Jeff Ayres

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Jeff Ayres
File:Jeff Ayres with Idaho.JPG
Ayres with the Idaho Stampede in 2016
No. 19 – Los Angeles Clippers
Position Power forward / Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1987-04-29) April 29, 1987 (age 37)
Ontario, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Etiwanda
(Rancho Cucamonga, California)
College Arizona State (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 Portland Trail Blazers
2011–2013 Indiana Pacers
2013–2015 San Antonio Spurs
2015–2016 Idaho Stampede (D-League)
2016–present Los Angeles Clippers
2016 Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
Career highlights and awards

Jeffrey Curtis "Jeff" Ayres (born Jeffrey Curtis Orcutt on April 29, 1987),[1][2] formerly known as Jeff Pendergraph, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga and played college basketball for Arizona State University.[3]

College career

Ayres attended Arizona State for four seasons, finishing with career averages of 12.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.04 blocked shots and a 58.0 percent shooting percentage.[4] In his sophomore season, he grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds in a 52–36 victory over Colgate on December 19, 2006.[5] As a senior, Ayres averaged 14.5 points and was named to the Pac-10’s First Team. His 66.0 percent field goal mark led the nation.[4] On January 4, 2009, he scored a career-high 31 points, along with a game-high 11 rebounds, in a 90–60 win over Stanford with twenty-one of those points being tallied in the first half.[6]

Professional career

Portland Trail Blazers (2009–2010)

On June 25, 2009, Ayres was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 31st overall pick of the 2009 NBA draft, only to be traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Sergio Rodríguez, the draft rights to Jon Brockman and cash considerations.[4] On September 8, he signed a contract with the Trail Blazers and joined them for the 2009 Summer League, starting all five games and averaging 10.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 1.2 blocked shots.[4] On December 22, he made his NBA debut in an 85–81 win against the Dallas Mavericks, in which he scored 2 points in 4 minutes of playing time.[7]

Ayres scored a career-high 23 points on the last regular season game of the 2009–10 NBA season on April 14, 2010, against the Golden State Warriors.[8] He was waived by the Trail Blazers prior to the start of the 2011 season after suffering a season-ending knee injury during a pre-season game against the Utah Jazz.[9]

Indiana Pacers (2011–2013)

Ayres was signed by the Indiana Pacers for the 2011–12 season. Before the start of the season he was sidelined with a mild sprain in his knee, suffered when he injured it during a December 10, 2011 practice.[10] On April 23, 2012, Ayres got his first start for the Pacers in a 103–97 win against the Detroit Pistons. In 18 minutes of play he scored 10 points with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks.[11]

On June 4, 2013, Ayres was ejected from Game 7 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals by referee Ken Mauer after a shoving match with Miami Heat guard Norris Cole, who was also ejected in the fourth quarter.[12] Flo Rida's manager was also ejected after an ongoing verbal spat with Ayres.

San Antonio Spurs (2013–2015)

On July 11, 2013, Ayres signed with the San Antonio Spurs[13] and made his debut on October 30 in a 101–94 win against the Memphis Grizzlies, recording two points, two rebounds, two assists and one block in 11 minutes of playing time.[14] On June 15, 2014, Ayres won his first NBA championship after the Spurs defeated the Miami Heat 4 games to 1 in the 2014 NBA Finals.[15]

NBA D-League and Los Angeles Clippers (2015–present)

On October 31, 2015, Ayres was selected by the Idaho Stampede with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft.[16] On November 13, he made his debut with Idaho in a 110–106 loss to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, recording 18 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block and one steal in 39 minutes of action.[17] On January 29, 2016, he was named in the West All-Star team for the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game.[18]

On January 23, 2016, Ayres signed a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Clippers.[19] The next day, he made his debut in a 112–94 loss to the Toronto Raptors, recording two points, one rebound and one assist in five minutes.[20] On February 2, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Clippers.[21] On February 12, the Clippers did not renew his contract, making him a free agent. On February 20, Ayres returned to Idaho, appearing on the team bench that night.[22]

On March 4, 2016, Idaho traded Ayres to the Los Angeles D-Fenders in exchange for a 2016 first round draft pick.[23] The next day, he made his debut for the D-Fenders in a 127–117 win over the Texas Legends, recording 16 points and 10 rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench.[24] At the season's end, he was named to the All-NBA D-League First Team.[25]

On March 16, 2016, Ayres returned to the Clippers, signing with the team for the rest of the season.[26]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Portland 39 4 10.4 .662 .000 .900 2.5 .0 .2 .4 2.7
2011–12 Indiana 20 1 5.3 .417 .000 .571 1.6 .2 .2 .1 1.7
2012–13 Indiana 37 0 10.0 .484 .500 .913 2.8 .4 .2 .3 3.9
2013–14 San Antonio 73 10 13.0 .580 .000 .691 3.5 .8 .2 .3 3.3
2014–15 San Antonio 51 0 7.5 .579 .000 .750 2.3 .3 .2 .2 2.7
2015–16 L.A. Clippers 17 0 6.3 .522 .000 1.000 1.3 .3 .0 .2 1.8
Career 237 15 9.8 .553 .400 .776 2.7 .4 .2 .3 2.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010 Portland 3 0 5.7 .500 .000 .750 .7 .0 .7 1.0 2.3
2012 Indiana 4 0 2.3 .333 .000 .000 .5 .0 .0 .0 .5
2013 Indiana 9 0 7.9 .333 .000 .000 2.0 .1 .0 .2 1.8
2014 San Antonio 17 0 3.8 .462 .000 .625 1.1 .3 .0 .0 1.0
2015 San Antonio 3 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .7 .0 .0 .0
Career 36 0 4.8 .378 .000 .667 1.2 .2 .1 .1 1.2

Personal life

In August 2013, he made an Arizona court filing to change his name from Jeff Pendergraph to Jeff Ayres, replacing the surname of his stepfather with that of his biological father.[2] The change was formally announced in September 2013.[27]

See also

References

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External links

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Jeff Ayres at thesundevils.com

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