two of his first 44 appearances, he had a string of eight games in which he tallied 22+ seven times and averaged 23.5 in the eight-game span…in those eight games, he shot 73-143 FG (.510), 5-19 3-pt FG (.263) and 37-44 FT (.841)…he notched 16 points and set the franchise rookie record with 20 assists against the Warriorss, 3/8…that tied Steve Nash for the most assists by any player in the NBA during the 2009-10 season…he totaled 32 points and shot 14-19 FGS at San Antonio, 3/5…to go with 17 points and 14 assists, he collected a career-high five steals vs. Memphis, 3/3…he was the first NBA rookie of 2009-10 to have back-to-back points-assists double-doubles with 16 points, 14 assists vs. Phoenix, 2/1, preceded by his 18 assists and 17 points at Memphis, 1/30…he recorded the first double-double of his career with 22 points and 11 assists vs. Atlanta, 11/21…he missed a total of six games during the season, four due to coaching decisions and two with a bruised right knee (1/11-13).

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A First Team All-Pac-10 selection as a senior in 2008-09 and winner of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, given to the nation’s best player six-feet or under…named to AP All-America Third Team as a junior and Honorable Mention AP All-American as a senior…finished his career 16th in UCLA history in points scored (1,639) and tied for first for career games played (142)…fourth all-time in three-point percentage (.435), third in free-throw percentage (.851), fifth in assists (577) and second in steals (231)…averaged 14.4 points, 4.7 assists and 1.6 steals in 31.5 minutes over 35 contests as a senior and was a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award and John R. Wooden Award…named USBWA All-District IX and NABC First Team All-District 20…led the Pac-10 and was fourth in the nation in free-throw percentage (.897)…as a junior, averaged 14.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game… shot 52.5 percent from three-point range, leading the Pac-10 and setting a UCLA single-season record…named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2008 Pac-10 Tournament…as a sophomore, was named First Team All-Pac-10 and Honorable Mention AP All-America after averaging 12.7 points per game and 5.7 assists…ranked in the top 10 in the Pac-10 Conference in five statistical categories, including leading the league in steals with 2.2 spg and in three-point field goal percentage (.447), and ranking second in both assists (5.7 apg) and assist/turnover ratio (2.0).