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2008-09:
Averaged 5.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 1.18 blocks and 23.8 minutes in 82 games (43 starts) … Led Portland in rebounds in a team-high 43 games (including ties) ... Pulled down double figures in rebounds 34 times, including 14 games of 14 or more boards ... Led the team in field goal shooting (62.5%), rebounds (8.7) and blocks (1.18) ... Was the only Trail Blazer to appear in all 82 games, doing so for the first time in his career ... Led the team in steals 11 times (including ties) … Led Portland in minutes three times … Notched 11 double-doubles ... Posted his third double-double in a row with 13 points (4-4 FG) and 11 rebounds to go with two blocks March 19 at Cleveland ... Blocked a season-high tying five shots March 13 vs. New Jersey ... Grabbed a game-best 18 rebounds, including seven offensive, to go with 12 points vs. L.A. Lakers on March 9 ... Pulled in a season-high eight offensive rebounds March 4 vs. Indiana ... Scored a season-high tying 14 points (4-5 FG) while pulling down 17 rebounds Jan. 31 vs. Utah ... Brought down a Trail Blazers season-high 19 rebounds in a season-high 40 minutes vs. the Nuggets on Dec. 23.

NBA Career:
Holds career averages of 4.2 points (55.7% FG), 6.4 rebounds, 1.56 blocked shots and 20.6 minutes in 487 games (359 starts) … Posted averages of 5.2 points (58.1% FG), 7.5 rebounds, 1.65 blocked shots and 23.1 minutes in 334 games (255 starts) with Portland from 2004-09 … Notched 36 career double-doubles, including 35 with Portland.

2007-08:
Posted averages of 4.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.21 blocked shots, 23.6 minutes and a 57.8% field goal percentage … Ranked No. 24 in the NBA in rebounding (8.4) and No. 28 in blocked shots (1.21) … His 26 rebounds March 22 at L.A. Clippers tied him with LeRoy Ellis and Bill Walton for the most in franchise history in a regulation game, and fell just one shy of the teamrecord 27 (Sidney Wicks, 2OT)

2006-2007:
In 43 games (all starts), averaged 2.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, a team-high 1.56 blocked shots and 16.3 minutes.

2005-06:
Averaged 6.1 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.32 blocks and 24.9 minutes in 56 games (52 starts) … Missed 25 games because of patella tendonitis in his right knee … Led team with 130 blocked shots … Ranked seventh in the NBA for the second consecutive year in blocks per game (2.32) and 14th in total blocks (130) … Tied a franchise record for most blocked shots in a game with a career-high nine blocks April 2 at Seattle.

2004-05:
Averaged 6.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.14 blocked shots and 24.4 minutes in 76 games (50 starts) … Finished seventh in the NBA in blocked shots (2.14) and 23rd in rebounding (7.7) … Led team in field goal percentage with a 59.8% mark … Totaled 14 double-doubles … Led the team in rebounds a team-best 36 times … Pulled down 10-plus boards 27 times … Blocked five-plus shots 10 times

2003-04:
In 12 games (all starts) with Atlanta, averaged 4.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.42 blocked shots and 26.2 minutes … Appeared in five games with Milwaukee before being traded … Averaged 0.2 points and 2.0 rebounds in 33 minutes of action with the Bucks.

2002-03:
Saw action in 32 games with the Bucks and averaged 1.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.40 blocks and 17.1 minutes … Sat out the first 13 games with left ankle bone spurs, then was on injured list for 31 games because of ankle soreness.

2001-02:
Averaged 2.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.66 blocks and 15.9 minutes in 71 games (62 starts) … Led team in blocks … Posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds vs. Detroit Jan. 21

2000-01:
In 33 games (13 starts), averaged 0.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.91 blocks..

Career Transactions:
Acquired by the Atlanta Hawks from the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team, five-player trade on Feb. 15, 2004. Atlanta also received Michael Doleac and a 2005 second round pick from the New York Knicks, Milwaukee received Keith Van Horn from New York, and the Knicks received Nazr Mohammed from Atlanta and Tim Thomas from Milwaukee … Acquired by the Bucks from the Houston Rockets for the draft rights to Jason Collier (15th pick overall) and a future first round draft choice on June 28, 2000.

College:
Played two seasons at Minnesota before entering the NBA Draft … Averaged 14.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.9 blocks and shot 61.3% from the field in 21 games during his sophomore season with the Golden Gophers … Ranked fourth in the nation in blocks … Finished first in the Big Ten in field goal percentage, second in blocks and third in rebounds … Earned Basketball News All-American recognition as a freshman … Started 26 of 28 games as a freshman and finished eighth in the nation in blocked shots with a 3.0 average.

Personal:
Full name is Joel Anthony Przybilla (pronounced PRIZ-billa) … Married to Noelle and father to Anthony … Owns an English bulldog named Beanie … An avid outdoorsman, Joel loves to fish … Boxes during the off-season as one way to stay in shape … Lists his favorite movie as “The Big Lebowski” … At Monticello High School, was two-time winner of Minnesota’s Associated Press Player of the Year award.