Andray Blatche (born August twenty two, 1986 in Syracuse, New York) is an yank skilled basketball player who plays for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Blatche attended Henninger highschool in Syracuse before attending the South Kent faculty in South Kent, Connecticut. He declared for the 2005 NBA Draft out of highschool, and whereas originally thought of as a first-round prospect, he slipped to the second spherical and was taken by the Washington Wizards with their solely choice, the forty ninth decide.
Blatche was shot in an exceedingly carjacking on September twenty five, 2005, and as a result missed coaching camp.He recovered successfully and played his initial game with Washington versus Seattle on November eleven, 2005, scoring 5 points in an exceedingly 137–96 Wizards victory. providing he didn't play faculty basketball, the Wizards split Blatche's taking part in time between the Roanoke Dazzle, their then-affiliate within the NBA Development League, and also the Wizards within the 2005–06 season.
With the injuries to Wizards centers Etan Thomas and Michael Ruffin, Blatche was sometimes pressed into service as a backup center within the 2006–07 season.
On August seventeen, 2007, the Wizards re-signed Blatche to a multi-year deal, terms of that weren't disclosed.
During the 2007–08 season Blatche continued showing improvement, and with center Etan Thomas out with a season-ending heart condition, his minutes increased.
On January nine, 2010, Blatche was fined $10,000 by the Washington Wizards for collaborating in Gilbert Arenas' antics before a game on January five, 2010 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Arenas was being investigated for a previous incident involving guns within the Wizards' locker space, however created light-weight of the accusations by pointing his finger at his teammates, as if he were shooting them. His teammates were photographed smiling and laughing with him.
On February twenty eight, 2010, he scored a career high thirty six points on 17-31 shooting throughout the Wizards' 89-85 victory against the New Jersey Nets. Blatche has continued to be the starter on the team, and his stats considerably improved. he's a dominant rebounder, and he has shown that he is a potent scorer.
Andray Blatche simply missed a triple-double as he had twenty points, a career-high thirteen assists, 9 rebounds and 2 steals within the Wizards' 109-99 victory over the New Jersey Nets on April four.
On September twenty four, 2010, Blatche received a contract extension that may pay him $35M over successive 5 years.
On March twenty, 2012, the Wizards announced that they were benching Blatche indefinitely attributable to lack of conditioning
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