2000-01
Completed his second NBA season, averaging 2.8 ppg (.382 FG%, .271 3pt%, .778 FT%), 1.4 apg and 8.4 mpg while appearing in 55 games, drawing 27 DNP-CDs (including 11 in the final 22 games)...Scored in double figures on three occasions...Led the Wolves with a career-high 16 points (5-9 FG, 1-2 3pt, 5-7 FT) April 17 at Houston, matching his point total from Dec. 19 at Golden State (6-11 FG, 2-4 3pt, 2-2 FT)...Handed out a career-high-tying eight assists in the season finale April 18 at Dallas...Averaged 4.7 TOs/48 on the year (ast/TO: 1.67-to-1)...PLAYOFFS:Posted 3.5 ppg (3-6 FG, 1-2 FT), 1.0 apg and 6.0 mpg in two games played against San Antonio in the opening round of the 2001 NBA Western Conference Playoffs

1999-00
Tallied 2.6 ppg (.309 FG%, .286 3pt%, .667 FT%), 1.5 apg and 8.2 mpg in his rookie NBA season by appearing in 59 games, including one start (Jan. 17 vs. Indiana)...Drew a total of 23 DNP-CDs (nine in the final 21 games)...After hitting just 27.8% from the field through March 1, he improved to 40.4% in his last 17 outings, including 45.0% (9-for-20) from three-point range...Tallied a season-high 13 points (5-10 FG, 2-3 3pt, 1-1 FT) April 4 vs. Atlanta, one of two double-figure efforts on the year (other: 10 pts. at Denver on Feb. 5)...Handed out a season-high eight assists Feb. 22 vs. Golden State; he had 46 last to 10 TOs in 23 games after the All-Star Break (ast/TO: 4.60-to-1)...Made his NBA debut Nov. 13 vs. Phoenix...PLAYOFFS: Was on the Wolves' 2000 Playoffs roster, but didn't appear in any games against Portland

COLLEGE
The fourth Blue Devil selected in the first 14 picks of the 1999 NBA Draft, William Avery joined the Minnesota Timberwolves following a stellar sophomore season at Duke. Avery was named Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press in 1999, after he helped lead Duke to the 1999 NCAA Championship game. A deadly sharpshooter, Avery was accurate at both the foul line (.810) and from three-point range (.411), en route to averaging 14.9 ppg. The 6-2 guard led the Blue Devils in assists (5.0), ranking fourth in the ACC, and was second on his team in steals (57). Avery excelled in postseason play, averaging 19.3 ppg in the ACC Tournament and 14.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 2.8 apg in the NCAA Tournament. He drained a school-record eight three-pointers vs. Florida on Dec. 9, 199, tallying 76 for the season (seventh highest in a season among Duke players).

• Played at the same high school as current NBA stars Ron Mercer, Rod Strickland and Jerry Stackhouse
• Attended basketball power Virginia's Oak Hill Academy for his senior season of high school (1996-97)
• Was a third-team Parade All-America selection as a senior
• Played at Target Center that season as part of the Holiday Triple-Header of Hoops Tournament
• Played his first three years of prep ball at Westside High School in Augusta, Ga
• Joins fellow Oak Hill grads Ron Mercer, Rod Strickland, Jerry Stackhouse, and DeSagana Diop in the NBA