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DRAFTED:
Selected by the Kings in the first round (23rd overall pick) of the 2009 NBA Draft.
HOW ACQUIRED:
Acquired in a trade from the Sacramento Kings on June 30, 2011 along with Sacramento’s first round pick (protected) in the 2012 NBA Draft in exchange for J.J. Hickson.
2010-11 SEASON:
Played in 71 games (27 starts)…averaged 8.6 points and 4.3 rebounds in 24.1 minutes per game… as a starter averaged 10.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 31.2 minutes per game…scored a season-high 21 points on .727 shooting and had 10 rebounds for his first double-double on the season, to go along with one assist and one steal in 34 minutes off the bench on Dec. 6 at L.A. Clippers…shot a career-high six three-pointers at Cleveland on Oct. 30…grabbed a career-high five offensive rebounds at Oklahoma City on Feb. 12…tied career-high 11 rebounds on two occasions (vs. Atlanta on Jan. 4 and vs. Portland on Jan. 19)...recorded four double-doubles…scored 20 or more points in four games…scored 10 or more points in 31 games…grabbed 10 or more rebounds four times…had a career-high six steals versus Washington on Dec. 8…led team in scoring four times, in rebounding six times and in assists once…missed the game on March 5th due to back stiffness…was DNP-CD ten times.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Played in 77 games (31 starts) during the 2009-10 season…averaged 10.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 25.1 minutes per game… as a starter, posted averages of 12.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 30.6 minutes per game… ranked seventh in scoring, sixth in rebounds, 17th in assists and ninth in minutes played among rookies…reached double-figures in scoring 41 times and tallied 20 or more points in seven contests…grabbed 10 or more rebounds on five occasions and recorded four double-doubles…connected on three or more three-pointers in eight games … led the team in scoring five times, rebounding in six times and in assists once…from Dec. 6 – Jan. 5 (15 games), averaged 16.6 points and 5.7 rebounds in 32.0 minutes per game…recorded a career-high 24 points, seven rebounds and one assist in 44 minutes vs. Phoenix on Jan. 5… in his NBA debut tallied 15 points, four rebounds and one block in 19 minutes against Oklahoma City on Oct. 28… posted first career double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high five assists vs. Golden State on Nov.8… in first career NBA start, contributed a then career-best 22 points with five rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block in 38 minutes vs. Washington on Dec. 16… 2010 NBA Summer League (Las Vegas), averaged 14.0 and 4.4 rebounds in five contests (two starts)...scored in double-figures four times.Finished fourth in voting for the 2008-09 FIBA European Young Men’s Player of the Year Award (Rubio, Gallinari and Koufos)…averaged12.8 points on .744 shooting, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists in the Israeli Premier League over the first 19 contests … averaged of 8.8 points on .771 shooting and 3.1 rebounds in 17.3 minutes per game in 16 Euroleague games … averaged 11.4 points and 4.0 rebounds in 25 games (seven starts) in 2007-08 for Maccabi Tel Aviv during Premier League play…began the campaign by visiting New York for Maccabi’s NBA exhibition game against the Knicks, registering eight points and four rebounds in just 16 minutes (Oct. 11, 2007)… joined Hapoel Galil Elyon on-loan from Maccabi for the 2006-07 campaign, posting 11.2 points on .706 shooting, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 26 regular season contests … contributed 15.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.33 steals in six EuroCup Challenge games, including a career-high 27 points vs. BK Prostejov…appeared in 20 Euroleague playoff games, posting averages of 4.5 points and 2.1 rebounds … tallied a postseason career high 18 points at FC Barcelona … averaged 4.7 points, 2.4 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per game in 19 regular season games as a rookie for Maccabi Tel Aviv (2005-06) … appeared in three Euroleague postseason games, totaling two points … starred in the junior ranks for team Hapoel in Holon, Israel before debuting professionally at the age of 17.
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