Jonathan Bender F #24

Height: 6-11 (211cm)

Weight: 202 lbs (92kg)

Born: Jan 30, 1981 (45 years old)

Hometown: Picayune, Mississippi

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1999 Round 1, Pick 5, Toronto Raptors

Pre-Draft Team: Picayune High School (Mississippi)

High School: Picayune High School (Picayune, Mississippi)

Jonathan Bender Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	STL	BLK
3/19/2010	Sixers	4	2	0	0
3/17/2010	Celtics	8	3	0	0
3/6/2010	Nets	2	1	0	1
3/1/2010	Cavaliers	4	2	1	2
2/22/2010	Bucks	7	5	0	0

NBA Career
High School Career

NBA Career

8 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1999-00	18	IND	24	5.4	2.7	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	.329	.167	.667
2000-01	19	IND	59	9.7	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.7	.355	.268	.735
2001-02	20	IND	78	21.1	7.4	3.1	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.2	.430	.360	.773
2002-03	21	IND	46	17.8	6.6	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.2	0.9	.441	.358	.714
2003-04	22	IND	21	12.9	7.0	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	.472	.409	.830
2004-05	23	IND	7	13.3	5.1	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.4	.400	.200	.500
2005-06	24	IND	2	10.3	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	.800	.000	1.000
2009-10	28	NYK	25	11.7	4.7	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	.400	.359	.923
CAREER			262	14.7	5.5	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.0	.417	.340	.763

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1999-00	18	IND	24	1	5.4	2.7	1.0	2.9	.329	0.1	0.5	.167	0.7	1.0	.667	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.8
2000-01	19	IND	59	7	9.7	3.3	1.1	3.2	.355	0.2	0.7	.268	0.8	1.2	.735	0.2	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.2
2001-02	20	IND	78	17	21.1	7.4	2.5	5.9	.430	0.6	1.6	.360	1.8	2.3	.773	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.9
2002-03	21	IND	46	2	17.8	6.6	2.4	5.5	.441	0.4	1.2	.358	1.3	1.8	.714	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.2	0.9	1.9
2003-04	22	IND	21	0	12.9	7.0	2.4	5.0	.472	0.4	1.0	.409	1.9	2.2	.830	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.1
2004-05	23	IND	7	0	13.3	5.1	2.3	5.7	.400	0.1	0.7	.200	0.4	0.9	.500	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.4	1.3
2005-06	24	IND	2	0	10.3	5.0	2.0	2.5	.800	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0
2009-10	28	NYK	25	1	11.7	4.7	1.6	4.0	.400	0.6	1.6	.359	1.0	1.0	.923	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.3
CAREER			262	28	14.7	5.5	1.9	4.7	.417	0.4	1.1	.340	1.3	1.7	.763	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1999-00	18	IND	24	1	130	64	23	70	.329	2	12	.167	16	24	.667	4	17	21	3	1	5	7	18
2000-01	19	IND	59	7	574	193	66	186	.355	11	41	.268	50	68	.735	14	60	74	32	7	28	42	73
2001-02	20	IND	78	17	1,647	581	198	460	.430	45	125	.360	140	181	.773	64	180	244	62	19	49	96	147
2002-03	21	IND	46	2	819	303	112	254	.441	19	53	.358	60	84	.714	42	91	133	42	8	56	42	86
2003-04	22	IND	21	0	271	148	50	106	.472	9	22	.409	39	47	.830	9	31	40	9	5	11	33	23
2004-05	23	IND	7	0	93	36	16	40	.400	1	5	.200	3	6	.500	5	9	14	4	1	2	10	9
2005-06	24	IND	2	0	20.7	10	4	5	.800	0	0	.000	2	2	1.000	0	4	4	2	0	1	0	2
2009-10	28	NYK	25	1	292.5	118	40	100	.400	14	39	.359	24	26	.923	15	37	52	16	2	17	28	33
CAREER			262	28	3,847.1	1,453	509	1,221	.417	101	297	.340	334	438	.763	153	429	582	170	43	169	258	391

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1999-00	18	IND	24	1	.397	.343	3.5	13.3	8.7	3.7	8.0	0.4	2.4	30.1	116.2	-3.8	0.9	81.5	102.4	7.3
2000-01	19	IND	59	7	.447	.384	2.8	11.4	7.2	9.5	16.3	0.6	3.5	20.7	135.8	-3.6	1.0	85.2	103.2	7.6
2001-02	20	IND	78	17	.538	.479	4.5	12.0	8.3	6.1	15.1	0.6	2.1	17.5	156.4	-3.3	1.3	100.7	107.0	10.6
2002-03	21	IND	46	2	.521	.478	6.0	12.3	9.2	8.4	12.6	0.5	5.0	18.4	151.4	-1.7	1.2	103.0	100.7	13.2
2003-04	22	IND	21	0	.584	.514	4.0	13.3	8.8	6.6	20.7	1.0	3.1	28.3	171.1	-10.2	1.4	95.8	101.1	15.3
2004-05	23	IND	7	0	.422	.413	6.2	11.6	8.9	8.5	19.0	0.6	1.7	26.7	110.0	-8.2	0.9	77.5	104.4	5.9
2005-06	24	IND	2	0	.850	.800	-	25.8	13.2	16.7	-	-	3.7	13.3	180.0	6.5	2.0	180.5	109.1	28.2
2009-10	28	NYK	25	1	.529	.470	5.6	14.4	9.9	8.8	20.1	0.4	4.2	21.7	168.2	-5.9	1.2	93.9	109.7	10.8
CAREER			262	28	.514	.458	4.6	12.3	8.5	7.4	15.4	0.6	3.1	19.9	151.9	-3.8	1.2	96.4	104.5	10.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1999-00	18	IND	24	1	0	0	.028	0.4	0.1	0.3	19	5	.792	-0.3	0.2	-0.2
2000-01	19	IND	59	7	0	0	.048	0.8	0.2	0.4	27	32	.458	-0.7	0.6	-0.1
2001-02	20	IND	78	17	1	0	.093	0.6	0.2	0.4	41	37	.526	0.8	1.2	2.0
2002-03	21	IND	46	2	1	1	.092	1.0	0.2	0.3	31	15	.674	0.7	1.1	1.8
2003-04	22	IND	21	0	0	0	.085	0.3	0.2	0.4	17	4	.810	-	0.4	0.4
2004-05	23	IND	7	0	0	0	.084	0.4	0.1	0.1	4	3	.571	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
2005-06	24	IND	2	0	0	0	.082	0.0	0.0	0.4	1	1	.500	0.1	-	0.1
2009-10	28	NYK	25	1	0	0	.061	0.6	0.1	0.3	9	16	.360	-0.2	0.2	-
CAREER			262	28	2	1	.073	0.7	0.2	0.4	149	113	.569	-0.3	4.5	4.2

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1999-00	18	IND	9	2.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	.667	1.000	.500
2000-01	19	IND	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	.000	.000
2001-02	20	IND	5	9.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	.500	.000	.000
2002-03	21	IND	3	11.3	5.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	.333	.333	.667
2003-04	22	IND	16	12.5	4.8	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.8	.406	.360	.750
CAREER			34	8.9	3.3	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.5	.412	.361	.679

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1999-00	18	IND	9	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.7	.667	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2
2000-01	19	IND	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
2001-02	20	IND	5	9.0	1.2	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.2
2002-03	21	IND	3	11.3	5.7	1.7	5.0	.333	1.0	3.0	.333	1.3	2.0	.667	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7
2003-04	22	IND	16	12.5	4.8	1.8	4.3	.406	0.6	1.6	.360	0.8	1.0	.750	0.6	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.2
CAREER			34	8.9	3.3	1.2	2.9	.412	0.4	1.1	.361	0.6	0.8	.679	0.4	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1999-00	18	IND	9	21	12	4	6	.667	1	1	1.000	3	6	.500	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	2
2000-01	19	IND	1	4	0	0	1	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001-02	20	IND	5	45	6	3	6	.500	0	1	.000	0	0	.000	0	4	4	2	2	3	5	6
2002-03	21	IND	3	34	17	5	15	.333	3	9	.333	4	6	.667	3	4	7	0	0	2	0	2
2003-04	22	IND	16	200	77	28	69	.406	9	25	.360	12	16	.750	10	18	28	7	2	14	12	19
CAREER			34	304	112	40	97	.412	13	36	.361	19	28	.679	13	29	42	9	5	19	17	30

Season	Age	Team	GP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1999-00	18	IND	9	.694	.750	-	16.0	8.5	-	-	2.5	-	19.7	216.7	-	2.0	136.2	102.7	26.1
2000-01	19	IND	1	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.9	0.0	-	0.0	-	135.1	-15.5
2001-02	20	IND	5	.500	.500	-	10.0	5.3	7.1	45.5	2.3	4.7	11.7	50.0	-8.2	1.0	56.7	94.8	3.7
2002-03	21	IND	3	.482	.433	8.7	14.5	11.3	-	-	-	5.1	22.6	133.3	-	1.1	113.8	116.9	17.8
2003-04	22	IND	16	.506	.471	5.7	10.3	8.0	7.0	13.6	0.6	5.5	21.2	151.6	-3.8	1.1	96.0	96.4	15.0
CAREER			34	.512	.479	5.0	10.9	8.0	5.5	13.5	0.9	4.7	19.7	145.2	-3.7	1.2	96.8	101.2	14.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1999-00	18	IND	9	.013	0.0	0.0	1.0	6	3	.667	0.1	-	0.1
2000-01	19	IND	1	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1	.000	-	-	-
2001-02	20	IND	5	.029	0.4	0.4	0.0	2	3	.400	-0.1	0.1	-
2002-03	21	IND	3	.060	0.0	0.0	0.4	0	3	.000	0.1	-	0.1
2003-04	22	IND	16	.071	0.6	0.2	0.2	10	6	.625	0.1	0.3	0.4
CAREER			34	.044	0.5	0.3	0.3	18	16	.529	0.1	0.4	0.5

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 30, 1999	The Toronto Raptors selected Jonathan Bender in Round 1 with Pick 5 in the 1999 NBA Draft.
Aug 1, 1999	The draft rights to Jonathan Bender was acquired by the Indiana Pacers, along with a TPE, from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Antonio Davis.
Aug 5, 1999	Jonathan Bender signed a multi-year contract with the Indiana Pacers.
Oct 5, 2001	The Indiana Pacers exercised their Team Option to extend the contract of Jonathan Bender.
Oct 31, 2002	Jonathan Bender signed a rookie scale extension with the Indiana Pacers.
Feb 4, 2006	Jonathan Bender retired from professional basketball.
Jun 14, 2006	The Indiana Pacers placed the contract of Jonathan Bender on waivers.
Jun 21, 2006	Jonathan Bender, previously with the Indiana Pacers, became a free agent.
Dec 13, 2009	Jonathan Bender signed a contract with the New York Knicks.
Jul 1, 2010	Jonathan Bender, previously with the New York Knicks, became a free agent.
Jul 9, 2010	The New York Knicks renounced their free-agent exception rights to Jonathan Bender.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Slam Dunk Contest Participant	2001

NBA Training Camp Experience

Team	Camp
7x Indiana Pacers	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

High School Basketball Career

Prep/High School: Picayune High School (Picayune, Mississippi)

High School All-Star Game Stats

Year	Age	Event	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1999	18	McDonalds All-American	1	00:00	31	11	19	.579	2	3	.667	7	12	.583	0	0	0	0	0	0

Prep/High School Awards & Honors

Award	Year
1x McDonalds All-American MVP	1999
1x Parade All-American First Team	1999
1x Parade All-American Fourth Team	1998
1x Mr. Basketball USA	1999
1x Mississippi Mr. Basketball	1999