Born: April 2, 1986
Height: 6’11” / 2.11 m
Weight: 240 lbs / 109 kg
Current Team: Utah Jazz, NBA
Hometown: Riga, Latvia
Stats:
YEAR | Team | Minutes | Points | Rebound | Assist | Steals | Blocks | 2-pt FG% | 3-pt FG% | FT% |
12/13 | Golden State | 9.3 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 47.6% | 0.0% | 30.8% |
11/12 | Golden State | 15.8 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 60.9% | 0.0% | 11.1% |
10/11 | Golden State | 23.7 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | -0.9 | 53.4% | – – % | 32.3% |
Bio:
2004-05 (Golden State): Appeared in 30 games (one start), averaging 3.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 12.8 minutes…Was the youngest player in the NBA in 2004-05 and became the youngest player ever to appear in a game for Golden State when he made his NBA debut as an 18-year-old…After appearing in just five of the team’s first 57 games during rookie campaign, played in each of the final 25 games of the season — averaging 4.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.88 blocks while shooting 59.7% (43-72 FG) from the field in 14.4 minutes over those 25 contests…Eight points and a career-high 11 rebounds vs. Portland (4/15)…Made first career start at Sacramento (3/20) and posted first career double-double with a career-high 12 points and 10 rebounds in a career-high 27 minutes…Eight points and 10 rebounds at Indiana (3/11)…Eight points at Detroit (3/9)…Averaged 6.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.73 blocks when logging 15-or-more minutes (11 times)…Made NBA debut vs. Utah (11/5), registering one point and one rebound in seven minutes…10-or-more points once…10-or-more rebounds four times…One double-double…Led the team in rebounds twice, steals twice and blocks four times…DNP-CD 17 times.
Achievements:
Eurobasket.com All-Latvian League 1st Team -04
Eurobasket.com All-Latvian League Domestic Players Team -04
NBA Western Conference Semifinals -07
Latvian National Team -07-09, 13
European Championships in Spain -07
European Championships in Poland -09