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STATISTICS
 PPG 1.8
 RPG 0.00
 APG 0.5
 EFF + 1.25
Position:  G
Born: Aug 27, 1982
Height: 6-5 /  1,96
Weight: 230  lbs. / 104,3  kg.
College : Texas Tech
Career Highlights
Made his NBA debut at Charlotte on Jan. 14, 2005 after being activated from the injured list earlier that day and scored one point in three minutes of action…
2005 Season Highs: three points (twice), one rebound (twice) and seven minutes (at Portland, Mar. 12).
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BACKGROUND
2004-05 SEASON:
Came off the bench in each of the eight games in which he saw action as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies and averaged 0.9 points (.333 FG%, .600 FT%), 0.3 rebounds and 3.5 minutes…missed a total of 71 games due to injury and was a DNP-CD on three occasions…was placed on the injured list from Nov. 1-Jan. 14 with left knee tendinitis and missed the first 36 games of the season…missed 15 games from Jan. 25-Mar. 1 while on the injured list with a right ankle sprain…was placed on the injured list on Mar. 14 with left knee tendinitis and missed the final 20 games of the regular season…made his NBA debut at Charlotte on Jan. 14 after being activated from the injured list earlier that day and scored one point in three minutes of action…Season Highs: three points (twice), one rebound (twice) and seven minutes (at Portland, Mar. 12).
NBA PLAYOFFS:
2005: Was not included on the Grizzlies’ postseason roster.
COLLEGE:
Played four years at Texas Tech University and averaged 17.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.28 steals while shooting 50 percent from the floor, 31.2 percent from three-point range and 70.3 percent from the charity stripe in 128 games (98 starts)…finished his career in 2004 as the Red Raiders’ all-time leader in points scored (2,256), field goals made (882), field goals attempted (1,765) and games played and tied for the lead in 30-point games (10)…also ranked fourth on the school’s all-time free throws made (438) and attempted (623) lists and eighth in both scoring average and field goal percentage…became the first player in Big 12 Conference history to be named to the All-Big 12 First Team in three consecutive seasons…led the Big 12 in both scoring average in all games and in conference games in each of his final two seasons…was named Second Team All-America by The Associated Press as a senior after averaging 20.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.29 steals in 34 games (33 starts) while shooting 52.6 percent from the floor, 35.6 percent from three-point range and 73 percent from the foul line…was a five-time Big 12 Player of the Week during the 2003-04 campaign…was named First Team All-District 9 by the NABC…scored in double figures in 31 of his 34 games as a senior and had nine points in each of the three games he failed to reach double digits…topped the 20-point mark on 19 occasions, including a season-high 32 points against Final Four participant Oklahoma State on Jan. 10…grabbed double-figure rebounds seven times in the 2003-04 season and posted seven double-doubles…started 33 of the 34 games in which he appeared as a junior in 2002-03 and averaged 21.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.88 steals…led the Big 12 and finished 18th nationally in scoring average and his 741 points scored marked the third-highest single-season total in Big 12 history behind Marcus Fizer and Paul Pierce…tied for third in steals and ranked 14th in rebounding in the Big 12 in 2002-03…broke Big 12 Tournament records for field goals made (28) and attempted (56) in three games…scored 20-or-more points 21 times, including five games with at least 30 points…scored a career-high 34 points against Missouri…tallied 30 points and 11 rebounds against Texas in the Big 12 Tournament…was named to the Big 12 All-Improved squad as a sophomore in 2001-02 after averaging 18.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.25 steals while shooting 51.9 percent from the floor and 67.5 percent from the foul line in 32 games (31 starts)…led the Red Raiders in both scoring average and field goal percentage in 2001-02 and tied for the team lead in steals (40)…averaged 21.5 points in Big 12 play…had four 30-point games as a sophomore…as a freshman in 2000-01 he appeared in 28 games (one start) and averaged 7.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.57 steals…ranked fourth on the Red Raiders in both scoring and rebounding as a freshman.
PERSONAL
Full name is Andre Emmett…his nickname is “Dre”…is the son of Regina Oliver…has six sisters (Darra Oliver, Rafiki Carter, Tiphani Carter, Releighla Marshall, Sasha Emmett and Simon Emmett)…his aunt, Karen Oliver, played basketball and ran track at Texas Southern University…graduated from Texas Tech in May of 2004 with a degree in business…chose business as his major because both during and after his playing career his goal is to be a businessman…was originally an early entry candidate for the 2003 NBA Draft before withdrawing and going back to Texas Tech to earn his degree…is thankful for having played for Texas Tech Head Coach Bobby Knight because he stressed discipline and education both on and off the court…likes to spend time with his family and friends when he is not playing basketball…says something that many people don’t know about him is that he can be a comedian…enjoys R&B and hip-hop and lists Lil’ Wayne as his favorite musical artist…picked Martin as his favorite television show…his favorite sport besides basketball is football and he lists his hometown Dallas Cowboys as his favorite team…says Charles Barkley and Michael Irvin were his favorite players when he was growing up…does not have any special pre-game rituals except to pray…wears a size 14 shoe.

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