Dream Team III Center 7-0 255 lbs. 01/21/63 Lagos, Nigeria Houston '84

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Played in his 1,000th career game , scoring 19 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocked shots, against the Washington Wizards on 2/24/98 Enters the 1998-99 season with 24,422 career points, the most in Rockets franchise history In 1995-96, became only the 9th NBA player to amass at least 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in his career Holds the NBA career record with 3,459 blocked shots, leading the league in 1989-90 (376) and 1992-93 (342), and is also the Rockets' all-time leader in steals (1,81 1) Led the NBA in rebounding in 1988-89 (1,105, 13.5 rpg) and 1989-90 (1,149, 14.0 rpg) and is the Rockets' all-time leader with 11,739 Named NBA MVP in 1994 and NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1993 and 1994 Named to the All-NBA First Team six times (1987-1989, 1993, 1994, 1997), the All-NBA Second Team three times (1986, 1990, 1 996) and the All-NBA Third Team twice (1991, 1995) Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team five times (1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994) and the All-Defensive Second Team four times (1985, 1991, 1996, 1997) Selected in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History Recorded the 3rd quaruple-double in NBA history, with 18 points, 16 rebounds, 11 blocked shots and 10 assists, against the Milwaukee Bucks on 3/29/90 Notched his 14th career triple-double, with 22 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, against the L.A. Clippers on 3/4/97 Scored a 1996-97 season-high 48 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against the Denver Nuggets on 1/30/97 Named the first NBA Player of the Week for the 1996-97 season, averaging 28.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.0 apg and 1.7 spg Has played in 12 NBA All-Star Games (1985-1990, 1992-1997), starting 8, averaging 9.8 ppg A member of the Rockets' 1994 and 1995 back-to-back NBA champion teams, earning Finals MVP honors both seasons, and also appeared in the 1986 NBA Finals Shares th e NBA Finals record for most blocks in a game with 8 against the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the 1986 NBA Finals Shares the NBA Playoffs record for most blocks in a game with 10 against the L.A. Lakers in Game 2 of the 1990 Western Conference first round Has appeared in 136 career playoff games, averaging 27.0 ppg, 11.6 rpg, 3.4 apg, 3.42 bpg and 1.71 spg Named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1985 and was runner-up in the Rookie of the Year voting A member of the gold-medal winning US Olympic Basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta, Georgia CAREER TRANSACTIONS Selected by the Houston Rockets in the first round (first pick overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

C A R E E R   A V E R A G E S								REBOUNDS
YEAR	TEAM	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DFF	TOT	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
84-85	Hou	82	82	35.5	.538	--	.613	5.4	6.5	11.9	1.4	1.21	2.68	20.6
85-86	Hou	68	68	36.3	.526	--	.645	4.9	6.6	11.5	2.0	1.97	3.40	23.5
86-87	Hou	75	75	36.8	.508	.200	.702	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.9	1.87	3.39	23.4
87-88	Hou	79	79	35.8	.514	.000	.695	3.8	8.3	12.1	2.1	2.05	2.71	22.8
88-89	Hou	82	82	36.9	.508	.000	.696	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.8	2.60	3.44	24.8
89-90	Hou	82	82	38.1	.501	.167	.713	3.6	10.4	14.0	2.9	2.12	4.59	24.3
90-91	Hou	56	50	36.8	.508	.000	.769	3.9	9.8	13.8	2.3	2.16	3.95	21.2
91-92	Hou	70	69	37.7	.502	.000	.766	3.5	8.6	12.1	2.2	1.81	4.34	21.6
92-93	Hou	82	82	39.5	.529	.000	.779	3.5	9.6	13.0	3.5	1.83	4.17	26.1
93-94	Hou	80	80	41.0	.528	.421	.716	2.9	9.1	11.9	3.6	1.60	3.71	27.3
94-95	Hou	72	72	39.6	.517	.188	.756	2.4	8.4	10.8	3.5	1.85	3.36	27.8
95-96	Hou	72	72	38.8	.514	.214	.724	2.4	8.4	10.9	3.6	1.57	2.88	26.9
96-97	Hou	78	78	36.6	.510	.313	.787	2.2	7.0	9.2	3.0	1.50	2.22	23.2
97-98	Hou	47	45	34.7	.483	.000	.755	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.0	1.79	2.04	16.4
Career		1025	1016	37.5	.515	.198	.717	3.6	8.3	11.9	2.7	1.85	3.37	23.8
Playoff		136	136	40.7	.530	.222	.718	3.4	8.2	11.6	3.3	1.71	3.42	27.0
All-Star		12	8	22.5	.409	1.000	.520	3.2	4.7	7.8	1.4	1.25	1.92	9.8

C A R E E R   T O T A L S								REBOUNDS
YEAR	TEAM	G	GS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
84-85	Hou	82	82	2914	677-1258	0-0	338-551	440	534	974	111	99	220	1692
85-86	Hou	68	68	2467	625-1188	0-0	347-538	333	448	781	137	134	231	1597
86-87	Hou	75	75	2760	677-1332	1-5	400-570	315	543	858	220	140	254	1755
87-88	Hou	79	79	2825	712-1385	0-4	381-548	302	657	959	163	162	214	1805
88-89	Hou	82	82	3024	790-1556	0-10	454-652	338	767	1105	149	213	282	2034
89-90	Hou	82	82	3124	806-1609	1-6	382-536	299	850	1149	234	174	376	1995
90-91	Hou	56	50	2062	487-959	0-4	213-277	219	551	770	131	121	221	1187
91-92	Hou	70	69	2636	591-1177	0-1	328-428	246	599	845	157	127	304	1510
92-93	Hou	82	82	3242	848-1603	0-8	444-570	283	785	1068	291	150	342	2140
93-94	Hou	80	80	3277	894-1694	8-19	388-542	229	726	955	287	128	297	2184
94-95	Hou	72	72	2853	798-1545	3-16	406-537	172	603	775	255	133	242	2005
95-96	Hou	72	72	2797	768-1494	3-14	397-548	176	608	784	257	113	207	1936
96-97	Hou	78	78	2852	727-1426	5-16	351-446	173	543	716	236	117	173	1810
97-98	Hou	47	45	1633	306-633	0-3	160-212	116	344	460	143	84	96	772
Career		1025	1016	38466	9706-18859	21-106	4989-6955	3641	8558	12199	2771	1895	3459	24422
Playoff		136	136	5540	1469-2771	4-18	732-1020	457	1116	1573	454	233	465	3674
All-Star		12	8	270	45-110	1-1	26-50	38	56	94	17	15	23	117

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