• David Lee
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Career Transactions: Selected by New York in first round (30th pick overall) of 2005 NBA Draft…Signed to contract on Jul. 1, 2005…Exercised third-year option on Oct. 25, 2006 and fourth-year option on Oct. 27, 2007…Re-signed on Sep. 25, 2009.

As A Professional: Hard-nosed Garden fan favorite is coming off breakout 2008-09 season and is currently in fifth NBA campaign…Career averages of 10.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and .564 field goal percentage over 28.0 minutes in 287 games (129 starts)…Led NBA with 65 double-doubles in 2008-09…Second on Knicks’ all-time career list in field goal percentage (.564 on 1,240-2,199, based on minimum 500 FGM), just behind teammate Eddy Curry (.565)…Set Knicks rookie mark with .596 shooting in 2005-06, then set overall team one-season record with .600 in 2006-07…Has ranked among NBA Top 20 in both rebounding (19th in 2007-08, third in 2008-09) and field goal percentage (eighth in 2007-08, seventh in 2008-09) in each of the last two seasons…MVP of 2007 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge in Las Vegas…Seventh in voting for 2008-09 NBA Most Improved Player Award; fourth in 2006-07 NBA Sixth Man of the Year voting…Continental Airlines “Work Hard, Fly Right” Favorite Player Award following standout rookie season in 2005-06…Owns two career 30-plus scoring games (both in 2008-09) and three career 20-plus rebound games…Has 20 career 20/10 games (14 in 2008-09) and one 20/20 effort (career highs 37 points, 21 rebounds vs. Warriors, Nov. 29, 2008)…Has increased scoring average over each of his four pro seasons, capped by career-high 16.0 points in 2008-09…Has shot .800-plus from the line in two of last three seasons, and has two career streaks of 20-plus free throws made (23 straight in 2007-08, 24 straight in 2008-09)…48th on all-time Knicks career scoring list (3,135), just behind Vince Boryla (47th with 3,187)…Has missed just two games over last two seasons, after leg injury limited him to 58 games in 2006-07…Quoting David: “The biggest thing that I want to be known for is just somebody that brings it every night, and somebody that you’re going to constantly have to match his energy.”…Joins Nate Robinson and Eddy Curry as senior Knicks in terms of continuous service (all having joined for 2005-06 season).

2008-09: Authored breakout season over which he emerged as one of the game’s most consistent performers…Led NBA with 65 double-doubles, the third-highest mark in franchise history…Over 81 games (74 starts), David averaged 16.0 points, 11.7 rebounds (third in NBA) and shot .549 (522-951; seventh in NBA) over 34.9 minutes…Went 249-330 form the line (.755), including making 24 straight, Feb. 2-10…Finished seventh in voting for 2008-09 NBA Most Improved Player Award presented by Kia Motors, won by Indiana’s Danny Granger…Season Highs: Points: 37 (Nov. 29 vs. Golden State); Assists: 7 (Mar. 8 at New Jersey); Rebounds: 21, twice…Recorded a wave of single-season career highs, including scoring average (16.0), total points (1,293), rebounding average (11.7), total rebounds (951), assist average (2.1), total assists (174), games played (81 for second straight year) and starts (74, after making 55 starts over first three seasons)…Fourth straight season with .500-plus shooting…His NBA-high 65 double-doubles came after he’d recorded 56 over his first three seasons…Led Knicks in rebounds in 65 of his 81 games, including 51 times over a 55-game stretch from Nov. 21-Mar. 15…His 11.7 rebounds average was NY’s highest since Charles Oakley in 1993-94 (11.8)…Led NY in scoring seven times, assists four times…Had 15 20-plus scoring games and two 30-plus games (first 30-plus games of career)…Had 14 20/10 games, two 20-plus rebound games and one 20/20 game (Nov. 29 vs. Golden State; 37 points, 21 rebounds)…Career-high 256 offensive rebounds (fifth in NBA), and authored 19 games with at least five offensive boards…Missed just one game: injury-related DNP (CD) on Mar. 21 at Orlando (right knee tendinitis)…Had 3,000th career point on Mar. 30 at Utah; 2,000th career rebound on Jan. 8 at Dallas…On The Leader Board: Led NBA with 65 double-doubles, edging out Orlando’s Dwight Howard (63)…According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became first Knick to lead NBA in double-doubles since Patrick Ewing in 1996-97 (47)…Third in NBA in rebounding (11.7), behind Orlando’s Howard (13.8) and Indiana’s Troy Murphy (11.8); seventh in field goal percentage (.549), fifth in offensive rebounds (256)…Double Up: David’s 65 double-doubles tied for third-highest mark in Knicks annals (in team’s recorded day-by-day history since 1954-55)…Hall of Famers Willis Reed (1968-69) and Walt Bellamy (1965-66) each had 69 double-doubles in one season…Reed also had 65 in 1969-70 championship season…Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing’s single-season high was 59 in 1991-92…Recorded double-doubles in 24 consecutive games, Jan. 14-Mar. 4, for second-longest double-double streak in club history (Bellamy 44 straight in 1965-66)…According to Elias, became just third player in last 25 years to record a streak of at least 24 straight point-rebound double-doubles (Kevin Garnett 33 in 2005-06, Charles Barkley 28 in 1986-87)…That Was The Week That Was: Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 1; second of Knicks’ two POTW winners (Al Harrington, week ending Dec. 14)…Averaged 19.0 points (57), 15.3 rebounds (46) with 23-43 shooting (.535) in leading Knicks to 3-0 week, with double-doubles in all three games…Shared honor with West winner Tony Parker of Spurs…On Jan. 26, had 17 points and team-high 13 rebounds in win over Rockets…On Jan. 28, scored 17 points with game-high 16 rebounds in win over Hawks…Capped week on Jan. 31 with 23 points and game-high 17 rebounds in win at Indiana…30-20: On Nov. 29, turned in virtuoso performance in win over Warriors with career-highs 37 points (16-29 FGA, 5-8 FTA) and 21 rebounds (eight offensive)…Became first Knick to author a 30/20 game since Patrick Ewing on Feb. 23, 1997 at Lakers (34 points, 25 rebounds in 2OT); first to do it in a regulation (non-OT) game since Ewing on Jan. 23, 1994 vs. Sixers (36 points, 21 rebounds)…Key Games: Game-high 19 rebounds in win over Pistons, Dec. 7…Game-high 19 rebounds with 17 points in wire-to-wire win at Sacramento, Dec. 13…Standout in win over Wizards, Jan. 14, with team-highs 30 points and 10 rebounds, adding six assists and two steals…Tied career high with 21 rebounds in loss at Washington, Jan. 16, adding 15 points (6-6 FGA)…Key figure in win over Suns with team-highs points (25) and rebounds (16), Jan. 21…Scored 16 of his 24 points in first quarter in win over Raptors, Feb. 20…Keyed win at Orlando, Apr. 10, with 20 points and game-high 16 rebounds.

2007-08: Over team-leading 81 games (29 starts), averaged 10.8 points, 8.9 rebounds (19th in NBA) and shot team-leading .552 (eighth in NBA) over 29.1 minutes…Career-high .819 free throw shooting, including 23 straight free throws from Feb. 8-Mar. 1…Led Knicks in rebounds 35 times…Had three 20-plus scoring games…Had 23 double-doubles and three 20/10 games (season-high 16 rebounds four times)…Had 16 games with at least five offensive rebounds. including Knicks season high nine offensive boards twice…Missed just one game (Apr. 8 at Detroit, back spasms)…Averaged 8.2 rebounds and had eight double-doubles in 52 games off the bench, leading NBA among players who came off the bench in at least 40 games. Seattle’s Nick Collison was second with 8.0 rebounds in 43 games off the bench, and also had eight off-the-bench double-doubles…Shot .568 off the bench, fourth among players who came off the bench in at least 40 games (Houston’s Carl Landry led with .616)…Over 29 starts, averaged 13.0 points (377), 10.3 rebounds (298) and shot. 532 (149-280) over 33.8 minutes (981). In 52 games off the bench, had 9.6 points (499), 8.2 rebounds (426) and shot .568 (192-338) over 26.4 minutes (1375)…Season-high 24 points at Sacramento, Nov. 16, adding game-and-season-high 16 rebounds in season-high 50 minutes.

2006-07: Prime candidate for NBA Sixth Man of the Year honors until cut down by late-season leg injury…Over 58 games (12 starts), averaged 10.7 points, team-high 10.4 rebounds and shot team record .600 (240-400) over 29.8 minutes…Fourth in voting for 2006-07 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, won by Phoenix’ Leandro Barbosa…Set team record with .600 field goal percentage (based on minimum 200 FGM). Both David (.600) and Eddy Curry (.576) smashed previous Knicks mark of .572 set by Bernard King in 1983-84…Led Knicks in rebounding 37 times…Team-high 29 double-doubles…Double-figure rebounds 33 times, with eight games of at least 15 boards…Made 12 starts (Knicks 6-6), averaging 12.7 points (152), 11.7 rebounds (140) and .644 shooting (67-104) over 35.1 minutes (421)…Shy of minimums for final NBA Leader Board (at time of injury, was second in NBA in field goal percentage and seventh in rebounding)…MVP of T-Mobile Rookie Challenge at 2007 All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas (game-high 30 points, 14-14 FGA, game-high 11 rebounds)…Had consecutive games of 20 and 19 rebounds, Dec. 18 vs. Utah and Dec. 20 vs. Bobcats: first Knick to notch at least 19 boards in consecutive games since Marcus Camby in 2001-02 (19 vs. Boston on Jan. 5, 22 at San Antonio on Jan. 7, 2002)…Miracle Man: In span of 48 hours, triggered two memorable Christmas Week finishes at MSG…On Dec. 18, had 20 rebounds with 17 points in OT win over Jazz. Made key 40-foot inbound pass that led to Marbury’s game-winning, buzzer-beating layup in final seconds of OT…On Dec. 20, soaring tip-in of Crawford’s inbound (coming with bare-minimum of 0:00.1 left) completed modern-day Miracle on 33rd St. and gave Knicks 111-109 2OT win over Bobcats, capping 19-rebound night (season-high 49 starting minutes)…Came within two assists of triple double in win at Boston, Nov. 24 (11 points, 13 rebounds, career-high eight assists)….Season-high 20 points, twice (Dec. 4 vs. Grizzlies, Jan. 20 vs. Pacers)…Standout season cut short when he suffered injured right leg on Feb. 23 vs. Bucks, forcing him to miss 23 of season’s final 26 games (Feb. 25-Apr. 18)…Also missed Feb. 21 at Philadelphia (flu-like symptoms)…Knicks went 7-17 in the 24 games David missed.

2005-06: In rookie season, earned fan vote as winner of Continental Airlines “Word Hard, Fly Right” Favorite Player Award…Appeared in 67 games (14 starts) with 5.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and club rookie record .596 shooting (137-230) over 16.9 minutes…Led Knicks in rebounding 17 times, scoring once (18 points at Atlanta, Jan. 30)…Double-figure scoring 11 times, with one 20-plus effort (23 vs. Suns, Jan. 2)…Notched 10 double-figure rebound games and four double-doubles…Did not miss a game due to injury-illness; listed as inactive 10 times; DNP (CD) five times…Set Knicks rookie record with .596 field goal percentage (137-230), although he didn’t record enough field goals to qualify for overall or rookie leader boards. Surpassed prior rookie mark of .547 (665-1,215) by Bill Cartwright in 1979-80 (based on minimum 100 FGA)…Eighth on NBA Rookie leader board in rebounding (4.5)…Made 14 starts with 6.9 points (96), 7.4 rebounds (103) and .640 field goal percentage (41-64) over 26.1 minutes (366)…On Jan. 19 vs. Pistons, started alongside Frye and Robinson to make up Knicks’ first starting rookie trio since Apr. 12, 1986 at Milwaukee (Gerald Wilkins, Bob Thornton, Chris McNealy); marked only time trio started together all season…Major role in 3OT win over Suns, Jan. 2, with 23 points (10-11 FGA) and 15 rebounds in career-high 52 minutes…Key figure in 2OT win over Hawks, Mar. 15 (5 points, 6 rebounds, 28 minutes). Joined off-the-bench crew of Woods, Crawford, Butler and Robinson to play as a unit for final 15:58.

As A Collegian: In four-year career at Florida, finished in school’s Top 15 in career scoring (11.3), eighth in double-doubles (22), fifth in career field goal percentage (.581), sixth in blocked shots (109) and third in dunks (157)…Led Gators in field goal percentage in each of his four seasons, rebounds in each of his last three…All-SEC honoree as both a junior and senior…Career .581 FG shooter, notching .648 as a sophomore…Averaged 14.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in NCAA Tournament… Notched 11.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and .581 shooting in 127 college games (95 starts)…Came off the bench in all 31 games as a freshman, then started all but one game over final three seasons…2001-02: Notched 7.0 points and 4.7 rebounds and was named to All-SEC Freshman Team…2002-03: Became fulltime starter as sophomore, with 11.2 points and 6.8 rebounds…Shot a career-high .648 (149-230 FGA), second-best mark in school history…2003-04: Named to All-SEC Second Team (coaches) and Third Team (media) as a junior…Notched 13.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and .588 field goal percentage…Career-high 24 points three times…Went 12-for-12 FGA vs. Northeastern, Dec. 22, 2003 (24 points), tying SEC one-game mark for most FGM without a miss…2004-05: Capped Florida career with All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Tournament Team honors, leading Gators to first conference title…Team captain averaged career-highs 13.6 points and 9.0 rebounds…Had career-high 17 rebounds twice…And A Postscript: One year after his senior season, was on hand in Indianapolis, Apr. 3, 2006, to root his former teammates to NCAA title as Florida defeated UCLA, 73-57.

Community Corner: Continued as one of Big Apple’s most popular and community-minded athletes…Quoting David: “You might meet a group of kids for a day, and they’ll remember that for years and years.”…Oversaw Team Players ticket program which provided tickets to Knicks home games to area youth groups throughout the 2008-09 season…Joined the rest of his teammates and coaching staff to host 30 children from SCO Family of Services at Madison Square Garden Training Center for the third annual “Knicks Dream Day”, Oct. 30, 2008, which included a private tour of the facility, autograph session and interactive games…Co-hosted the KIA Motors NBA Tip Off Celebration, Oct. 28, 2008 at Manhattan’s Union Square Park…Hosted 30 children from Loisaida, a Garden of Dreams partner organization, for a day at Madame Tussauds New York, Mar. 17, 2009…Joined the rest of his teammates and a bevy of celebrities and supermodels at Knicks Bowl 10 presented by Bud Light, the star-studded charity event that has helped to raise nearly $2 million for the Garden of Dreams Foundation, Apr. 2, 2009 at Chelsea Piers…Joined group of NBA coaches and players overseas on four-day NBA Basketball Without Borders tour of Turkey in Jun. 2008…Purchased $15,000 worth of tickets to the Liberty Outdoor Classic vs. Indiana, July 19, 2008 at Arthur Ashe Stadium, donating them to the Garden of Dreams Foundation and other local charities…Joined a Garden of Dreams family visit to five-year old Faith Griffin, a resident of Miami’s Ronald McDonald House, Nov. 11, 2007…On Garden of Dreams Knicks Dream Nights in Dec. 2007, visited with Corey Greenbaum and Brennan Corriston (guests of the Knicks and Garden of Dreams Foundation)…Participated in Garden of Dreams Holiday Hospital Visits to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Westchester, Dec. 18, 2007…Attended traditional ribbon-cutting on newly-refurbished multi-purpose room for use of youthful residents at The Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry, Feb. 8, 2007…Following rookie season, received 1,000,000 Continental Airlines OnePass miles donated to his favorite charity (the Make-A-Wish Foundation) after winning 2005-06 “Work Hard, Fly Right” Favorite Player Award…Joined Channing Frye and Nate Robinson and a host of fellow NBA rookies with Hall of Famer Bob Lanier to host a Reading Rally/Get Fit Clinic at NYC’s Children’s Aid Society P.S. 8, Sep. 20, 2005…Co-hosted the annual Knicks Halloween Read to Achieve launch event at Planet Hollywood, Oct. 27, 2005.