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2004-05:
Played in 39 games for the Cavaliers…Averaged 1.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.69 blocks in 7.8 minutes per game…Set a season-high in points (6) on two occasions (vs. Atlanta on 2/16/05 and vs. Utah on 3/15/05)…Set season-highs with 8 rebounds and 4 blocks vs. Atlanta (2/16/05)…Played in a season-high 28 minutes vs. the L.A. Clippers (11/29/04)…Recorded 2 or more blocks on seven occasions…Led or tied for the team lead in blocks on 10 occasions…On the injured list from 11/3-11/10/04 (sprained right long finger) and from 1/8-1/18/05 (left elbow contusion), missing a total of 10 games…Received 33 DNP-CD’s

2003-04:
Played in a total of 56 (three starts) games with the Cavaliers…averaged career highs of 2.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 13.0 minutes per game…scored a season-high eight points and blocked a career-high tying five shots at Indiana on Nov. 7…set his career high with five blocked shots during back-to-back games at Indiana on Nov. 7 and at Washington on Nov. 8…led or tied for the team lead in blocks on 12 occasions and in steals on seven occasions…played a career-high 31 minutes versus Minnesota on Nov. 21, 2003…grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds at Detroit on Feb. 3 in 18 minutes…grabbed nine rebounds in the season finale on April 14 at New York…blocked at least one shot in the first eight games of the season…missed 16 games (Dec. 8 – Jan. 6) after having surgery to repair a torn right meniscus…missed two games (Feb. 18-20) with a right ankle sprain…received eight DNP-CDs.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
During the 2002-03 season, played in 80 games (1 start) and averaged 1.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 1.01 bpg in 11.8 mpg…ranked 35th in the NBA in blocks and fourth in blocks per 48 minutes (4.12)…finished third on the team in blocks…led the team in blocks in 23 games…improved his numbers from his rookie campaign in every category with the exception of FG%…scored a career-high 10 points on 4-4 FG (career-high tying FGM) and 2-3 FT (career-high tying FTM and career-high FTA) in 21 minutes on Nov. 23 vs. New Orleans…grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds (career-high 9 defensive) on April 9 at New Orleans…dished out a career-high 4 assists to go along with 8 rebounds on March 2 vs. Orlando…had a career-high tying 4 blocks in 9 minutes at Philadelphia on Nov. 8…pulled down 6 rebounds and had a career-high tying 4 blocks in 15 minutes vs. Boston on Dec. 21…had a career-high 3 steals on Jan. 18 at Utah…scored 8 points on 4-4 FG in 13 minutes on Feb. 5 vs. Houston…had a career-high tying 4 blocks and 8 rebounds in 17 minutes on March 16 vs. Utah…was a DNP-CD on 2 occasions…played in 18 games (1 start) during the 2001-02 season and averaged 1.4 ppg, 0.9 rpg and 0.56 bpg…missed 15 games from Oct. 31 – Nov. 29 due to a mild sprain of the posterior cruciate ligament of his left knee, which was injured on opening night vs. Boston…missed Feb. 2 game vs. Detroit due to an NBA suspension for leaving the immediate vicinity of the team bench during an altercation on Jan. 31 vs. Washington…was placed on the Injured List on Feb. 28 with a right plantar fascia strain and missed the last 26 games of the season due to the injury…scored a career-high 6 points vs. Portland on Jan. 7…had a career-high 5 rebounds at Chicago on Dec. 29 in a career-high 15 minutes…had a career-high 2 blocked shots on four occasions…on Oct. 30 vs. Boston, became the youngest player in team history to appear in a game…made his only start of the season vs. Seattle on Feb. 26, becoming the youngest Cavalier in team history to start a game.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER:
As a senior in 2000-01, helped Oak Hill Academy to a 33-0 season and a No. 1 national ranking by USA Today…averaged 14.6 ppg, 13.2 rpg, and 8.0 bpg and shot better than 60 percent from the field…named to McDonald’s High School All-America Team and to Parade Magazine High School Boys All-America First Team…also named to USA Today All-USA Second Team and named USA Today’s Virginia state Player of the Year.