CAREER HIGHS

CAREER PLAYOFF HIGHS

POSITION: Guard
HEIGHT: 6-5
WIGHT: 200
BIRTDATE: October 3, 1985
BIRTHPLACE: Indianapolis, IN
COLLEGE: Western Kentucky
HIGH SCHOOL: Pike (Indianapolis, IN)
DRAFTED: First Round (22nd overall) of the 2008 NBA Draft by Orlando.
ACQUIRED: From Orlando, June 25, 2009  
CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2010-11 season (TO- 2011-12)
YEARS PRO: 1

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Orlando in the First Round (22nd overall) of the 2008 NBA Draft… Traded from Orlando to New Jersey along with Rafer Alston and Tony Battie in exchange for Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson on June 25, 2009.

2008-09: Played in 77 games during his rookie campaign with Orlando, averaging 8.4 ppg., 2.3 rpg. and 1.2 apg. in 25.2 mpg… Shot .404 (82-203) from three-point range and .830 (78-94) from the free throw line… Made 42 starts, averaging 10.1 ppg., 2.9 rpg., 1.4 apg. and 1.07 spg. in 29.7 mpg. during that span… Tied for 34th overall in the NBA in three-point FG percentage… Also ranked among all NBA rookies in scoring (13th), rebounding (19th), assists (11th), three-point FG percentage (3rd) and steals (6th, 0.99 stlpg.)… Led (or tied) the team in scoring once… Scored in double figures 33 times and had 20+ points twice, including a career-high 22 points on 3/23 at New York… Recorded at least one steal 45 times, including a career-best three steals seven times, the last on 4/11 at New Jersey… Made first NBA start on 1/6 vs. Washington (8 pts., 3 rebs., 2 asts., 2 stls., 1 blk., 28 mins.) and made NBA debut on 11/3 vs. Chicago (2 pts., 2 stls., 20 mins.)… DNP-CD five times (10/ 29-11/1, 6, 21).

CAREER PLAYOFFS: 2009: During the postseason, played in 21 games (made 16 starts) and averaged 8.0 ppg., 1.9 rpg. and 1.3 apg. in 26.2 mpg., helping the Magic reach the NBA Finals… Poured in playoff career-high 24 points on Apr. 22 vs. Philadelphia.

COLLEGE CAREER: Played four seasons at Western Kentucky University, averaging 17.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.91 steals in 127 career games… Started every game he played at WKU… Also shot .401 (245-611) from three-point range and .817 (389-476) during his collegiate career… Named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference for three consecutive seasons (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08) and was the 2007-08 Sun Belt Player of the Year… Left WKU tied with Jim McDaniels as their all-time leading scorer with 2,238 points… Also ranks first in games started (127), minutes played (3,957) and free throw percentage (.817), second in three-point field goals made (245) and steals (242), sixth in three-point field goal percentage (.401), and ninth in assists (281) and blocked shots (78)… As a senior (2007-08), Lee averaged 20.4 ppg., which ranked second in the Sun Belt and 28th in the nation, and led the Hilltoppers to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament… Netted 20-or-more points 19 times and had 30-plus points three times, including a career-high 33 points vs. Arkansas State… Scored 735 points, which ranks third all-time in school history for points during a single season… Also ranked fifth in the conference in steals (1.81 stlpg.) and seventh in free throw percentage (.822)… During his junior campaign (2006-07), averaged a team-high 17.3 ppg. (fifth in Sun Belt) and shot a team-best .840 from the free throw line… Scored 20-or-more points 13 times… As a sophomore, led the Hilltoppers in rebounding (6.3 rpg.), assists (2.9 apg.) and steals (2.57 stlpg.), while ranking second in scoring (17.4 ppg.)… Also set a school freshman record in 2004-05 with 461 points in 31 games.

PERSONAL: Received a degree in sociology from Western Kentucky, with a minor in criminology… Earned WKU’s highest athletic honor, receiving the John O. Oldham Award as the school’s male athlete of the year in July of 2008… Decided to wear #11 to honor Daniel Rumph, who wore the number when he was his teammate at WKU… Rumph died of a heart condition while playing pick-up basketball in 2005 and Lee credits him for keeping him in school after a homesick freshman season.