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DRAFTED:
Selected in the second round (42nd overall pick) of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers.
2006-07 SEASON:
Played in 60 games (16 starts)…averaged 4.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 16.5 minutes per game…in his 16 starts, averaged 8.8 points on .539 shooting, 2.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 25.6 minutes…among all rookies, ranked third in three point percentage (.419) and tied for eighth in three-pointers made (52)…scored a career-high 19 points and tied his season high with four three-pointers at Miami on Feb. 1…dished out his season high of five assists on three occasions (Jan. 26 at Philadelphia, Jan. 28 versus Phoenix and Feb. 14 at Utah)…put up 18 points, five rebounds and two assists versus Toronto in his first career start on Dec. 6…shot a team-best .419 from three-point range (52-124); his 52 three-pointers ranked third for most three-pointers made by a Cavaliers rookie in team history behind LeBron James (63 in 2003-04) and Dajuan Wagner (55 in 2002-03)…led or tied for the team lead in assists five times and in steals on four occasions…scored 10 or more points on nine occasions (Cavs were 6-3) and made three or more three-point field goals in five games…averaged 13.3 points on .565 shooting, including .571 (8-14) from three-point range and 4.0 rebounds from Dec. 6-11…over a four-game stretch from Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, averaged 12.0 points on .538 (14-26) shooting and 3.3 assists; connected on 11-15 (.733) from three-point range over that span…missed game on Feb. 15 with a sprained left great toe and missed eight consecutive games from March 3-17 with a left great toe sprain…was placed on the Inactive List in 15 games…was a DNP-CD on seven occasions.
NBA PLAYOFF CAREER:
Played in all 20 games (two starts) during the 2007 Playoffs…averaged 8.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 20.1 minutes per game…became the first rookie since Sam Cassell in 1994 to average double figures in the NBA Finals as he averaged 10.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game against the Spurs…averaged 13.5 points on .462 shooting in the conference finals versus Detroit…made 12-24 (.500) from three-point range and 33-37 (.892) from the free throw line against Detroit…scored a postseason-best 31 points, including tying a franchise record with 25 points in the second half and setting a franchise record for points in a quarter with 19 in the fourth in Game 6 versus Detroit…his 12 three-pointers in the conference finals tied for the second most in a playoff series by a Cavalier…put up 21 points on 4-7 shooting and made all 12 free throw attempts in Game 4 versus Detroit…became just the fourth rookie to shoot 12-12 or better from the free throw line in a postseason game (Bob Leonard, Elgin Baylor and Magic Johnson)…averaged 21.0 points on .565 shooting (.583 from the three-point line and .909 from the free throw line) in Games 4-6 of the conference finals…ranked first among all rookies in the postseason in three-pointers made (27) and second in three-point percentage (.409)…made his career playoff debut in Game 1 versus Washington playing one minute.
COLLEGE CAREER:
Played two seasons at Texas and averaged 13.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 68 games (all starts)…named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press following his sophomore season...averaged 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game as a sophomore…earned First-Team NABC All-District 9 honors and was named All-Big 12 Third Team…set a school record for most three-point field goals made in a season (101)…one of 16 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award given to the nation’s top point guard…scored in double figures in 24 games…hit nine three-pointers on his way to a career-high 37 points on Jan. 21 at Baylor…hit four or more three-pointers in a game 10 times…named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year after his freshman season in which he averaged 14.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game…named All-Big 12 Third Team and became the first freshman in school history to lead Texas in scoring…scored in double figures in 24 of 31 games.
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