2005-06 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Finished with averages of 8.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 4.5 apg and 26.2 mpg - all career highs in three NBA seasons … Ranked third in the NBA in assists per turnover ratio (3.69) and 16th 3-point FG pct. (.413) … After sitting 12 of the first 18 games by coach's decision, missed only two games for the remainder of the season … Dished a career-high 13 assists and tallied 19 points to go with four rebounds in first Trail Blazer start Dec. 16 vs. Seattle ... Matched that total with 13 dimes to go with 18 points March 12 vs. Phoenix ... Hit for a season-high 20 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer to force overtime Jan. 22 vs. Dallas … Collected 11 assists Jan. 1 vs. L.A. Clippers ... Scored 19 points and dished five assists with three rebounds March 1 vs. L.A. Lakers ... Put up 19 points and dished nine assists with no turnovers Jan. 11 vs. L.A. Lakers ... Went 4-for-5 from 3-point range for 17 points and had six assists Jan. 13 vs. Orlando ... Logged 14 points, four rebounds and three assists Feb. 27 at Sacramento ... Grabbed five rebounds on Dec. 18 vs. Washington.
PRO CAREER
2004-05: Appeared in 44 games with one start ... Averaged 4.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and a career-high 1.5 assists ... Missed 29 games because of injury ... Activated 11/20 after missing first eight games of season recovering from right ankle surgery performed in the off-season ... Sat out 11 games (from 12/3 to 12/26) with a left foot arch strain, then was sidelined for another 11 (from 1/6 to 1/26) with a sprained left ankle ... Scored a season-high 17 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out 5 assists vs. Sacramento 2/27 ... Tied his season high 3/16 at Atlanta with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting ... Posted a season-high 6 assists at Boston 12/31 ... Pulled down season-high eight rebounds at Chicago 2/25 ... Tied his career high with 5 three-pointers en route to a 15-point performance vs. Utah 3/19 ... 2003-04: Averaged 5.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 75 games (14 starts) as a rookie ... Shooting percentages included 38.6% field goals, 37.1% three-pointers and 82.1% free throws ... Posted first double-double of his career with 16 points and a career-high 10 rebounds at Utah 3/23 ... Put in a career-high 21 points while matching his career-high five triples vs. Miami on 3/21 ... Distributed a career-high eight assists at New Jersey 1/14 ... Came up with career-high four steals vs. New York 12/14 ... Registered seven points and five assists in his first career start 12/6 vs. Milwaukee.
PLAYOFF HISTORY
(4 games, 0 starts) ... 2005: Appeared in four games with Washington during the 2005 playoffs ... logged a total of two points, two assists and three rebounds in four games (saw 17 minutes of action).
COLLEGE
As a junior, started in the backcourt along with new Trail Blazer Juan Dixon on the University of Maryland’s 2002 NCAA Championship team ... First team All-ACC at Maryland as a senior . . . Finished his four-year collegiate career as the Terrapins’ all-time leader in assists with 972, the fifth highest total in NCAA history and the fourth highest ever in the Atlantic Coast Conference . . . Became the first player in ACC history to record at least 1,000 points, 800 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals . . . Maryland’s all-time leader in games played (136) and minutes played (4,312) . . . Posted 23 games with 10 or more assists . . . Averaged 11.6 points as a senior and ranked seventh in the NCAA with 7.1 assists per game . . . Scored a career-high 27 points vs. George Washington . . . Was second in the NCAA in assists as a junior, averaging 7.9 points a contest . . . Set Maryland’s single-season assists record that year with 286 . . . Dished out 11 assists in Maryland’s NCAA Final Four defeat of Kansas . . . Led the ACC in assists as a sophomore (6.9 apg), becoming the first Terrapin to do so since John Lucas in 1974 . . . Averaged 7.0 points and 6.2 assists as a freshman and was named to the All-ACC freshman team.
Personal
Majored in criminology and criminal justice at Maryland ... Played his prep basketball at national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy at Mouth of Wilson, Va., and graduated fourth in his senior class ... married to Kristen ... loves to eat whatever his wife cooks ... Is the youngest of four children with three older sisters ... if he could design his own uniform, he would pick green and red as the colors ... loves to watch other sports, including the NFL, college football and college basketball ... his favorite NFL team is the Miami Dolphins ... his favorite college football team is the Miami Hurricanes ... his favorite college basketball team is, understandably, the Maryland Terps ... has a bullmastiff dog named Nala, a chihuahua named Bella and a cat named Peekaboo ... a person he would love to meet someday is Tiger Woods (and play a round of golf with him) ... says he’s not superstitious.
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