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Chosen by the Bobcats in the Charlotte Expansion Selection on June 22, 2004… Has appeared in 406 games with the Bobcats, with averages of 16.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.2 blocked shots in 36.6 minutes… Became the first Bobcats player ever to be named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team in 2010… Named to the All-Defensive First Team following the 2009-10 season… Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week once in 2009-10 (week ending Nov. 29), once in 2007-08 (week ending Jan. 20), twice in 2006-07 (weeks ending March 25 and April 8) and once in 2005-06 (week ending Nov. 28)… Scored a career-high 42 points against New York on Jan. 31, 2007… Averaged 2.5 steals and 2.09 blocks in 2005-06, leading the league in steals and becoming the first NBA player in 14 years to average more than 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals in a season, joining future Hall of Famers David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwon in achieving the rare feat… Finished fourth in Most Improved Player voting in 2005-06… Selected by Sacramento with the 25th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, leaving the University of Alabama after his freshman year.
2009-10:
Named to the All-Defensive First Team… Chosen for the Eastern Conference All-Star Team, becoming the first Bobcats player to be named an All-Star… Appeared in 76 games, starting all 76… Averaged 18.2 points, a career-high 10.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks in 41.0 minutes… Shot .484 from the field (456-943), .371 from beyond the three-point line (52-140) and .776 from the free-throw line (422-544)… Scored in double figures on 68 occasions, including 31 games of 20 points or more and seven games of at least 30 points… Recorded 36 games with double-figure rebounds, tallying 33 double-doubles… Led the team in scoring 26 times, rebounding 50 times, steals 24 times and blocks 19 times… Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 29, after averaging 25.3 points, 13.7 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1.3 assists and 1.0 block as the Bobcats went 3-0… Grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds on Nov. 2 against New Jersey and tied the career high on Dec. 4 at New Jersey… Finished the season ranked second in the NBA in minutes played, ninth in rebounds, tied for 14th in steals, 28th in scoring, 28th in blocks and 39th in field goal percentage… Averaged 17.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.3 steals in 41.0 minutes in four playoff games against Orlando….Posted playoff career highs of 25 points and 17 rebounds in Game One against Orlando on April 18.
2008-09:
Played in 71 games, starting all 71… Averaged a team-high 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks in 37.6 minutes… Tied for sixth in the NBA in steals, tied for 15th in minutes played, tied for 22nd in rebounds, tied for 32nd in blocked shots and tied for 16th in steals-to-turnover ratio… Scored in double figures 59 times, including 28 games with 20 or more points and four games with at least 30 points… Grabbed double-figure rebounds 21 times, tallying 20 double-doubles… Led or tied for the team lead in scoring 26 times, in rebounding 23 times, in steals 34 times, in blocks 22 times and in assists five times… Set single-season franchise records of 365 free throws and 454 free throw attempts, besting his own records of 313 (set in 2007-08) and 447 (set in 2006-07)… Shot a career-high .804 from the free-throw line, up from his previous high of .731 set last season… Also set single-season career highs of 553 rebounds and 7.8 rebounds per game, topping his previous highs of 518 rebounds (set in 2006-07) and 7.5 rebounds per game (set in 2005-06).
2007-08:
Played in 62 games, starting 59… Averaged a career-high 19.4 points and a career-high 3.5 assists, to go along with 6.0 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 0.9 blocks in 38.3 minutes played… Scored in double figures 56 times, including 34 games of 20 points or more and 16 games of 30 points or more… Tallied nine double-doubles, including his first ever points/assists double-double when he handed out a career-high 10 assists on Jan. 26 vs. Philadelphia… Ranked fifth in the NBA in steals and 14th in minutes played… Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20 after averaging 29.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.0 steals during the week… Scored a season-high 40 points on Jan. 14 vs. Denver and followed that up with 36 points and a season-high 14 rebounds on Jan. 16 vs. Orlando, setting a franchise record for points in a two-game span… Set franchise free-throw records with 313 on the season and 16 in a single game (Dec. 31 vs. Indiana)… His free-throw percentage of .731 (313-428) set a career high.
2006-07:
Played in 72 games, averaging then-career-high 18.1 points… Scored in double figures 60 times, including 29 games of 20 or more, 10 games of 30 or more and two games of 40 or more… His ten games scoring 30 or more was tied for 18th in the NBA… Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week twice, for the weeks of March 19-25 and April 2-8… Averaged 30.0 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 3.0 assists, while shooting .610, for the week ending April 8… Averaged 20.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.3 blocks and 1.3 steals for the week ending March 25… Tied for fourth in the NBA in steals (2.0 per game)… Led the Bobcats in scoring 24 times and in rebounding 19 times… Had 16 double-doubles and 14 games with 20 or more points and 10 or more rebounds… Scored a career-high and franchise-record 42 points against N.Y. on Jan. 31… Scored in double figures in 49 of his final 52 games, averaging 21.1 points on .523 shooting and .372 three-point shooting.… Also averaged 7.9 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 2.3 steals during that stretch… Grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds on March 10 vs. Memphis.
2005-06:
Played in 55 games, averaging 15.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 2.09 blocks and 34.5 minutes… Ranked first in the NBA in steals, fourth in field goal percentage (.538), and 11th in blocked shots… Was the first NBA player in 14 years to average more than 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals in a season, joining future Hall of Famers David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwon in achieving the rare feat… With teammate Brevin Knight, who ranked second in the league in steals, became the first pair of teammates to finish a season in the top two spots of one of the NBA’s major statistical categories since former Boston Celtics players Kevin McHale and Robert Parish finished first and second in field goal percentage in 1987-88… Set the NBA’s top steals game with eight on Jan. 13 against Milwaukee, also a career high… Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 28 after averaging 22.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting .587 from the field… Finished fourth in NBA Most Improved Player voting… Posted season highs with 41 points, 17 field goals made and 22 field goals attempted on March 28 against Atlanta… Also posted a season high with 16 rebounds on Feb. 27 at the L.A. Clippers… Reached double-figure scoring 44 times and double-figure rebounds 10 times… Ranked fourth on the team with 10 double-doubles… Led the Bobcats in blocked shots 36 times, in steals 29 times, in rebounding 24 times and in scoring 16 times… Missed 27 games due to injury, 15 of which came due to a left medial tibia bone bruised suffered at Milwaukee on Jan. 21.
2004-05:
Appeared in 70 games with 68 starts… Averaged 11.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.3 blocks in 30.7 minutes… Ranked ninth in the NBA in steals and 31st in blocks… Posted seven double-doubles… Scored in double figures 39 times, including seven 20-plus-point games, and had 10 double-figure rebounding games… Led the Bobcats in blocks 26 times, in steals 24 times, in scoring seven times and in rebounding six times… Recorded two or more steals in 39 of the 70 games he played… Scored a season-high 28 points at Utah on Feb. 1 and pulled down a season-high 14 rebounds at New York on Dec. 26 and against New York on April 16… Missed seven games in March due to bruised ribs suffered at Minnesota on March 8 and returned to average 18.0 points over the next five games.
2003-04:
Played in 37 games with one start in his third season with Sacramento… Of his 74 rebounds on the season, 35 were on the offensive end… His top game was in his only start of the season, when he tallied a season-best 16 points along with then-career bests of 11 rebounds and three blocks in season-high 34 minutes against Dallas on Dec. 25… Scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds (five offensive) in 30 minutes against Golden State on Nov. 16.
2002-03:
Had best season in Sacramento, averaging 4.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and .492 shooting from the field in 47 appearances (seven starts)… Set then-career high of 21 points on 10-11 field goals and added four assists against Houston on Dec. 1 … Posted first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds on Oct. 31 against Portland.
2001-02:
As a rookie, played in 54 games and averaged 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds for Sacramento… Finished second to Jason Richardson in the NBA.com Slam Dunk Contest presented by RealOne… Top game was a 20-point, nine-rebound performance against Memphis on Dec. 16, 2001… Tallied 14 points and five rebounds in his first career start against the Clippers on March 26… When Sacramento drafted him as a 19-year-old rookie, that selection made him the youngest player in Sacramento Kings-Royals history.
COLLEGE:
Played one collegiate season at Alabama before entering the NBA… Earned Southeastern Conference All-Freshman honors after averaging 9.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and team-high 1.2 steals… Scored in double figures 16 times with 20 or more points four times, including a career-high 27 points against Grambling State on Dec. 4, 2001… Grabbed 10-plus rebounds three times, with a career-best 17 rebounds against Wofford on Dec. 7, 2001.
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