POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 6-9
WEIGHT: 235
BIRTHDATE: February 6, 1985
BIRTHPLACE: Minneapolis, Minn.
COLLEGE:Minnesota
HIGH SCHOOL: Hopkins, Minn.
DRAFTED:Utah, First Round (14th Overall), 2004 NBA Draft
ACQUIRED: From Dallas, January 11, 2010
CONTRACT STATUS: Signed Through 2010-11 season
YEARS PRO: 5
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Utah in the first round (14th overall pick) of the 2004 NBA Draft… Traded with Robert Whaley to Toronto for Rafael Araujo (6/8/06)... Signed contract extension (10/31/07)... Acquired with Shawn Marion, Nathan Jawai and cash considerations from Toronto for Antoine Wright and Devean George in a deal that also sent Greg Buckner to Dallas from Memphis in exchange for Jerry Stackhouse and cash considerations, a second round pick and cash considerations from Toronto to Memphis, and Hedo Turkoglu from Orlando to Toronto for cash considerations from Dallas and Toronto (7/9/09).
2008-09:Averaged 3.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 9.1 minutes in 29 games for Toronto... 10+ points 3 times… Led bench with season-highs 14 points and 9 rebounds in 16 minutes vs. MIA (11/16/08)… Bench-high 11 points and 5 rebounds vs. BOS (11/23/08)… 10 points in 11 minutes at GS (12/29/09)… Missed 5 games (12/5-12/08) with right knee tendonitis… DND-sprained right toe vs. PHI (11/12/08)… Missed final 38 games of season with a fractured right fibula, sustained during the 4th quarter vs. PHO (1/18/09).
PRO CAREER:In five NBA seasons, averages 4.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 11.6 minutes in 288 games (8 starts) for Utah and Toronto… 2007-08: Averaged career-highs of 5.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 13.2 minutes in a career-high 70 appearances… Led team in rebounding 7 times and the bench in scoring 11 times… 10+ points in 17 games and 2 double-doubles… Shot 52.5% (64-122 FGs) from the field and averaged 10.5 points and 6.2 rebounds in 15 Dec., games...season-high 14 rebounds vs. UTA (11/14/07)… Career-high tying 17 points and 6 rebounds vs. CHA (12/3/07)… Career-high tying 17 points at IND (12/14/07)... Bench-high 14 points and 4 rebounds at WAS (1/29/08)… 12 points (6-6 FGs), 6 rebounds off bench vs. SEA (3/8/08)… 14 points and team-high 7 rebounds at CHI (4/16/08). 2006-07: Averaged 3.8 points and 3.1 rebounds in 60 games (2 starts)… Averaged 7.0 points and 7.1 rebounds over the final 10 games of the season (3/30–4/18/07)… First start as a Raptor at LAC (12/20/06) and had 3 points, 2 rebounds in 13 minutes… Season-high 16 points (7-7 FGs) in 21 minutes at HOU (2/28/07)… 10 rebounds vs. MIA (3/28/07) for first double-digit rebounding effort of the season… Career-high 18 rebounds, career-high tying 3 blocks and career-high 33 minutes vs. DET (4/13/07)… Missed 6 of 7 games from 11/14-28/06 with a sprained right ankle… 16 DNP-CDs.
2005-06: Averaged 3.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 10.0 minutes in 22 games (2 starts) for UTA… Season-highs 16 points and 10 rebounds at PHO (11/18/05) for second career double-double… Career-high 4 assists at CLE (12/20/05)… 8 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks at DEN (1/20/06)… Career-high 3 steals vs. SEA (1/25/06)… 20 DNP-CDs. 2004-05: Averaged 4.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 13.0 minutes in 67 games (4 starts) for UTA…10+ points 6 times… 2 games with 10+ rebounds… First career start at LAL (2/15/05)… 12 rebounds vs. LAC (2/28/05)… Career-high 17 points vs. MIL (3/26/05)… First career double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds at GS (4/20/05)… Missed 9 games (11/16-27/04) with right knee patella tendonitis.
CAREER PLAYOFFS:In 9 career playoff games, averages 1.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 7.9 minutes… 2008: Appeared in 3 games, going scoreless in 3 minutes. 2007: Saw the first postseason action of his career, averaging 1.5 points and 2.8 rebounds in 11.5 minutes in the first round series vs. NJ… Postseason-highs of 5 points and 6 rebounds in Game 1.
COLLEGE CAREER: Played one season at Minnesota before declaring as an early entry for the NBA Draft… Became first freshman to lead the Big Ten in scoring (21.7 ppg) and rebounding (10.1 rpg) in the same season… Named 2004 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team by the media and coaches… Scored in double-figures 29 times, with 16 double-doubles… Set a school record for points in a season by a freshman (629)… Set a school single-game scoring mark with 36 points at Indiana (2/18/04)… Had a streak of 8 consecutive 20-point games, including 24 points, 13 rebounds against Indiana, 24 points, 8 rebounds vs. Wisconsin and 23 points, 9 rebounds against Illinois.
PERSONAL CAPSULE: Father, William, played football at the University of Minnesota, lettering from 1979-82 as an offensive lineman. Sister, Kaela, swam for the University of Texas. Named 2004 Mr. Basketball in the state of Minnesota by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and College Basketball News. Was a member of the 2002 U. S. Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament Team.
| CAREER STATISTICS - REGULAR SEASON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| 04-05 | UTAH | 67 | 4 | 873 | 116 | 287 | 0.404 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 44 | 101 | 0.436 | 73 | 124 | 197 | 43 | 96 | 0 | 25 | 52 | 18 | 278 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| 05-06 | UTAH | 62 | 2 | 619 | 77 | 203 | 0.379 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 34 | 65 | 0.523 | 56 | 101 | 157 | 30 | 82 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 188 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 06-07 | TOR | 60 | 2 | 670 | 87 | 185 | 0.470 | 0 | 0 | --- | 53 | 79 | 0.671 | 78 | 109 | 187 | 18 | 98 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 21 | 227 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| 07-08 | TOR | 70 | 0 | 925 | 161 | 333 | 0.483 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 75 | 124 | 0.605 | 90 | 169 | 259 | 28 | 107 | 0 | 25 | 47 | 28 | 397 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 08-09 | TOR | 29 | 0 | 265 | 38 | 90 | 0.422 | 0 | 0 | --- | 38 | 48 | 0.792 | 24 | 46 | 70 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 114 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| Totals | 288 | 8 | 3352 | 479 | 1098 | 0.436 | 2 | 13 | 0.154 | 244 | 417 | 0.585 | 321 | 549 | 870 | 129 | 414 | 1 | 95 | 170 | 89 | 1204 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 4.2 | |
| 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 |
| 06-07 | TOR | 6 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | --- | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 07-08 | TOR | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 9 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | --- | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |