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PLAYOFFS RECORDS 10-11 REVIEW PLAYERS BBALL OPS FRONT OFFICE<br />
HISTORY<br />
<strong>NBA</strong><br />
MISC.<br />
62<br />
PLAYERS<br />
2005-06<br />
Appeared in 64 games for Denver, averaging 5.4 points and 5.1 rebounds<br />
in 22.9 minutes… Shot a career-best .786 from the free-throw line<br />
(88-1<strong>12</strong>)… Scored in double figures nine times and grabbed 10 or more<br />
rebounds seven times, posting three double-doubles… Led the team in<br />
rebounding six times… Had a season-high 16 points and a season-high<br />
<strong>12</strong> rebounds to go along with a season-high-tying four steals and three<br />
blocked shots on Jan. 18 vs. Cleveland… Had a career-high four blocked<br />
shots vs. Seattle on Dec. 29… Played in four playoff games, starting<br />
three, and averaged 2.0 points and 3.8 rebounds in 22.3 minutes.<br />
2004-05<br />
Appeared in 68 games for Golden State and Denver, averaging 5.2 points<br />
and 3.6 rebounds in 17.4 minutes… Traded by Golden State along with<br />
Luis Flores to Denver in exchange for Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Rodney White<br />
on February 24… In 42 games for the Warriors prior to being traded,<br />
averaged 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds in 14.5 minutes… Led the Warriors<br />
in scoring once, rebounds once and assists once… In 26 games with<br />
the Nuggets following the trade, averaged 6.9 points and 4.8 rebounds<br />
in 22.1 minutes… Scored in double figures 11 times on the season,<br />
including eight with Denver… Posted two double-doubles – one with<br />
each club… Led the Nuggets in rebounding three times… Played just<br />
<strong>12</strong> total minutes in two playoff games due to a 4th metacarpal fracture<br />
in his right hand.<br />
2003-04<br />
Appeared in 58 games for Dallas, including seven starts… Averaged 3.0<br />
points and 2.7 rebounds in <strong>12</strong>.4 minutes per contest… Scored in double<br />
figures three times and posted one game with double-figure rebounds…<br />
Recorded his lone double-double of the season with season highs of 11<br />
points and 11 rebounds on Dec. 2 vs. Washington... Played in five playoff<br />
games, averaging 2.4 points, and 3.4 rebounds in 11.4 minutes.<br />
2002-03<br />
Appeared in 48 games for Dallas, including <strong>12</strong> starts… Averaged 6.7<br />
points and 4.6 rebounds in 23.0 minutes per game... Shot a team-best<br />
and career-high .558 from the field (<strong>12</strong>9-231)... Scored in double figures<br />
<strong>12</strong> times and had three games with 10 or more rebounds, posting three<br />
double-doubles… Scored a season-high 16 points on Nov. 9 vs. Detroit…<br />
Scored 14 points and grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds on Nov. 21 vs.<br />
Houston... Played in 19 playoff games, starting five, as the Mavericks<br />
advanced to the Western Conference Finals… Averaged 6.1 points and<br />
3.9 rebounds in 20.7 minutes… Scored in double figures three times<br />
during the postseason.<br />
2001-02<br />
Appeared in 61 games for Dallas, including 11 starts… Averaged 6.5<br />
points and 5.5 rebounds in 21.9 minutes… Shot .500 from the field (150-<br />
300)… Scored in double figures 14 times and had 10 or more rebounds<br />
seven times, tallying six double-doubles… In 11 games as a starter,<br />
averaged 8.9 points and 7.5 rebounds… Scored a career-high 19 points<br />
on Feb. 26 at the L.A. Clippers… Grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in a<br />
career-high 42 minutes on April 11 vs. Houston… Had a career-high six<br />
steals on Jan. 21 vs. New Jersey… Played in eight playoff games, starting<br />
four, and averaged 4.6 points and 1.6 rebounds… Scored a playoff<br />
career-high 13 points in Game Two of the Western Conference first round<br />
against Minnesota.<br />
<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> CHARLOTTE BOBCATS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
2000-01<br />
Appeared in 40 games as a rookie for Dallas, starting four times… Averaged<br />
3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 10.8 minutes... Shot .523 from the<br />
field (58-111)… Scored a season-high 10 points vs. Milwaukee on Oct.<br />
31 in his first career <strong>NBA</strong> start… Tallied nine points and a career-high<br />
<strong>12</strong> rebounds in 27 minutes vs. Boston on Feb. 22… Appeared in seven<br />
playoff games, averaging 3.0 points and 2.1 rebounds in 6.3 minutes.<br />
COLLEGE:<br />
Named Third-Team All-America by The Associated Press and the National<br />
Association of Basketball Coaches as a senior after averaging 18.4 points<br />
and 9.2 rebounds... Received the Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award<br />
from the Basketball Hall of Fame, an award given to a player who has<br />
demonstrated personal character both on and off the court… Named First<br />
Team All-Big <strong>12</strong> and selected to the Big <strong>12</strong> All-Defensive Team… Ranked<br />
25th in the nation in rebounding… Finished Oklahoma career ranked<br />
third in minutes played (3,856), fourth in steals (193), fifth in rebounds<br />
(910), sixth in blocked shots (89), seventh in field goal attempts (1,423),<br />
eighth in points scored (1,646), ninth in field goals (6<strong>12</strong>), 10th in free<br />
throws (337) and 10th in free throw attempts (504)... As a junior, led the<br />
team in scoring (15.5) and rebounding (8.3) and ranked second in assists<br />
(2.2), steals (1.8) and blocks (0.8), en route to Second Team All-Big <strong>12</strong><br />
honors… As a sophomore, ranked third on team in scoring (10.5) and in<br />
rebounding (5.4)... Named to the Big <strong>12</strong> All-Freshman Team and finished<br />
second in Big <strong>12</strong> Freshman of the Year voting after averaging 7.0 points<br />
and a team-high 5.6 rebounds.<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Last name pronounced Na-he-RAH… Full name is Eduardo Alonso<br />
Najera… The son of Servando Najera and Rosa Irene Perez… He and<br />
his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter and two sons…. In 2004, launched<br />
the Eduardo Najera Foundation for Latin Achievement in order to help<br />
less privileged children receive a college education… Took part in the<br />
first-ever Basketball without Borders Americas Tournament in Rio de<br />
Janeiro, Brazil, in 2004… Since joining the <strong>NBA</strong>, has held more than 30<br />
basketball clinics throughout Mexico, organizing events in several states<br />
including Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Chiapas… Along with<br />
the <strong>NBA</strong>, the US Fund for UNICEF and Pier 1, hosted a fundraising event<br />
for children of war-torn Afghanistan.
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