Alumni


Paul Millsap (Utah Jazz)

Sport(s): Basketball
Position(s): Forward

Biography

A 6-8, 258-pound forward, Paul Millsap enters his second NBA season, after the Jazz selected him in the second round (47th overall pick) in the 2006 NBA Draft.
 
Paul played in all 82 games as a rookie, one of only three Jazzmen to do so, and became the seventh Jazz rookie to appear in every game.  He averaged 6.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.82 steals and 0.90 blocks in 18.0 minutes per game and ranked second among NBA rookie qualifiers in rebounding (5.2) and double-doubles (7), third in steals (0.82) and blocks (0.90), tied for fifth in scoring (6.8) and eighth in minutes (18.0)
 
Paul was named to the 2006-07 All-Rookie Second Team (was one point shy of First Team) and finished sixth in Rookie of the Year balloting.  He was selected to compete in the 2007 Rookie Challenge during All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas where he led the team in scoring (22 points) and rebounding (8).  His 183 offensive rebounds rank second on all-time Jazz rookie ledger, and his 74 blocks rank fourth in the Jazz rookie record books. 
 
Paul was an early entry candidate for the 2006 NBA Draft following three seasons at Louisiana Tech (2003-06) where he averaged 18.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, 1.99 blocks and 1.32 steals.  He became the only player in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in rebounding in three consecutive years and only the fifth player ever to win consecutive rebounding titles.