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Jason Maxiell
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2009 Playoffs Statistics

PPG: 3.8
RPG: 3.30
APG: 0.5
EFF: + 5.50

Born: Feb 18, 1983

Height: 6-7 / 2,01

Weight: 260 lbs. / 117,9 kg.

College: Cincinnati

Years Pro: 4

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Background

2007-08:
Appeared in a career-high 82 games (seven starts), averaging career-highs in points (7.9), rebounds (5.3), assists (0.56), blocks (1.15) and minutes per game (21.5)…In seven games as a starter (Pistons 4-3 in those games), averaged 11.1 points (.536 FG, .750 FT), 6.3 rebounds, 1.57 blocks and 30.4 minutes per game…Appeared in 17 playoff games (six starts), averaging 5.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 21.8 minutes per game…Recorded a playoff career-high three blocks four times during the playoffs…Tied a playoff career-high 11 rebounds vs. Philadelphia (4/29) in the first round…Finished ninth in NBA Sixth Man of the Year voting…Among NBA league leaders, ranked 30th in blocks (1.15 bpg)…Led the Pistons bench players in scoring at 7.9 points per game…Ranked third among NBA bench players in rebounding (5.3 rpg) behind New York’s David Lee (8.9 rpg) and Utah’s Paul Millsap (5.6 rpg)…Led the team in scoring twice and rebounds 13 times…Scored 10-plus points 29 times and scored 20-plus points once…Grabbed 10-plus rebounds six times…Grabbed 5-plus rebounds 43 times compared to just 11 times a season ago…Recorded four double-doubles, giving him six total for his career…Scored a career-high 28 points (11-13 FG FG, 6-9 FT) and grabbed eight rebounds in 28 minutes vs. Washington (4/11)…Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds in a season-high 44 minutes at Golden State (11/14)…Shot over 60% from the field in 37 games with the club tallying a record of 28-9 in those games…Blocked three or more shots on nine occasions, including a career-high six blocks vs. Golden State (12/16)…Shot a career-high 63.3% from the free throw line after shooting only 50.0% a season ago and just 42.6% his rookie year…Averaged 10.8 points and shot 60.6% (40-66 FG) from the field in nine games during the month of April, his best offensive month of the season.

PRO CAREER:
Drafted: Selected by Detroit in the first round (#26 overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft.

Career Averages/Milestones: In 175 career NBA games has compiled averages of 6.0 points on .517 shooting (394-762 FG) with 3.7 rebounds and 0.78 blocks in 16.4 minutes per game.

Year-By-Year Key Notes:
2006-07 (Detroit): Appeared in 67 games (eight starts), averaging 5.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.9 blocks and 14.1 minutes per game…In eight games as a starter, averaged 8.8 points (.574 FG, .500 FT), 5.6 rebounds, 2.25 blocks and 26.3 minutes per game…Scored 10-plus points 15 times and grabbed 10-plus rebounds twice…Grabbed five-plus rebounds 11 times…Led the club in rebounds four times…Recorded two double-doubles [17 points/12 rebounds vs. Seattle (12/17); 19 points/15 rebounds at Milwaukee (3/25)]… Scored 19 points (9-13 FG, 1-3 FT) and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in 36 minutes at Milwaukee (3/25)…Shot over 60% from the field in 20 games with the club tallying a record of 15-5 in those games.

2005-06 (Detroit): Appeared in 26 games, averaging 2.3 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.20 blocks in 6.0 minutes per game…Scored 10-plus points once and grabbed 10-plus rebounds once…Led the club in rebounds once…Scored 11 points (4-7 FG) and grabbed 12 rebounds in 27 minutes at Milwaukee (4/17)…Scored four points in 16 minutes at Toronto (4/14)…Scored five points (2-3 FG) in seven minutes at Atlanta (1/18)… DNP-CD 40 times…Spent 16 games on the inactive list.

COLLEGE:
Earned All-Conference USA Second Team honors (2004 and 2005)…Earned Conference USA All-Tournament honors (2004)…Named Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year (2002)…Earned Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors (2002)…Finished his college career ranked 11th on Cincinnati’s career scoring list with 1,566 points (13th in Conference USA history) and second on Cincinnati’s career chart for blocked shots with 252 (4th in Conference USA history)…Played in 129 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in Bearcats’ history, and started the last 77 contests he played…Ended his career with averages of 12.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 129 games…Led Conference USA in blocked shots (2.8 bpg) and ranked 18th in the nation as a senior…His 91 blocked shots were the second-highest Cincinnati single-season total in history…Led the Bearcats in scoring (13.6 ppg), rebounds (6.9 rpg) and blocked shots (2.1 bpg) during the regular season as a junior.

	Personal

Personal


	Full name is Jason Dior Maxiell…Son of Patricia Maxiell…Like former teammate Ben Wallace, his favorite hobby is building model cars…Majored in social sciences…Active in the Detroit community, he assisted with several read-to-achieve and holiday events…Teamed with National City Bank to help raise awareness for breast cancer research in October 2007…Held a special billiards tournament in April 2008 with other Pistons players to raise funds for student educational programs in Detroit…Helped unveil the club’s fifth reading and learning center -- this time at Children’s Hospital in Detroit in April 2006.