in Katy, Texas. Awards and accomplishments High school USA Today First Team All-American PARADE High School Player of the Year Earned Illinois Mr. Basketball honors MVP of the McDonald's All-American game after scoring 28 points with 8 rebounds and 4 blocked shots in leading the West to a 131–125 victory Led Thornwood High School to the Illinois State Championship game, averaging 22.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 blocked shots, shooting .640 from the floor, including 25.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the state tournament. Averaged 24.6 points and 11.2 rebounds, along with 4.8 blocks, as a junior. Was selected to the State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament team in 1998, 1999 and 2000. NBA Led league in field goal percentage, 2002–03 2012 NBA champion NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 72 || 31 || 16.0 || .501 || .000 || .656 || 3.8 || .3 || .2 || .7 || 6.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 81 || 48 || 19.4 || style="background:#cfecec;"|.585* || .000 || .624 || 4.4 || .5 || .2 || .8 || 10.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 73 || 63 || 29.5 || .496 || 1.000 || .671 || 6.2 || .9 || .3 || 1.1 || 14.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 63 || 60 || 28.7 || .538 || .000 || .720 || 5.4 || .6 || .3 || .9 || 16.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 72 || 69 || 25.9 || .563 || .000 || .632 || 6.0 || .3 || .4 || .8 || 13.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 81 || 81 || 35.2 || .576 || 1.000 || .615 || 7.0 || .8 || .4 || .5 || 19.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 59 || 58 || 25.9 || .546 || .000 || .623 || 4.7 || .5 || .2 || .5 || 13.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 3 || 0 || 4.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .333 || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 7 || 0 || 8.9 || .381 || .000 || .588 || 1.9 || .0 || .0 || .1 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| † | style="text-align:left;"| Miami | 14 || 1 || 5.9 || .462