Deandre Ayton’s 59.9% field goal rate is highest in NBA history by players averaging double-double to four seasons.
Phoenix — Phoenix Suns today signed a multi-year contract with the center’s Deandre Ayton.
“Deandre is a force at both ends of the floor, improving the game every year and will continue to do so,” said James Jones General Manager. “DA is very important to our work and without him we couldn’t reach the level of success these days. I’m excited to be at home in the Valley to which Deandre belongs. “
Aiton (6-11, £ 250) finished the 2021-22 season, averaging 17.2 points with a career-leading franchise record of 63.4% shots and 10.2 rebounds, both in field goal rates. Ranked in the top 10 of the NBA. Rebounds for each game for the second consecutive year. He has scored both 3,000 and 2,000 career points and 2,000 career rebounds this past season, making him the second fastest player to reach these milestones in Sands uniforms after Charles Barkley.
“I’m happy to have a free agent behind me and be ready to compete for the championship with my teammates,” Eighton said.
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Throughout his first four NBA seasons, Eighton holds a career average of 16.3 points with 59.9% shots from the field, plus 10.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 236 games against Sands. His 59.9% field goal rate was highest by players who averaged double-doubles over four seasons in NBA history, with Berkeley and Shaquille O’Neal as the only players to average double-doubles with at least 57% shootthroughs. I joined. 4 career seasons.
Eighton has played 35 post-season games against Sands in the last two seasons, averaging 16.6 points with 65.1% from the field and 10.7 rebounds in these games. He is the only player to date that has averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds with over 60% shots. Through his first 35 career post-season games. He was crucial during his participation in the 2021 Sands NBA Finals, averaging 15.8 points and 11.8 rebounds, with 65.8% recording the highest field goal rate in NBA history (minimum 100 FGM) and James in 1985. -Records previously set by Worthy.
Eighton, the first overall number one in Sands history, was named top in the 2018 NBA Draft after spending a season at the University of Arizona. Originally from Nassau, the Bahamas, he became the first number one pick in NBA history to be chosen by a team from the same state that played basketball in high school (Phoenix’s Hillcrest Prep) and college. Ayton has pledged $ 100,000 to help Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, sponsors fundraising and donations, and is willing to give back to the valley community and younger people who are underserved since then. I have been working on.
