Jeff Ayres
Ayres with the Idaho Stampede in 2016
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| No. 23 – Alvark Tokyo | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | B.League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 29, 1987 Ontario, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Etiwanda (Rancho Cucamonga, California) |
| College | Arizona State (2005–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall |
| Selected by the Sacramento Kings | |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2010 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2011–2013 | Indiana Pacers |
| 2013–2015 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2015–2016 | Idaho Stampede |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2016 | Los Angeles D-Fenders |
| 2016 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2016–2017 | Los Angeles D-Fenders |
| 2017–present | Alvark Tokyo |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jeffrey Curtis "Jeff" Ayres (born Jeffrey Curtis Orcutt on April 29, 1987), formerly known as Jeff Pendergraph, is an American professional basketball player for the Alvark Tokyo of the Japanese B.League. He attended Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga and played college basketball for Arizona State University.
Ayres attended Arizona State for four seasons, finishing with career averages of 12.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.04 blocked shots and a 58.0 percent shooting percentage. In his sophomore season, he grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds in a 52–36 victory over Colgate on December 19, 2006. As a senior, Ayres averaged 14.5 points and was named to the Pac-10’s First Team. His 66.0 percent field goal mark led the nation. On January 4, 2009, he scored a career-high 31 points, along with a game-high 11 rebounds, in a 90–60 win over Stanford with twenty-one of those points being tallied in the first half.
On June 25, 2009, Ayres was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 31st overall pick of the 2009 NBA draft, only to be traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Sergio Rodríguez, the draft rights to Jon Brockman and cash considerations. On September 8, he signed a contract with the Trail Blazers and joined them for the 2009 Summer League, starting all five games and averaging 10.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 1.2 blocked shots. On December 22, he made his NBA debut in an 85–81 win against the Dallas Mavericks, in which he scored 2 points in 4 minutes of playing time.
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