Jason Maxiell life and biography

Jason Maxiell is a professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Detroit Pistons.

CAREER:

Selected by Detroit in the first round (#26 overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft.

Career Averages/Milestones:
In 329 career NBA games has compiled averages of 6.1 points on .528 shooting (790-1,497 FG) with 4.2 rebounds and 0.79 blocks in 17.7 minutes per game.

2009-10 (Detroit):
Appeared in 76 games (29 starts), averaging 6.8 points, a career-high-tying 5.3 rebounds, 0.5 blocks and 20.4 minutes per game…Averaged 7.9 points (.477 FG), 6.9 rebounds, 0.49 blocks and 24.9 minutes in a career-high 29 starts…Ranked third on the team in field goal percentage (.511), offensive rebounds (161) and defensive rebounds (240)…Scored 10-plus points 22 times and grabbed 10-plus rebounds 10 times…Led the team in scoring twice and rebounds 14 times…Tallied a team-high-tying seven double-doubles, giving him a total of 15 for his career… Played 30-plus minutes 10 times (all during the month of March) averaging 11.1 points (.517 FG), 11.2 rebounds and 0.90 blocks in 33.4 minutes per game…Tallied six of his seven double-doubles during that stretch, including five consecutive from 3/10 through 3/16…Averaged 7.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in road games compared to 6.1 points and 4.9 rebounds at home…Scored a seasonhigh 19 points (6-9 FG, 7-9 FT) in 33 minutes at Atlanta (3/13)…Grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds (eight offensive) in a season-high 39 minutes vs. Houston (3/7)…Tallied a career-high 11 defensive rebounds (15 total) in 39 minutes vs. Cleveland (3/16)…Dished out a season-high four assists vs. Washington (3/12) and blocked a season-high two shots 10 times…Shot 60% or better from the field in 25 games…Missed four games due to a back strain (4/2-4/7).

2008-09 (Detroit):
Appeared in 78 games (four starts), averaging 5.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.81 blocks and 18.0 minutes per game…In four games as a starter, averaged 9.0 points (.680 FG, .500 FT), 5.0 rebounds, 0.75 blocks and 29.0 minutes per game…Averaged 3.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 16.0 minutes in four playoff games…Among NBA league leaders, ranked T-38th in blocks (0.81 bpg)… Shot a career-high 57.5% (184-320 FG) from the field…Led the team in rebounding seven times… Scored 10-plus points 18 times and grabbed 10-plus rebounds twice…Recorded two double-doubles, giving him eight total for his career…Grabbed 5-plus rebounds 34 times…Scored a season-high 16 points four times [vs. Toronto (1/21), vs. Golden State (3/6), at Toronto (3/13) and at Miami (4/15)]… Grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds vs. Toronto (1/21) en route to his first double-double of the season….Blocked three or more shots on four occasions, including a career-high-tying six blocks vs. Milwaukee (11/28)…Played a season-high 38 minutes at Toronto (3/13)…Shot over 60% from the field in 37 games…Had a four-game stretch from 11/20-11/28 where he averaged 11.3 points, shot 62.5% (20-32 FG) from the field, grabbed 6.8 rebounds and averaged 2.25 blocks…It was his longest double-figure scoring streak of the season…Ranked second among Pistons leaders in offensive rebounds (169)…DNP-CD four times.

COLLEGE:

Earned All-Conference USA Second Team honors (2004 and 2005)…Earned Conference USA All-Tournament honors (2004)…Named Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year (2002)…Earned Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors (2002)…Finished his college career ranked 11th on Cincinnati’s career scoring list with 1,566 points (13th in Conference USA history) and second on Cincinnati’s career chart for blocked shots with 252 (4th in Conference USA history)…Played in 129 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in Bearcats’ history, and started the last 77 contests he played…Ended his career with averages of 12.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 129 games…Led Conference USA in blocked shots (2.8 bpg) and ranked 18th in the nation as a senior…His 91 blocked shots were the second-highest Cincinnati single-season total in history…Led the Bearcats in scoring (13.6 ppg), rebounds (6.9 rpg) and blocked shots (2.1 bpg) during the regular season as a junior.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Jason Dior Maxiell…Son of Patricia Maxiell…He and his wife, Brandi were married in August 2009…Like teammate Ben Wallace, his favorite hobby is building model cars…Majored in social sciences…Active in the Detroit community, took part in the 2010 Pistons Cares Telethon by promoting the event during a series of morning radio interviews and donating his 1989 Chevy Camaro for a fundraising raffle…His efforts helped raise over $405,000 for the Food Bank Council of Michigan…Has also assisted with several Read-to-Achieve and holiday events during his five-year tenure with the club…Teamed with National City Bank to help raise awareness for breast cancer research in October 2007…Held a special billiards tournament in April 2008 with other Pistons players to raise funds for student educational programs in Detroit…Helped unveil the club’s fifth reading and learning center -- this time at Children’s Hospital in Detroit in April 2006.

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