Steve Blake Bio College: Point Guard and All-America Candidate Who Has
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Steve Blake Bio College: Point guard and All-America candidate who has played his way among the country's elite ball-handlers and playmakers … has developed a knack for crunch-time scoring in big games, and has put up his best numbers against the Terps' best competition … Maryland is 82-25 with a national championship and two trips to the Final Four, with Blake as its starting point guard through three college seasons … Maryland's all-time assists leader with 751 … already boasts three of Maryland's top four seasons for assists, including 248 as a sophomore and 286 as a junior … averages 7.3 points and 7.0 assists per game through his career … ACC assist leader the past two seasons including a Maryland season record of 7.9 per game while leading the Terps to an ACC regular season title and the NCAA championship … enters his senior season ranked fifth among ACC career leaders in assist average (7.02) … is ninth in ACC history in career assists (751) … is on pace to challenge the top assist-makers in NCAA and ACC history and become just the fourth college player ever to register 1,000 assists (Bobby Hurley, Duke, 1,076; Chris Corchiani, NC State, 1,038; Ed Cota, North Carolina, 1,030) … needs 221 points and 249 assists to reach 1,000 points and 1,000 assists in his career … ranks seventh in school history with 118 career 3-pointers … ranks sixth in school history with 184 steals … starter in 105 of 107 games since arriving at Maryland as a true freshman, including 78 consecutive. NBA: Selected by Washington in the second round (38th pick overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft ... Signed with Portland as a free agent 9/19/05 ... Acquired by Milwaukee from Portland along with Ha Seung-Jin and Brian Skinner for Jamaal Magloire 7/31/06 ... Acquired by Denver from Milwaukee in exchange for Earl Boykins 1/11/07 ... Signed with Portland as a free agent 7/13/07 ... Acquired by the LA Clippers from Portland along with Travis Outlaw and cash considerations in exchange for Marcus Camby ... Has recorded 16 career 20+ point games, two 10+ rebound games, 29 10+ assist games, 18 double-doubles and one triple-double (23 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists 4/14/10 vs. LA Lakers). James Jones Bio College: A successful performer both on and off the court...an accomplished student who became the Hurricanes' first Verizon Academic All-American in 2002-03...earned BIG EAST All-Academic honors each of his four seasons...Verizon second-team Academic All-American...carries a 3.405 GPA in Finance...started 89 consecutive games for the Hurricanes ranking third on UM's career list...ranks third on Miami's career blocked shot list with 192...ranks third on UM's career list for games played (122)...ranks 11th on UM's career scoring list with 1,356 points. NBA: Has appeared in 498 regular season games and has made 83 starts in his nine-year NBA career…has averaged 6.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 18.3 minutes while shooting 40.1 percent from the floor, 40.2 percent from three-point range and 85.5 percent from the foul line…has missed a total of 127 games due to injury, 10 games as a healthy scratch on the inactive list and has been a DNP-CD on 87 occasions…has scored in double figures on 117 occasions, including 12 games with at least 20 points (10 have come off the bench)…his longest streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures is five (Nov. 1-10, 2005)…has grabbed double-figure rebounds on five occasions and recorded four double-doubles…has shot at least 82 percent from the foul line every season of his career…his career high for consecutive free throws made is 45 (Jan. 5, 2007-Mar. 29, 2007)…61.1 percent of his made field goals are three- pointers and 60.9 percent of his field goal attempts are from three-point range…his longest streak of consecutive games with at least one three-point field goal made is 14 and it has occurred twice (Feb. 11, 2007-Mar. 14, 2007 and Mar. 25, 2010-Nov. 19, 2010)…has hit at least one three-point field goal in a game 308 times and recorded multiple treys in 168 games…his longest streak of consecutive games with a steal is seven (Apr. 20, 2005-Nov. 12, 2005)…his longest streak of consecutive games with a block is six and has occurred twice (Mar. 28, 2009-Apr. 7, 2009 and Feb. 9-23, 2007)…has registered 25 multi-steal and 36 multi-block games…ranks among Miami’s all-time leaders in three-point field goal percentage (4th), three-point field goals made (11th) and three-point field goals attempted (12th)…has appeared in 84 NBA postseason games (19 starts) and has averaged 4.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 17.0 minutes while shooting 42.3 percent from the floor, 39.6 percent from three-point range and 86.3 percent from the foul line…is shooting 95.9 percent (47-49) from the foul line in postseason play as a member of the HEAT…has scored in double figures in 11 postseason contests, including one 20-point effort. .