Eduardo Najera - 14 Full name: Eduardo Alonso Najera Perez Position: Forward Height: 6-8 Weight: 235 Birthday: July 11, 1976 Birthplace: Meoqui, Chihuahua, Mexico High School: Cornerstone Christian Academy High School (San Antonio, Texas) College: Oklahoma '00 2000 Houston draft pick, 2nd round (#38) Acquired from Houston 6/28/00 along with a 2nd round draft pick in 2001 for the rights to #31 Dan Langhi Signed a 2 year, minimum contract 7/7/00 Traded to Golden State 8/24/04 with Christian Laettner, the draft rights to Luis Flores, the draft rights to Mladen Sekularac, Dallas' 1997 1st round draft pick, a Philadelphia 1st round draft pick, and cash to Golden State for Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer, and the draft rights to Steve Logan. Acquired from New Jersey 1/10/10 for Kris Humphries and Shawne Williams Traded 7/13/10 with Erick Dampier, Matt Carroll, and cash to Charlotte for Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinca. Year GP-GS MIN AVG FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT 00-01 40-4 431 10.8 58-111 0.523 1-3 0.333 14-33 0.424 01-02 62-11 1357 21.9 150-300 0.500 0-2 0.000 100-148 0.676 02-03 48-12 1103 23.0 129-231 0.558 0-1 0.000 62-91 0.681 03-04 58-7 720 12.4 72-162 0.444 2-4 0.500 30-46 0.652 09-10 33-3 481 14.6 42-93 0.452 16-47 0.340 8-12 0.667 Total 241-37 4092 17.0 451-897 0.503 19-57 0.333 214-330 0.648 | Rebounds | Year OFF DEF TOT AVG AST AVG PF-D STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI 00-01 41 54 95 2.4 27 0.7 48-0 13 17 8 131 3.3 10 01-02 149 193 342 5.5 38 0.6 156-2 56 40 30 400 6.5 19 02-03 90 133 223 4.6 47 1.0 129-1 40 23 22 320 6.7 16 03-04 67 89 156 2.7 25 0.4 90-1 35 29 19 176 3.0 11 09-10 22 55 77 2.3 14 0.4 61-0 17 13 12 108 3.3 11 Total 369 524 893 3.7 151 0.6 484-4 161 122 91 1135 4.7 19 Playoffs Year GP-GS MIN AVG FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT 00-01 7-0 44 6.3 9-17 0.529 3-4 0.750 0-0 0.000 01-02 8-4 122 15.2 16-23 0.696 0-0 0.000 5-8 0.625 02-03 19-5 394 20.7 39-86 0.453 0-0 0.000 38-48 0.792 03-04 5-0 57 11.4 5-11 0.455 0-0 0.000 2-2 1.000 09-10 5-0 36 7.2 2-8 0.250 0-5 0.000 0-0 0.000 Total 44-9 653 14.8 71-145 0.490 3-9 0.333 45-58 0.776 | Rebounds | Year OFF DEF TOT AVG AST AVG PF-D STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI 00-01 7 8 15 2.1 1 0.1 8-0 1 1 1 21 3.0 10 01-02 3 10 13 1.6 1 0.1 22-0 3 2 0 37 4.6 13 02-03 36 38 74 3.9 15 0.8 53-1 14 16 4 116 6.1 12 03-04 10 7 17 3.4 3 0.6 12-0 3 2 2 12 2.4 6 09-10 5 4 9 1.8 0 0.0 8-0 2 1 0 4 0.8 2 Total 61 67 128 2.9 20 0.5 103-1 23 22 7 190 4.3 13 Oklahoma stats Year GP-GS MIN AVG FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT 96-97 30-16 739 24.6 72-178 0.404 3-15 0.200 64-92 0.696 97-98 30-20 855 28.5 119-280 0.425 13-49 0.265 64-101 0.634 98-99 32-32 1100 34.4 187-451 0.415 51-149 0.342 70-109 0.642 99-00 34-34 1162 34.2 234-514 0.455 18-82 0.220 139-202 0.688 Total 126-102 3856 30.6 612-1423 0.430 85-295 0.288 337-504 0.669 | Rebounds | Year OFF DEF TOT AVG AST AVG PF-D STL TO BLK PTS AVG 96-97 79 88 167 5.6 32 1.1 87-6 38 36 17 211 7.0 97-98 66 97 163 5.4 42 1.4 93-3 37 56 20 315 10.5 98-99 101 165 266 8.3 69 2.2 87-3 59 83 27 495 15.5 99-00 92 222 314 9.2 72 2.1 97-4 59 82 25 625 18.4 Total 338 572 910 7.2 215 1.7 364-16 193 257 89 1646 13.1 Background (from the draft guide) Named Third Team All-America by The Associated Press and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Received the Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame, an award given to a player who has demonstrated personal character both on and off the court. Finished Oklahoma career ranked 3rd in minutes played (3,853), 4th in steals (193), 5th in rebounds (910), 6th in blocked shots (89), 7th in field goal attempts (1,423), 8th in points scored (1,646), 9th in field goals (612), 10th in free throws (337), and 10th in free throw attempts (504). At Nike Desert Classic, averaged 6.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Would become the first Mexican-born player to be drafted into the NBA and the second (Horacia Llamas was the first) to play in the NBA. Was a First Team All-Big 12 selection by league coaches and media. Selected to Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Finished 25th in nation in rebounding (9.2 rpg). Ranked 2nd on team with 25 blocked shots. Led conference in rebounding in league games with 10.3 boards per outing and ranked 4th in steals with 2.3 per contest. 14 double-doubles ranked 2nd in the Big 12. Was named MVP of the Top World Classic and the All-College Tournament. Named to the Big 12 Tournament and Sooner Holiday Classic all-tournament squads. 2-time Big 12 Player of the Week. Reached the 20-point mark 13 times. Was a Second Team All-Big 12 selection by both league coaches and media as a junior. Averaged team highs in scoring (15.5 ppg) and rebounding (8.3 rpg) and ranked second in assists (2.2 apg), steals (1.8 spg), and blocks (0.8 bpg). Averaged 14.7 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 1.7 blocks over 3 NCAA tournament games. Scored 20 points and pulled down 15 boards vs UNC-Charlotte to lead Oklahoma to Sweet 16. Was one of just two players (Nebraska's Venson Hamilton was the other) to rank in the top 10 in the Big 12 in scoring (8th), rebounding (6th), and steals (10th). Became the 31st player in OU history to record 1,000 points for a career (1,021). As a sophomore, ranked 3rd on team in scoring (10.3) and in rebounding (5.4). Stress fracture in left foot kept him out of home games against Texas A&M (Jan 31) and Texas Tech (Feb 4). Scored in double figures in 16 of his 30 games. Scored 11 points and grabbed 10 boards in OU's All-College Tournament title game victory over Alabama. Finished 2nd in Big 12 Freshman-of-the-Year voting. Selected to Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Named Big 12 Rookie of the Week twice (Dec 23 and Feb 3). Averaged 7.0 points and team-best 5.6 rebounds. Record team-high 4 double-doubles. Played in all 30 games and started in 16, including last 15.