PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Has played in 358 career games (351 starts) in six seasons with Portland and Phoenix … Holds career averages of 16.7 points (59.2% FG, 24.4% 3-PT, 76.1% FT), 10.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.0 blocks in 30.6 minutes per game

2023-24: In 55 games (all starts) with Portland, averaged 16.7 points (57.0% FG, 10.0% 3-PT, 82.3% FT), 11.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, a career-high 1.0 steals and 0.8 blocks in 32.4 minutes per game … Tallied 32 double-doubles … Scored 30-plus points five times and 20-plus points 22 times … Finished the regular season ranking 15th in FG% (57.0) and 22nd in total rebounds (609) ... Recorded his 20th game this season with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds on April 11 vs. Golden State, marking the most such games he has had in a season ... Logged at least 20 points in six consecutive games from March 9-18, marking the longest streak of his career ... Finished with 31 points (12-21 FG, 1-1 3-PT, 6-6 FT) and 14 rebounds on March 14 vs. New York in his seventh-straight double-double, tying the longest streak of his career ... His 31 points on March 14 marked his 12th career game with at least 30 points and his third game out of his last four with 30-plus points ... Posted his sixth-straight double-double on March 13 vs. Atlanta, marking his third consecutive game with 20-plus points and 15-plus rebounds, which tied the longest streak in the NBA this season (Jokic, Sabonis) and the second-longest streak in Trail Blazers history (Walton, Wicks) ... Totaled 85 points and 53 rebounds over three games from March 9-13, joining Bill Walton as the only Trail Blazers with 80-plus points and 50-plus rebounds over a three-game stretch in team history ... Tallied 22 points and 15 rebounds on March 11 vs. Boston in his fifth-straight double-double, tying the second-longest streak of his career and marking the fourth time in his last five games that he has posted at least 20 points and 10 rebounds ... Recorded 30 points (14-25 FG, 0-1 3-PT, 2-2 FT) to go along with 19 rebounds, one assist, two steals and one block in 40 minutes on March 9 vs. Toronto in his fourth-straight double-double, marking his first career game with at least 30 points and 19 rebounds and becoming just the third player this season to reach those numbers in a game (LeBron James, Nikola Jokic) ... Logged back-to-back games with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds on Feb. 25 vs. Charlotte (26 points, 19 rebounds) and on Feb. 23 vs. Denver (22 points, 10 rebounds) for the second time this season (Jan. 28, Jan. 26) ... Posted two consecutive games with 15-plus points and 15-plus rebounds on Feb. 13 vs. Minnesota (22 points, 16 rebounds) and on Feb. 10 vs. New Orleans (18 points, 17 rebounds) ... Tallied 27 points (13-19 FG, 1-1 FT) on Feb. 4 at Denver to go along with nine rebounds, four assists, two blocks and one steal, marking his sixth game in his last seven with 18-plus points ... Recorded 22 points and 12 rebounds on Jan. 28 vs. Chicago, marking his third consecutive double-double with 18-plus points and 12-plus rebounds and his first time tallying back-to-back games with at least 20 points as a Trail Blazer ... Logged 18 points (8-13 FG, 2-2 FT), 17 rebounds, three assists, one steal and two blocks on Jan. 24 at Houston, marking his third time recording 15-plus points and 15-plus assists as a Trail Blazer ... Posted 23 points and 16 rebounds on Dec. 21 vs. Washington, marking his second consecutive double-double with 15-plus points and 15-plus rebounds, his highest-scoring game as a Trail Blazer and his 12th double-double of the season ... Tallied 16 points, 15 rebounds and three assists on Dec. 19 vs. Phoenix, marking his first game this season with 15-plus points and 15-plus rebounds ... Recorded seven double-doubles in his first 12 games to begin the regular season ... Logged his eighth consecutive double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) in games against the Kings on Nov. 8 at Sacramento, dating back to Dec. 27, 2020 ... Posted a career-high 23 rebounds on Oct. 30 at Toronto, which was the most rebounds recorded by any player in the league this season and his fifth career game with 20-plus rebounds ... Is one of just six players to average a double-double in each of the last five seasons (Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Rudy Gobert, Nikola Vucevic, Clint Capela).

PLAYOFFS: Has qualified for the postseason in three seasons with Phoenix, recording career postseason averages of 15.9 points (62.9% FG, 50.0% 3-PT, 66.1% FT), 10.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.64 steals and 0.91 blocks in 33.7 minutes per game

NATIONAL TEAM: 2024: Represented the Bahamas at the 2024 Olympic Qualifiers, averaging 19.5 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks in 35 minutes per game … 2023: Represented the Bahamas at 2023 Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament of the Americas, helping guide the team to a win over Argentina in the championship game to punch the team's ticket to the FIBA Olympic Qualifiers played in the summer of 2024 ... Averaged 15.5 points (56.6% FG, 66.7% FT), 13.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.30 steals in the four games … 2016: Represented the Bahamas at 2016 Centrobasket in Panama, averaging 16.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.50 blocks in four games … Participated in the 2016 NBA Basketball Without Borders Global Camp in Toronto.

BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE: 2017-18: Played one season at Arizona, recording 20.1 points (61.2% FG, 34.3% 3-PT, 73.3% FT), 11.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.89 blocks in 33.5 minutes per game … Earned Consensus First Team All-America honors … Won the 2018 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, Pac-12 Player of the Year, Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player awards … Became the first player in conference history to win Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Tournament MOP in the same season, and joined Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Kevin Love as the only players to win Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year in the same season … Set an Arizona program record and Pac-12 freshman record with 24 double-doubles … His single-season marks in points (704), rebounds (405), blocks (66) and field goal percentage (61.2%) each set the Arizona freshman season records and rank in the top ten in program history overall … Became the first Arizona player to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds since 1974-75, and joined Marvin Bagley III, Michael Beasley, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Kris Humphries as the only freshmen to do so in the past 25 years … Won Pac-12 Player of the Week honors twice … Twice scored career-high 32 points, doing so in consecutive games against UCLA and USC in the semifinals and finals of the Pac-12 Tournament, leading Arizona to the crown … Had career-high 20 rebounds plus 26 points on Senior Day vs. Cal, the first 20-20 game by a Wildcat since 1976.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born in Nassau, Bahamas … Mother is Andrea Ayton and stepfather is Alvin Ayton … Has two older brothers, Edward Jr. and Andrew, and younger sisters, Tiann and Serenity, and a younger brother, Horace … Has a pet dog, a husky named Rocky … Began seriously pursuing basketball at age 12 after taking $100 he earned working with his stepfather as a plumber to attend the Jeff Rodgers Basketball Camp, the Bahamas’ premier summer basketball program … A gamer, made it to the finals of the first-ever NBA 2K Players Tournament in April 2020, losing in the finals to then teammate Devin Booker.

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