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2001-02:
Won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Award and was named to the All-Rookie First Team... Finished the season averaging 17.6 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 2.06 bpg and 2.7 apg in 82 games ... Was the NBA’s got milk? Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November, January and March ... Finished first among all rookies in scoring, rebounds, blocks, field goal percentage and blocks ... Finished second among rookies in minutes and eighth in assists ... Only Grizzlie to play all 82 games ... Led the Grizzlies in scoring 37 times and rebounding 43 times ... Scored in double figures in 72 of 82 games, including 30 games with 20+ points and three games with 30+ points ... Scored in double figures in 24 straight games from Jan. 6-Feb. 26/02 ... Had 10+ rebounds in 39 games and had 35 double-doubles ... Twice tied a team and individual record with seven blocks in a
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game ... Had a career-high 32 points to go along with 14 rebounds on Apr. 5/02 vs. Houston ... Had 31 points on Jan. 8/02 vs. Toronto ... Had 30 points on 11-14 shooting and 10 rebounds on Feb. 7/02 at Milwaukee ... Had 26 points and a career-high 17 rebounds vs. Orlando on Jan.19/02 ... Narrowly missed a triple-double on Apr. 14/02 at Houston, as he tallied 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists ... In his first NBA start, on Nov. 6/02 at Phoenix, he scored 27 points.
PRE-NBA
An early entry candidate for the 2001 NBA Draft ... Member of one of the top teams in the ACB, the top professional basketball league in Spain ... Was a member of teams that won the ACB Championship and Junior World Championship in 1999 ... Playing for Barcelona's junior team, he was an integral part of the team that won the 1998 Albert Schweitzer Tournament and the 1998 European Junior Championship ... Was named MVP of the Spanish National Cup (Copa del Rey) after leading team to victory in Malaga, Spain ... Delivered a breakthrough season in 2000-01 as a 20-year-old playing for F.C. Barcelona ... Played in 29 of team's first 33 games, averaging 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds in 23.8 minutes.
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