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Mickael Pietrus
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Guard - Forward

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2008-09 Statistics

PPG: 12.9
RPG: 3.70
APG: 1.0
EFF: + 11.60

Born: Feb 7, 1982

Height: 6-6 / 1,98

Weight: 215 lbs. / 97,5 kg.

From: France

Years Pro: 5

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Background

NBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Was selected by Golden State in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft (11th overall)...Re-signed with Golden State as a restricted free agent on October 1, 2007...Enters 2007-08 season owning career averages of 9.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in 21.3 minutes (244 games in four seasons with Golden State).

2006-07 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
Appeared in 72 games (38 starts), averaging 11.1 points and 4.5 rebounds in 26.9 minutes...Established career highs in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage (.488), three-point percentage (.388), minutes, and games started...Registered 20-plus points eight times and notched four double-doubles...Double-double with 14 points and career-high 14 rebounds at LAL (1/22)...Season-high-tying 26 points, seven rebounds and career-high four steals vs. Boston (12/29)...26 points on career-high 12 field goals (12-16 FG) in 34 minutes vs. Sacramento (11/16)...Missed six games due to injury, three due to illness and one on inactive list.

2007 NBA PLAYOFFS:
Appeared in all of Golden State’s 11 games in 2007 NBA Playoffs, averaging 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds in 19.0 minutes per contest...Playoff career-high 16 points in Game 4 victory vs. Dallas (4/29) in First Round...Double-double with 14 points and playoff career-high 10 rebounds in Game 5 loss at Dallas (5/1).

2005-06 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
Season-high 23 points at Indiana (2/10)...Made first start of season at L.A. Lakers (1/27), recording first career double-double with season-high-tying 20 points and then-career-high 10 rebounds...Missed 30 games (23 on inactive list) due to injury.

2004-05 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
Averaged 9.5 points in 20.0 minutes per game -- of all the players in the NBA who averaged at least 9.0 points per game, he did so in the fewest minutes per contest (minimum 40 games)...Averaged 16.3 points when logging 25-or-more minutes (18 times)...Career-high 28 points vs. Phoenix (4/8), including career-high 6-of-6 from three-point range, tying the franchise record for most three-pointers made in a single-game without a miss (Jason Richardson, 12/10/02 vs. L.A. Lakers)...Was placed on the injured list on 11/1 recovering from left should surgery and missed first nine games of season...Suffered dislocated left shoulder in first game of summer league on July 12 and underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair dislocated shoulder on July 20...Missed 14 games due to injury...DNP-CD once.

2003-04 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
Made first 22 career starts over final 23 games of the season, averaging 9.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.00 steals in 23.5 minutes over that span, while scoring 14-plus points seven times...Made first career start vs. New Jersey (3/5), registering three rebounds and two steals in a then-career-high 35 minutes...Made NBA debut 10/29 vs. Dallas, logging five points and six rebounds in 14 minutes before suffering sprained left ankle at 7:27 mark of the fourth period...Received one vote for NBA All-Defensive Second Team...Missed 10 games due to sprained left ankle (five games on injured list)...DNP-CD 19 times.

EUOPEAN PROFESSIONAL & FRENCH NATIONAL TEAM HIGHLIGHTS:
Played for French National Team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships in Japan, averaging 5.4 points in nine contests...Participated with the national team during the 2005 European Championships in Serbia & Montenegro, averaging 11.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per contest, helping “Les Bleus” to a bronze medal finish in Europe’s biggest tournament...Played professionally for Pau Orthez (PO OR-tez) in France for four seasons before joining the NBA, having made pro debut at the age of 17...In 130 career games combined between the French Pro-A League and the Euroleague, averaged 8.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists, shooting 50.2% from the field, 36.2% from three-point range and 68.2% from the line...Won a pair of Pro A League Championships (2001 & 2003) and played in league’s All-Star Game in each of his final three seasons.

	Personal

Personal


	Name is pronounced MY-kel PEET-rus...His brother, Florent Pietrus (24), was a teammate at Pau Orthez and the French National Team, while his oldest brother, Ronnie Coco (31), also played previously with Pau Orthez...Was born in Les Abymes on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe...Les Abymes is a town of fewer than 70,000 people on an island of fewer than 400,000...Guadeloupe is located approximately 310 miles southeast of San Juan Puerto Rico...Left the island for France at the age of 15 to join the Pau Orthez junior program...Keeps fans updated of his on-court and off-court activities on his personal website — www.mickael-pietrus.com...Has been involved in several community programs during his first four seasons in the NBA and was the recipient of the 2006-07 Angela & Christopher Cohan Community Service Award, given annually to the Warriors player who best exemplifies the spirit of community through their outstanding commitment of time, service and financial support to the children and families of the Bay Area....This past season, participated in the Warriors Thanksgiving Meal Serving event, served coffee and snacks at a local Starbucks to promote the beginning of the regular season, went Trick-or-Treating in a local community with teammate Patrick O’Bryant and hosted a Season of Giving event in cooperation with Kaiser Permanente...Also visited Bethesda Naval Hospital while the team was in Washington D.C. in March...Additionally, took part in several season ticket holder and corporate sponsor events...During the off-season, took part in the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders Europe in France, helping teach both life skills and basketball skills to the local children...In recent years, he read to French-speaking Elementary School students in Berkeley as part of Warriors “Read To Achieve” program...Served food to the homeless in San Jose as part of the Loaves & Fishes program...He has visited the Champions Guidance Center for homeless men in Oakland, passed out holiday gifts to residents at the Oakland Salvation Army, attended a dinner with Warriors season tickets holders at a preseason game in Los Angeles and served as a coach for the NBA Entertainment League Celebrity Charity Game...In the summer of 2005, he hosted the Canal + / Mike Pietrus Basketball Camp in the town of Baie-Mahault on his native island of Guadeloupe, attended by almost 500 girls and boys, ages 11-21...While at the camp, he also visited a local hospital to spend time with some children suffering from Sickle Cell Disease...In addition to signing autographs for the children and presenting them with special gifts, he also invited the children to join him at the gym for a day away from the hospital where they could enjoy themselves while playing basketball...Is now a shareholder in his former French team Pau Orthez...Wears size 14 basketball shoes.