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DRAFTED:
31st overall (second round) by Golden State in 2001.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
Signed as a restricted free agent by Washington (8/8/03)…Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by Washington (7/13/08).

PROFESSIONALLY:
Enters the 2009-10 season just 147 points away from 10,000 in his career…Is a three-time NBA All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007)…Was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 2006-07 after being an All-NBA Third Team selection in 2004-05 and 2005-06…Became the franchise’s first player since Elvin Hayes (1972-73 to 1976-77) to be named to an All-NBA team in three consecutive seasons…With Walt Bellamy, is one of only two players in franchise history to score 2,000+ points in three consecutive seasons (2004-05 to 2006-07)…Set a new Washington franchise scoring record with 60 points at LAL (12/17/06)…Tied the Verizon Center scoring record with 51 points vs. UTA (1/15/07)…Is Washington’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made (758, entering 2009-10)…Has recorded three career triple-doubles…Has been named Eastern Conference Player of the Week seven times during his career, and was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month once (12/06)…Has scored 40+ points 28 times in his career, and scored 50+ points in three games (all in 2006-07)…As a second-round draft pick, was the first player from the 2001 NBA Draft class to earn All-Star recognition…Named the 2002-03 NBA Most Improved Player…Named Most Valuable Player of the Rookie Challenge during NBA All-Star Weekend in 2003.

2008-09:
Made his season debut vs. DET (3/28) and recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists…Scored 11 points and had 10 assists with six rebounds and zero turnovers in a win vs. CLE (4/2)…Tallied a 20-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio in two games played…By comparison, the second-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the NBA in 2008-09 was Travis Diener’s 5.6-to-1 ratio…Became the first player since turnovers became an official stat in 1977-78 to record 20 assists and only one turnover in his first two games of the season…Missed the first 73 games of the season following a surgical procedure on his left knee (9/18), but played in two of the final eight games (also missed 3/29, 4/1, 4/4, 4/8, 4/10, 4/13, 4/15).

2007-08:
Averaged 19.4 points, 5.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds in 13 regular season games (eight starts)…Averaged 14.6 points, 3.8 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 21.8 minutes in five games as a reserve…Started Washington’s first eight games of the season before undergoing knee surgery, and played as a reserve after returning from a 66-game absence…Returned to action on April 2 vs. Milwaukee at Verizon Center, and scored 17 points in 19:47…Scored 27 points had eight assists vs. MIN (11/16)...Had a season-high 11 assists vs. IND (11/14)...Scored a season-high 34 points at IND (10/31)…Missed 69 games this season due to injury (knee surgery, 11/17-3/31; precautionary reasons, 4/5, 4/14, 4/16).

2006-07:
Averaged 28.4 points, 6.0 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game in 74 games (73 starts)…Ranked third in the NBA in scoring; his highest finish ever…Left the game on 4/4 vs. CHA in the first quarter and did not return, and missed the final eight games of the season following surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee...At the time of his injury, was on pace to become the first player in NBA history to lead the NBA in both free throws made and three-point field goals made in the same season…Scored 30+ points in 35 games, and saw Washington go 26-9 in those games... Scored 40+ nine times (Washington: 8-1)…Hit game-winning buzzer-beating field goals vs. MIL (1/3), vs. UTA (1/15) and at SEA (3/21)…Tied a Verizon Center record with 51 points vs. UTA (1/15); his third 50+ game of the season...Set a US Airways Center single game scoring record with 54 points at PHX (12/22)…Scored an all-time franchise record 60 points at LAL (12/17), and set a new NBA record by scoring 16 points in a single overtime session in the Wizards’ overtime win vs. LAL...Tallied over 2,000 points for the third consecutive season and became the franchise’s first player since Walt Bellamy to score 2,000+ points in three consecutive seasons...Was named an NBA All-Star for the third consecutive season...Was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December, and was named Player of the Week three times (12/4 - 12/10, 12/11 - 12/17, 1/1 - 1/7)…Missed eight games due to injury/illness (left lateral meniscus tear, 4/6 – 4/18).

2005-06:
Appeared in 80 games (80 starts) and averaged a career-high 29.3 points per game…Ranked fourth in the NBA in scoring (29.3 ppg)…Scored 40+ points in a game 11 times and had 42 games with 30+ points…Selected to his second consecutive NBA All-Star Game…Combined with Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler to form the highest scoring teammate trio in the NBA (67.4 points per game)…Had the second-highest single season scoring average in Wizards’ franchise history, behind only Walt Bellamy’s 31.6 ppg in 1961-62…Scored more than 2,000 points for the second consecutive season (2,038 in 04-05, 2,346 in 05-06), and became the franchise’s first player to do so since Walt Bellamy (1961-1964)…Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week three times (11/7 - 11/13, 2/6 - 2/12, 2/13 - 2/19)…Ranked second in the NBA in three-point field goals made (199), third in minutes per game (42.3) and free throws made (655), fourth in steals per game (2.01), and 18th in assists per game (6.1)…Set an NBA record for points scored in a game by a player who played 30 or fewer minutes when he scored 46 points in 30 minutes vs. New York (2/25)…Scored a career-high 47 points vs. Miami (12/30)…Became the first Wizard since M. Jordan (Jan. ’02) to score 40+ points in consecutive games (47 on 12/30, 44 on 1/3)…Established a new franchise record with 23 free throws made vs. Golden State (2/8) and tied his own franchise mark with 25 free throws attempted…Recorded nine double-doubles…Had a season-high 13 assists vs. New York (4/4)…Led or tied for the team lead in scoring 58 times and in assists in 57 games…Connected on at least one three-point field goal in Washington’s final 30 games of the regular season…Missed two games due to injury/illness (12/13 vs. New Jersey, lower back bruise; 3/28 at Sacramento, inactive, flu-like symptoms).

2004-05:
Along with Antawn Jamison became the first Wizards teammates since Jeff Malone and Moses Malone in 1987 to appear in the same All-Star Game…Led the Wizards in scoring with 25.5 points per game…Tied his single-season career-high in rebounds per game (4.7) and averaged 5.1 assists and 1.74 steals per game…Totaled a then single-season high in points (2,038) en route to becoming the club’s first player to score more than 2,000 points in a season since Earl Monroe (2,065 in 1968-69)…Appeared in and started 80 games…Led the team in scoring 43 times, assists 42 times and rebounds on seven occasions… Finished in the Top Ten in the NBA in minutes per game (3rd), three-point field goals made (5th), steals per game (6th), points per game (7th) and free throws made (8th)…With Larry Hughes and Antawn Jamison formed the highest scoring teammate trio in the NBA (67.1 ppg)…With Hughes formed the highest scoring backcourt in the NBA (47.5 ppg)…Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of 11/29-12/5…Became the first Wizards player to earn a Player of the Week honor since Michael Jordan (March 2, 2003)…Recorded the eight highest scoring games of the year for the Wizards with 44 vs. PHI (4/9), 43 @ DAL (1/18), 43 vs. IND (2/7), 43 vs. SAC (2/27), 43 vs. BOS (4/5), 40 vs. MIN (1/8), 37 @ LAL (12/17) and 37 vs. ORL (1/29)…Tied for third in the NBA with six 40-point games…Recorded 25 games with at least thirty points; tied for the fifth in the NBA…Finished second in the league with 22 games in which he scored at least 10 points in the fourth quarter…Averaged 27.2 points as the Wizards posted an 11-4 record in the month of January…Hit the game-winning basket with 0.8 seconds remaining and scored a game-high 29 points at Golden State (12/20).

2003-04:
Finished the 2003-04 season first on the team in minutes per game (37.6), points per game (19.6) and assists per game (5.2)…Appeared in 55 games with 52 starts…Missed 27 games after sustaining an abdominal injury…Became just the ninth player in Washington franchise history to successfully convert a four-point play; vs. Boston (4/4)…Notched his third career triple-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Atlanta (3/19)…Also recorded a triple-double with 21 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds against Chicago (2/26) and with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists against Dallas (11/5)…Swiped a career-high and Verizon Center high eight steals vs. Sacramento (3/17)…Scored a season-high 40 points at Orlando (3/10)…Set a career-high and tied a franchise record with eight three-pointers vs. the Lakers (2/28).

2002-03:
Started a career-high 82 games and averaged 18.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game for Golden State...Led the team in scoring 29 times, assists 56 times and steals 37 times...Scored 20 or more points in 37 games...Recorded 11 double-doubles and had 10 games with 10 or more assists and two games with 10 or more rebounds...Was one of only eight players in the league to average at least 18.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game… Was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player.

2001-02:
Appeared in 47 games with 30 starts with Golden State…Averaged 10.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game...Named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for April 2002 after averaging 16.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.0 steals in nine games...Among NBA rookies, ranked fourth in scoring, third in assists, third in steals and fourth in both free throw and three-point shooting percentage…Scored in double figures in 28 of the final 34 games of the season.

PLAYOFFS:
Has appeared in 20 career playoff games (18 starts) for Washington, and has averaged 24.2 points, 5.3 assists and 4.6 rebounds in 41.4 minutes per game…Led the NBA in scoring during the 2006 Playoffs with 34.0 points per game in six games vs. CLE…Scored a career playoff-high 44 points at CLE (5/3/06)…Averaged 23.6 points, 6.2 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game in 10 games for the Wizards during the 2005 NBA Playoffs…Had the game-winning basket as time expired in a 112-110 win at CHI in Game Five of the first round of the 2005 NBA Playoffs…Recorded two career playoff double-doubles: vs. MIA (5/12/05), vs. CLE (5/5/06).

COLLEGE:
Played two seasons at the University of Arizona, averaging 15.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 70 games (early entry candidate following his sophomore season)...Ranked 25th on the Arizona career scoring list (1,105 points) when he left school, becoming just the sixth player in school history to reach the 1,000 point plateau as a sophomore. In 2000-01 (Sophomore): Appeared in 36 games, averaging 16.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.81 steals in 29.0 minutes...Named Honorable Mention Associated Press All-American and First Team All-Pac-10 Conference...Averaged 16.0 points during NCAA Tournament play, earning Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player honors while leading Arizona to a spot in the National Championship game...Named NABC All-District 15 First Team, First Team All-America by The Sporting News and Arizona’s co-Most Valuable Player by his teammates...Averaged a team-high 18.0 points during conference play...His 69 three-pointers ranked ninth on Arizona’s single-season list...Named to All-Pac-10 Freshman Team and was an All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention selection...Named Most Valuable Player of the Preseason NIT after leading Arizona to the championship...Posted 20 points, five steals and four rebounds in the NIT Championship game victory over Kentucky.