Sports star: Andrei Kirilenko Basketball Player

Andrei Kirilenko

Profile:

Teams:     Utah Jazz
Position:     Small and Power Forward
Jersey Number:     47
Height:     6-9 / 2.06 m
Weight:     227 lbs. / 103 kg.
Nickname:     AK-47
All-Star:     Once (2004)
NBA Titles:     NBA Championship Trophy none
Born:     February 18, 1981 in Izhevsk, Russian Federation
High-School:     Frunzenskaya Sport School in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Drafted:     by the Utah Jazz in the 1st round (24th pick, 24th overall) of the 1999 NBA draft.

Biography:
Played in 80 of the 82 games on the season, scoring a career-high 12.0 points and 5.3 rebounds, while playing 27.7 minutes per game...Missed the first two games of his career (November 15, 2002 at Detroit and November 17, 2002 at Toronto) due to a strained lower back... Scored a career-high 30 points at the Los Angeles Lakers on December 8, 2002, connecting on 8-12 field goals (4-4 from 3-point range) and 10-10 from the line... Registered 52 double-figure scoring games with six games of 20+ points... Scored the 1,000th point of his career vs. Phoenix on November 19, 2002...Connected on .491 percent from the field, third best on the team, good for 17th in the league... Third on the team in free throw percentage, hitting .800 percent from the line (296-370) and went 37-114 from the 3-point line (.325%)... Finished as the team's fourth leading rebounder, with a career-high 12 vs. New York on April 4, 2003 and had four games of +10 rebounds... Lead the team in blocked shots for the second straight season, averaging 2.20 blocks per game, good for 8th in the league... Blocked at least one shot
in 70 of his 80 games, with a season-high and career-high tying six three times (vs. Philadelphia on December 28, 2002; vs. New Jersey on January 20, 2003 and vs. Los Angeles Clippers on March 22, 2003)...Third on the team in steals, averaging 1.47 steals per games (29th in the league), with a season-high five at Milwaukee on January 3, 2003...Served up a career-high six assists at Milwaukee on January 3, 2003... Participated on the sophomore team in the Got Milk Rookie Challenge during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Atlanta, scoring 13 points (6-10 FGs), with five rebounds, two steals and one block in 27 minutes.

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