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2012 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
0.7
RPG
3.70
APG
0.0
EFF
+ 3.00
Born: Feb 24, 1989
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight: 265 lbs. / 120.2 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Ohio State / USA
Years Pro: 3

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Background

2008-09 SEASON
Saw action in 48 games (7 starts) averaging 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in 11.8 minutes … Scored 10+ points 7 times as a Jazzman … Inactive 23 times (2/23, 2/28-3/6, 3/10-4/13), had 10 DNP-CDs (10/29, 11/5-11/9, 12/11, 1/17, 2/19-2/21, 2/25, 3/8) … Saw first NBA action in 5 minutes vs. L.A. Clippers (11/1) … Became third-youngest Jazz player ever to start a game (Miles, Stevenson) and finished with 6 points and 5 rebounds at Philadelphia, scoring his first NBA points (11/11) … Notched career highs with 18 points and 29 minutes vs. Dallas (12/26) … Recorded career-highs of 10 rebounds and 5 blocks at Charlotte (11/14) … Assigned to the Utah Flash of the NBA D-League on March 25) … Averaged 16.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 2.0 assists in 10 games with the Flash.

AS A COLLEGIAN
Averaged 14.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 27.1 minutes while starting 35 out of 37 games for the Ohio State Buckeyes as a freshman (2007-2008) … Named postseason NIT MVP after Ohio State claimed the 2008 title … Named to the all-tournament team at the preseason NIT … Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors on 11/26 after averaging 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds … Led Ohio State in rebounds (247) and blocks (67) … Was second on the team in total points (534) … Led Big Ten freshmen in rebounding (6.7 rpg), blocked shots (67), offensive rebounds (98) and defensive rebounds (149) … Among all Big Ten players, ranked fifth in rebounding (6.7 rpg) and scoring (14.4 ppg) and second in blocked shots (67) … Scored in double-figures 31 times … Recorded his first-career double-double with 22 points and had a career-high 14 rebounds vs. VMI on 11/25 … Scored in double-figures in 12 consecutive games ending the streak… A career-high 5 blocks vs. Cleveland State on 12/18 … Led Ohio State with 21 points, 4 blocks and 2 steals in a career-high 36 minutes at Indiana on 2/26 … Recorded 23 points and 6 rebounds vs. Massachusetts in the NIT title game on 4/3.


Personal

  • Name is pronounced COAST-ah KOOF-us
  • Full name is Konstantine Demetrios Koufos
  • Is the only member of his family taller than six feet
  • Has one older brother (Vasili) and one older sister (Maria)
  • A dual citizen of the United States and Greece
  • Was a business major at Ohio State
  • Helped lead Greece to a silver medal while garnering MVP honors at the 2007 UMCOR U18 European Championships after averaging 26.5 points, 13 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots
  • Attended the same high school (GlenOak) that Jazz head athletic trainer Gary Briggs once worked at

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