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HOW SALIM BECAME A HAWK: Selected by the Hawks with the 31st overall
pick (second round) of the 2005 NBA Draft.
LAST SEASON (2006-07): Put up 7.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 1.0 apg and 0.3 spg in
17.0 mpg (.416 FG%, .361 3FG%, .897 FT%) in his second season Over his final
nine contests, averaged 16.2 ppg, making .519 FGs, .488 3FGs and .944 FTs Led
the team in FT% Knocked down a career-best 7 3FGM en route to 21 pts v/Milw
(4/6/07) Scored a career-high 37 pts on 14-20 FGs (6-9 3FGs) and 3-3 FTs
v/Port (3/23/07) The 14 FGM set a career-high Played career-long 37 mins
@Den (12/6), and put in 21 pts Scored in double figures 18 times, including
four 20-point efforts, and one 30-pointer Missed one game due to illness
(1/20) and six due to sprained right ankle (4/8-4/17) Was on the inactive list
six times SEASON HIGHS: 37 pts v/Port (3/23/07), 5 rebs (2x), 5 assts @Minn
(1/17/07), 3 stls @Char (3/28/07), 1 blk (2x), 37 mins (2x), 14 FGM v/Port
(3/23/07), 7 3FGM v/Milw (4/6/07), 7 FTM @Orl (11/25/06).
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Through two NBA seasons, has played in 122 games
(one start), averaging 8.7 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.1 apg and 0.4 spg in 18.6 mpg (.415
FG%, .372 3FG%, .899 FT%) Has missed 25 contests due to injury/illness
CAREER HIGHS: 37 pts v/Port (3/23/07), 7 rebs @Ind (11/25/05), 5 assts (2x), 3
stls (2x), 2 blks @Hou (11/29/05), 37 mins (2x), 14 FGM v/Port (3/23/07), 7 3FGM
v/Milw (4/6/07), 7 FTM (2x) 2005-06: Averaged 9.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.2 apg and
20.3 mpg (.415 FG%, .380 3FG%, .900 FT%) in 61 games (one start) Missed the
final 18 games of the season after suffering a sprained right elbow against
Orlando on 3/19 Led the Hawks in FT% and finished 3rd in 3FG% 2nd on the
club in three-pointers (82) while ranking 7th in scoring Among NBA rookies,
Stoudamire ranked 6th in scoring, t14th in assists, 2nd in FT%, third in 3FG%
and 5th in made three-pointers In one of the Hawks' best shooting quarters in
recent memory, he erupted for 24 points in the fourth quarter @NOK on 11/18
(9-12 FGs, 4-7 3FGs, 2-2 FTs), finishing with 30 on the night Made his only
start of the year @Hou (11/29) and produced 14 points, five rebounds, two blocks
and one assist Missed only 11 free throws on the year, finishing 99-of-110
from the charity stripe Scored in double-figures 31 times, leading the team on
three occasions Went for 23 points, hitting five three-pointers v/Milw on
1/20/06 Averaged 10.9 points and shot 41.7 percent from behind the arc in the
month of November Had his best shooting month in December, hitting 49.5
percent of his field goals, 41.7 percent from three-point range and 95.2 percent
from the foul line Averaged 18.0 points over a four-game stretch (1/14-1/20),
topping the 20-point plateau twice.
COLLEGIATE CAREER: Named a Second Team All-American by AP and USBWA as a
senior, Stoudamire also earned First Team John R. Wooden Award All-American
mention and First Team All-Pac-10 honors He finished his career in ninth place
in NCAA history in career three-point field goal percentage (.458) and tied for
18th in career three-point field goals made (342) Ranks as Arizona's fourth
all-time leading scorer with 1,960 career points As a senior (2004-05), he
ranked 4th in the league in scoring (18.4 ppg) Scored over 20 points 15 times
and surpassed the 30-point mark in three games Stoudamire led the nation in
three-point field goal percentage (.504) Paced the Pac-10, ranked fourth
nationally, and broke his own school single-season record in free throw
percentage (.910) Exploded for a career-high tying 37 points, hitting seven
three's vs. Washington in the Pac-10 Tournament Final In his junior season
(2003-04), he averaged 16.3 points and 3.0 assists Erupted for career-high 37
points at Oregon Sank 7-for-9 three's on his way to 34 points vs. UCLA Hit
seven threes in scoring 27 points vs. Marquette Named Honorable Mention
All-Pac-10 Conference In his sophomore campaign (2002-03), Stoudamire ranked
4th in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage (.864) and three-point field goal
percentage (.444) Scored 20 of his season-high 32 points in the second half at
Kansas Posted 25 points on 9-for-13 shooting at Washington Earned Honorable
Mention All-Pac 10 honors As a freshman in 2001-02, he led the Pac-10 and
ranked 4th nationally in free throw percentage (.904), also setting a school
record with 39 consecutive free throws made Scored in double figures 22 times
Set a season-high with 29 points on 9-for-10 shooting vs. USC in the Pac-10
Tournament Finals Earned Pac-10 All-Tournament honors and was named league
Freshman of the Year.
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