It was a dream come true for now 22 year old J.J Hickson, so how did it start?
In high school James Edward 'J.J.' Hickson attended Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georiga.
J.J had a great HS career in where he was ranked No.10 overall recurit, No.2 PF by Rivals.com and as the No.3 PF by Scout.com, all in the class of 2007.
Also in 2007 J.J was named a McDonald's All-American.
J.J's Wheeler High squad made it to the 5A Final Four in 2006.
The stat line for J.J as a senior in HS was 25.9ppg, 13.8rpg and 3.0bpg-not bad.
So after a great HS career, J.J only played 1 year of collage ball at North Carolina State University.
In that 1 year J.J averaged 14.8ppg and 8.5rpg, leading all freshmen.
Highlights of J.J's short collage career were being named ACC Rookie Of The Week 3 times, setting an ACC single-game freshman record when getting 23 rebounds in a match against Clemson University.
Now onto J.J's NBA career.
He made his NBA debut against the Charlotte Bobcats, scoring 4 points.
His rookie year highs were 14 points, 4 blocks and 9 rebounds.
He averaged 4.0ppg and 2.7rpg in his 62 games of his rookie year.
Now J.J started to make quiet noise around the L in the 09/10 season.
In 09/10 J.J got his first ever start with the Cavs and on Jan.27 2010, he set a then career high with 23 points.
In that season J.J averaged 8.5ppg, 4.9rpg and he increased his minutes per game by around 10 minutes.
J.J has started this season (10/11) with a bang.
He scored a career high 31 points (at time of print) in a lose to the Atlanta Hawks on the 2nd of November, 2010.
His stats for this season so far (6 games in) are 17.8ppg, 6.0rpg and 1.0apg, helping the Cavs to go 3-3.
In the future J.J must work on his rebounding, to help the Cavs in the post LeBron era.
Things are looking up for J.J, as long as he keeps up his type of play.
In the meantime keep an eye on J.J Hickson, and buy his cards while they cheap!
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| J.J driving past Elton Brand. |
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