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2011-12 Statistics

PPG
15.1
RPG
4.10
APG
2.3
EFF
+ 12.91
Born: Dec 9, 1987
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight: 215 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Duke / USA
Years Pro: 2

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PRO CAREER:
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Selected by the Bobcats with the 12th overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft as an early-entry candidate from Duke University… Appeared in 43 games as a rookie, averaging 2.6 points, 1.3 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.2 blocks in 8.3 minutes.

2009-10:
Appeared in 43 games as a rookie, averaging 2.6 points, 1.3 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.2 blocks in 8.3 minutes… Shot .356 from the field (37-104) and .745 from the free-throw line (35-47)… Scored in double figures three times… Scored a season-high 15 points on Nov. 25 vs. Toronto… Scored 14 points and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds on April 12 at New Jersey.

COLLEGE:
Played three seasons at Duke University… Named Wooden Award All-America and Third Team AP All-America, as well as First Team All-ACC as a junior... Ranks 39th in Duke history with 1,262 career points and 20th with 69 blocks… As a junior in 2008-09, led team in scoring (16.5 ppg), while ranking second in rebounding (4.9 rpg), second in assists (2.5 apg), second in field-goal percentage (.450), and third in steals (1.2 spg)… Ranked 11th in the ACC in scoring and ninth in field goal percentage… Scored in double figures 31 times including 10 games with 20 or more points… Scored a career-high 35 points on 11-15 shooting from the field and 12-14 from the free throw line against Wake Forest… Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds while also adding 21 points against Florida State… Dished out a career-high six assists while adding 21 points against Virginia Tech… As a sophomore in 2007-08, ranked third on team in scoring (12.7 ppg), third in rebounding (4.7 rpg), and second in field-goal percentage (.474)… Scored in double figures 25 times, including four games with 20 or more points… Scored a season-high 23 points twice, against Illinois and Maryland… Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds against North Carolina… Scored 21 points against Belmont in the NCAA Tournament, followed by 18 points against West Virginia… As a freshman in 2006-07, averaged 6.8 points and 2.9 rebounds while shooting .451 from the field… Started 10 of 32 games… Scored in double figures seven times including a season-high 16 points against North Carolina.


Personal

Full name is Jerome McKinley Henderson Jr., but, like his father, goes by Gerald… The son of Marie and Gerald Henderson… Father Gerald played 13 seasons in the NBA for Boston, Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Detroit and Houston and won three NBA championships with the Celtics (1980-81, 1983-84) and Pistons (1989-90)… Majored in psychology at Duke.

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