POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 6-6
WEIGHT: 230
BIRTHDATE: June 2, 1980
BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, IL
COLLEGE: DePaul
HIGH SCHOOL: Simeon (Chicago, IL)
DRAFTED: Seattle, Second Round (42nd overall) 2001 NBA Draft
ACQUIRED: From Milwaukee, June 26, 2008
CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2009-10 season
YEARS PRO: 7
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the Second Round (42nd overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft... Draft rights traded to the Washington Wizards for the 1997 draft rights to Predrag Drobnjak on 4/26/01... Traded by the Washington Wizards along with Hubert Davis and Richard Hamilton to the Detroit Pistons for Jerry Stackhouse, Brian Cardinal, and Ratko Varda on 9/11/02... Waived by the Pistons on 9/24/02... Selected by the Mobile Revelers (5th overall) in 2002 D-League Draft... Signed by the Wizards on 12/27/02... Signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Clippers on 9/26/03... Signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks on 8/8/05… Traded from Milwaukee to New Jersey along with Yi Jianlian for Richard Jefferson on 6/26/08.
2008-09: Appeared in 71 games, earning 44 starts… Averaged 7.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in 24.4 minutes per contest… Shot .449 (198-441) from the field, a career-high .447 (117-262) from downtown (5th in NBA) and .741 (43-58) from the line… In 44 starts, averaged 7.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in 26.6 minutes while shooting .429 (124-289) from the field and .422 (68-161) from downtown… Recorded 27 games scoring in double figures, two games with 10+ rebounds, and one double-double… Led the Nets in rebounds three times, in assists once, in steals 11 times and in blocks three times… Missed a total of 10 games due to injury and one due to coach’s decision… Missed three games (12/20-12/23) due to bruised left scapula, five games with a lower abdominal strain (2/3-2/10), and two games (3/29-3/30) with an upper back contusion… Recorded 18 points including 3-of-5 from downtown vs. Chicago on 2/25… Tallied 16 points, five rebounds and three steals vs. Toronto on 1/28… Tallied 15 points on a career-high five three’s at Milwaukee on 1/9… Tallied a season-high 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting, nine rebounds and two assists at Miami on 1/3… Tied a season-high 10 rebounds and set a season-high with five assists vs. Chicago on 12/29… Tallied only double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Chicago on 12/13… Made his Nets debut with five points in 18 minutes at Washington on 10/29.
PRO CAREER: In seven seasons with Washington, the Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee and New Jersey holds career averages of 9.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 413 games, including 226 starts… Has shot .443 (1,481-of-3,342) from the field, .408 (338-of-829) from three and .823 (687-of-835) from the line… 2008-09: Appeared in 71 games, earning 44 starts… Averaged 7.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in 24.4 minutes per contest… Shot .449 (198-441) from the field, a career-high .447 (117-262) from downtown (5th in NBA) and .741 (43-58) from the line… In 44 starts, averaged 7.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in 26.6 minutes while shooting .429 (124-289) from the field and .422 (68-161) from downtown… Recorded 27 games scoring in double figures, two games with 10+ rebounds, and one double-double… Led the Nets in rebounds three times, in assists once, in steals 11 times and in blocks three times… Missed a total of 10 games due to injury and one due to coach’s decision… Missed three games (12/20-12/23) due to bruised left scapula, five games with a lower abdominal strain (2/3-2/10), and two games (3/29-3/30) with an upper back contusion… Scored a season-high 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting with nine rebounds at MIA on 1/3… Tied a season-high 10 rebounds and set a season-high with five assists in 40 minutes vs. CHI on 12/29… Tallied only double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in 33 minutes at CHI on 12/13… Made his Nets debut with five points in 18 minutes at WAS on 10/29… 2007-08: Averaged 7.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 70 games, including 21 starts… In 21.7 minutes per contest shot .421 (209-of-496) from the field, .351 (60-of- 171) from three and .757 (53-of-70) from the line… Led Milwaukee’s reserves in scoring 21 times (including the last nine games of the season), rebounds nine times and assists eight times… Missed seven games due to illness/ injury including four games (11/27 and 12/7-12/10) due to personal reasons, one game due to a sprained neck (1/19), one game due to lower left leg contusion (2/6) and one game due to food poisoning (3/26)… Earned five DNP-Coach’s Decisions… Earned two DNP-Inactive List… Reached double-digit scoring on 25 occasions… Topped the Bucks in steals 12 times… Tallied a season-high 24 points on 4/1 vs. New York… Snared a season-high 10 rebounds to go along with seven points on 1/25 at Toronto… Appeared in his 300th NBA game on 1/4 against Washington… 2006-07: Did not play due to injury (stress reaction, right heel)... Underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on 12/18/06 to remove bone spurs on his right ankle... Underwent successful surgery on 1/12/07 to address a symptomatic cyst in his right heel bone (calcaneus) and plantar fasciitis of his right foot… 2005-06: Appeared in 75 games for the Bucks (74 starts), posting averages of 13.4 points (2nd on the team), 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 33.8 minutes per game... Finished 12th in the NBA in field goal percentage, hitting on .420 (105-of-250) of his attempts from behind the arc… Scored a season-high 26 points on three occasions (11/29 vs. Dallas, 2/1 at Houston and 3/15 vs. Chicago)... Nailed five three-pointers three times... Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds in Milwaukee’s season opener on 11/1 in Philadelphia... Scored in double-figures 55 times, including 12 20+ point games... Logged four doubledoubles... Led the team in scoring 10 times and in steals 23 times... Missed two games with a sprained right ankle (12/2 - 12/3), four games with a right shoulder contusion (12/12 - 12/17) and one game with plantar fasciitis (right foot) on 2/12... 2004-05: Named 2004-05 NBA Most Improved Player… Averaged career-highs of 16.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.41 steals and 37.3 minutes in 75 games (74 starts) for the Clippers… Shot .466 (474-of- 1,017) from the floor and .846 (231-of-273) from the free throw line… Finished the season ranked 35th in the NBA in points per game (16.4)… Connected on 50 three-point field goals… Led the team in scoring in 12 games and in rebounds in five games… Led the Clippers in assists in six games and in steals in 26 games… Scored in double-figures in 69 games, including 23 games with 20 or more points and two games with a career-high 30 points… Had 10 games with 10 or more rebounds and 10 point/rebound double-doubles... 2003-04: Averaged 7.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 24.6 minutes in 56 games played, including eight starts… Connected on .394 (147-of-373) from the field and .834 (141-of-169) from the line… Missed 16 games while on the Injured List with a sprained left hip (1/19/04 - 2/19/04) while missing an additional five games (3/28/04 - 4/7/04) with an unrelated occurrence of the sprained left hip… 2002-03: Averaged 3.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 10.5 minutes in 36 games for Washington... Connected on .393 (44-of-112) from the field... Led the Wizards in steals three times and blocks twice... Scored in double-figures on five occasions... Also appeared in 14 games with the Mobile Revelers of the D-League... Averaged 17.1 points and 5.2 rebounds in 24.9 minutes per game... Shot 42.2 percent from the field... 2001-02: Averaged 3.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 11.4 minutes in 30 games.
CAREER PLAYOFFS: 2006: Started all five postseason games against Detroit… Averaged 6.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 31.8 minutes per game… Scored 10 points in Games 2 and 3 on 4/26 and 4/29… Grabbed a single game playoff-high six boards in Game 1 on 4/23.
COLLEGE CAREER: Averaged 13.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists over his three-year collegiate career at DePaul... Only player in DePaul history to record 1,000 points, 700 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 three-point field goals ... Ranks 3rd in school history in three-pointers (121), ninth in free throws (336), 14th in rebounding (700) and 17th in scoring (1,263)... 2000-01 (Junior): Averaged 16.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 29 games played... Converted 149-333 FG (.447) ... 1999-00 (Sophomore): Averaged 13.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 33 games played... Connected on 142-308 FG (.461) and 29-89 3FG (.326)... 1998-99 (Freshman): Tallied 11.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 31 games.
PERSONAL: Nicknamed "Silky"… Named All-State, All-City and All-Area by the Chicago Sun-Times as a junior and senior at Simeon (IL) High School… Ranked by ESPN and The Sporting News as one of the Top 40 High School players in 1998… Worked with “A Place Called Home” as part of the Clippers Read to Achieve program by spending time encouraging kids on the importance of reading… During his time with the Clippers, purchased tickets for kids to attend Clippers games as part of his PlayerZone, "Silky's Crew”... During his first season in Milwaukee, served as a spokesman for the St. Michael’s Peace Program... Made several school visits throughout the year as part of the program, teaching various life-skills and preaching the importance of education to kids... Along with teammate Michael Redd, distrubuted over 300 turkey dinners in November of 2005 and 2006 to families in need at the House of Peace... Sponsored a golf outing and two summer camps (one in Chicago and one in Milwaukee) in the summer of 2005... Bought new basketball shoes and various school supplies for all of the campers... Likes to eat chicken and vegetables before games... Listens to his iPod before every game... Likes swimming, bowling and shooting pool.
| CAREER STATISTICS - REGULAR SEASON |
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| FREE THROWS | REBOUNDS | AVERAGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | G | GS | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | DQ | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | RPG | APG | PPG |
| 01-02 | Was | 30 | 3 | 343 | 43 | 95 | .453 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 22 | 30 | .733 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 112 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 02-03 | Was | 36 | 2 | 378 | 44 | 112 | .393 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 32 | 35 | .914 | 33 | 44 | 77 | 20 | 51 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 120 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 03-04 | LAC | 56 | 8 | 1376 | 147 | 373 | .394 | 2 | 12 | .167 | 141 | 169 | .834 | 115 | 147 | 262 | 96 | 169 | 2 | 51 | 73 | 17 | 437 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 7.8 |
| 04-05 | LAC | 75 | 74 | 2799 | 474 | 1017 | .466 | 50 | 115 | .435 | 231 | 273 | .846 | 128 | 318 | 446 | 205 | 227 | 4 | 106 | 135 | 16 | 1229 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 16.4 |
| 05-06 | Mil | 75 | 74 | 2538 | 366 | 808 | .453 | 105 | 250 | .420 | 165 | 200 | .825 | 91 | 242 | 333 | 172 | 254 | 8 | 86 | 123 | 21 | 1002 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 13.4 |
| 06-07 | Mil | DNP- INJURED | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07-08 | Mil | 70 | 21 | 1521 | 209 | 496 | .421 | 60 | 171 | .351 | 53 | 70 | .757 | 67 | 159 | 226 | 80 | 140 | 1 | 50 | 78 | 5 | 531 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 7.6 |
| 08-09 | NJ | 71 | 44 | 1729 | 198 | 441 | .449 | 117 | 262 | .447 | 43 | 58 | .741 | 72 | 205 | 277 | 92 | 186 | 1 | 50 | 62 | 10 | 556 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| Totals | 413 | 226 | 10684 | 1481 | 3342 | .443 | 338 | 829 | .408 | 687 | 835 | .823 | 531 | 1142 | 1673 | 682 | 1058 | 17 | 366 | 493 | 77 | 3987 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 9.7 | |
| CAREER STATISTICS - PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIELD GOALS | 3 POINT FG | FREE THROWS | REBOUNDS | AVERAGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | G | GS | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | DQ | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | RPG | APG | PPG |
| 05-06 | Mil | 5 | 5 | 159 | 14 | 42 | .333 | 0 | 0 | --- | 5 | 12 | .417 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 6.6 |
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 159 | 14 | 42 | .333 | 0 | 0 | --- | 5 | 12 | .417 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 6.6 | |