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Keith Closs 
#52 C | 7-3, 304lbs | New Jersey | Experience: 11 years
Born: 4/3/1977 (31) | College: Central Conn. St.

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 58 44 60 0 35 19 78 100 98 33 50 100 7 91 51 53  
 Potential: C C C F D D B A A C C A          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015 
 Value: $28,750,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 3                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2008 ABL NJN 20 20 34.6 11.7 2.9 8.0 2.1 2.5 0.82 0.5 3.7 2.1 .633 .864 .000  
 2007 ABL NJN 82 82 32.6 11.2 2.3 7.8 1.4 2.1 0.69 0.8 4.7 1.8 .561 .813 .000  
 2006 ABL NJN 44 44 31.1 11.0 2.3 7.5 1.6 2.0 0.83 0.8 4.2 2.1 .586 .655 .000  
 2005 ABL NJN 82 82 35.7 12.4 3.3 8.8 1.5 2.1 0.68 0.8 4.5 2.1 .526 .717 .000  
 2004 ABL MIL 81 81 32.2 8.6 2.5 7.0 1.3 1.9 0.66 0.8 4.4 2.0 .565 .667 .333  
 2003 ABL MIL 82 82 33.1 7.2 3.0 7.0 1.2 2.2 0.54 0.6 3.4 2.4 .548 .688 .000  
 2002 ABL CHI 86 76 28.8 6.0 2.3 5.7 1.1 1.5 0.73 0.5 2.7 2.3 .565 .717 .000  
 2001 ABL MIL 82 82 31.0 6.7 2.4 5.5 1.3 1.5 0.89 0.3 2.7 2.9 .589 .754 .000  
 2000 ABL MIL 82 0 20.0 3.2 1.7 3.7 0.6 1.1 0.56 0.4 1.7 2.2 .482 .634 .000  
 1999 ABL MIL 82 0 22.9 3.7 1.8 3.8 0.9 1.2 0.72 0.4 1.7 2.6 .566 .737 .500  
 1998 ABL DEN 60 48 20.1 3.6 1.5 3.5 0.8 1.3 0.60 0.1 1.3 2.2 .503 .750 .000  
 1997 ABL ATL 68 46 22.4 3.8 1.7 3.6 0.8 1.1 0.67 0.2 1.2 2.8 .563 .514 .000  
 Career     851 643 28.5 7.1 2.3 5.9 1.1 1.7 0.69 0.5 3.0 2.3 .555 .712 .133  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2008 ABL NJN 5.4 8.5 .633 1.0 1.1 .864 4.4 6.3 .698 1.0 2.2 .442 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2007 ABL NJN 5.1 9.0 .561 1.1 1.3 .813 4.3 6.5 .655 0.8 2.4 .315 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2006 ABL NJN 5.1 8.7 .586 0.8 1.3 .655 4.2 6.3 .670 0.9 2.5 .370 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2005 ABL NJN 5.6 10.7 .526 1.1 1.5 .717 4.3 6.7 .636 1.4 4.0 .342 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2004 ABL MIL 3.8 6.8 .565 0.9 1.4 .667 3.2 4.8 .671 0.6 1.9 .306 0.0 0.0 .333  
 2003 ABL MIL 3.3 6.1 .548 0.5 0.8 .688 2.7 4.2 .652 0.6 1.9 .321 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2002 ABL CHI 2.6 4.6 .565 0.8 1.2 .717 2.0 2.8 .701 0.6 1.7 .347 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2001 ABL MIL 3.0 5.2 .589 0.6 0.8 .754 2.5 3.4 .726 0.5 1.7 .321 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2000 ABL MIL 1.5 3.0 .482 0.3 0.5 .634 1.1 1.8 .644 0.3 1.2 .255 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1999 ABL MIL 1.7 3.0 .566 0.3 0.5 .737 1.3 1.7 .766 0.4 1.3 .301 0.0 0.0 .500  
 1998 ABL DEN 1.6 3.3 .503 0.4 0.5 .750 1.3 1.8 .738 0.3 1.5 .218 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1997 ABL ATL 1.8 3.1 .563 0.3 0.5 .514 1.4 1.9 .752 0.3 1.2 .274 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.2 5.8 .555 0.7 0.9 .712 2.6 3.8 .677 0.6 1.9 .318 0.0 0.0 .133  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2008 20 20 692 107 169 19 22 0 0 233 57 216 41 9 50 9 74 42 7 
 2007 82 82 2674 415 740 87 107 0 3 917 190 830 118 63 171 63 388 151 279 
 2006 44 44 1368 225 384 36 55 0 0 486 99 428 71 33 86 33 184 91 -98 
 2005 82 82 2931 462 879 91 127 0 2 1015 273 996 119 63 176 63 366 171 -744 
 2004 81 81 2611 310 549 74 111 1 3 695 202 773 102 63 155 63 353 158 530 
 2003 82 82 2716 273 498 44 64 0 0 590 249 822 97 46 179 46 280 199 350 
 2002 86 76 2476 223 395 71 99 0 1 517 195 687 95 40 130 40 230 197 146 
 2001 82 82 2539 249 423 49 65 0 2 547 196 651 108 28 121 28 221 234 328 
 2000 82 0 1640 120 249 26 41 0 1 266 137 440 49 29 87 29 139 183 -182 
 1999 82 0 1880 137 242 28 38 1 2 303 147 460 71 29 98 29 137 213 -86 
 1998 60 48 1204 98 195 21 28 0 1 217 88 297 46 8 77 8 80 133 -462 
 1997 68 46 1526 120 213 19 37 0 0 259 117 360 51 15 76 15 84 193 -611 
 Career 851 643 24257 2739 4936 565 794 2 15 6045 1950 6960 968 426 1406 426 2536 1965 -543 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2008 ABL NJN .648 1.38 15.2 18.5 13.6 10.6 26.7 19.1 14.5 40.0 1.3 0.4 110.2 110.1  
 2007 ABL NJN .582 1.24 11.0 15.9 14.4 8.5 24.7 17.2 17.6 279.7 9.3 3.4 107.6 103.1  
 2006 ABL NJN .596 1.27 12.6 15.2 15.0 9.3 26.6 18.6 18.4 160.2 5.3 -2.2 109.0 112.9  
 2005 ABL NJN .543 1.15 9.7 14.3 16.5 10.1 29.8 19.4 19.8 400.4 13.3 -9.1 97.8 110.4  
 2004 ABL MIL .582 1.27 11.9 18.1 11.8 9.0 22.9 16.3 16.6 234.6 7.8 6.5 102.4 93.3  
 2003 ABL MIL .561 1.18 12.1 22.3 10.9 10.9 23.3 17.3 14.0 136.1 4.5 4.3 101.8 95.3  
 2002 ABL CHI .588 1.31 14.3 19.6 9.6 9.0 21.7 15.5 13.2 95.5 3.2 1.7 102.8 99.6  
 2001 ABL MIL .606 1.29 15.9 17.8 9.3 8.5 17.9 13.4 12.8 85.1 2.8 4.0 108.4 102.2  
 2000 ABL MIL .498 1.07 12.2 21.6 9.5 8.8 19.7 14.2 10.5 -1.3 0.0 -2.2 95.2 101.5  
 1999 ABL MIL .587 1.25 16.6 22.9 8.2 8.4 18.0 13.2 10.6 -25.3 -0.8 -1.0 101.2 103.1  
 1998 ABL DEN .522 1.11 13.9 23.3 9.8 7.7 18.7 13.1 8.6 -35.7 -1.2 -7.7 91.0 109.1  
 1997 ABL ATL .568 1.22 14.3 21.3 8.3 7.9 18.6 12.9 9.0 -37.2 -1.2 -9.0 94.4 114.6  
 Career     .572 1.22 12.6 18.4 11.5 9.1 22.5 15.9 14.3 1332.2 44.4 -0.6 102.1 103.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2003 ABL MIL 5 5 32.8 5.2 3.0 6.2 0.8 3.4 0.24 0.4 4.0 3.6 .433 .000 .000  
 2002 ABL CHI 23 23 36.9 7.7 2.4 5.9 1.4 2.4 0.57 0.7 3.0 2.2 .531 .656 .000  
 2001 ABL MIL 4 4 35.8 6.5 3.3 6.0 1.5 2.5 0.60 1.3 2.3 3.0 .462 1.000 .000  
 2000 ABL MIL 3 0 28.3 4.7 2.7 3.0 1.7 1.3 1.25 0.7 2.0 2.3 .316 .667 .000  
 Career     35 32 35.4 6.9 2.6 5.7 1.3 2.5 0.54 0.7 2.9 2.5 .491 .676 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2003 ABL MIL 2.6 6.0 .433 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 4.0 .600 0.2 2.0 .100 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2002 ABL CHI 3.4 6.4 .531 0.9 1.4 .656 2.7 4.1 .670 0.7 2.3 .283 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2001 ABL MIL 3.0 6.5 .462 0.5 0.5 1.000 2.5 4.5 .556 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2000 ABL MIL 2.0 6.3 .316 0.7 1.0 .667 2.0 3.3 .600 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.1 6.3 .491 0.7 1.1 .676 2.6 4.1 .641 0.5 2.3 .225 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2003 5 5 164 13 30 0 0 0 0 26 15 46 4 2 17 2 20 18 -39 
 2002 23 23 848 78 147 21 32 0 0 177 56 191 32 15 56 15 68 51 -71 
 2001 4 4 143 12 26 2 2 0 0 26 13 37 6 5 10 5 9 12 -50 
 2000 3 0 85 6 19 2 3 0 0 14 8 17 5 2 4 2 6 7 -57 
 Career 35 32 1240 109 222 25 37 0 0 243 92 291 47 24 87 24 103 88 -217 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2003 ABL MIL .433 0.87 7.8 33.3 11.9 9.8 22.6 15.9 5.8 -11.9 -0.4 -7.8 90.7 103.5  
 2002 ABL CHI .547 1.20 12.9 22.5 10.9 8.7 18.2 13.8 7.9 -33.4 -1.1 -3.1 99.8 103.6  
 2001 ABL MIL .481 1.00 14.0 23.3 11.2 9.0 17.9 13.3 7.4 -6.9 -0.2 -12.5 92.0 108.7  
 2000 ABL MIL .350 0.74 17.2 13.8 13.1 8.4 15.5 11.1 5.5 -6.5 -0.2 -19.0 88.6 122.8  
 Career     .513 1.09 12.6 23.4 11.2 8.9 18.6 13.8 7.4 -58.7 -2.0 -6.2 97.0 105.4  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1997 - 38 0 28.3 12.1 2.9 6.2 0.5 1.9 0.27 0.6 2.2 3.0 .499 .664 .000  
 Total   38 0 28.3 12.1 2.9 6.2 0.5 1.9 0.27 0.6 2.2 3.0 .499 .664 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1997 38 0 1075 185 371 89 134 0 0 459 110 345 20 22 73 22 85 115 0 
 Career 38 0 1075 185 371 89 134 0 0 459 110 345 20 22 73 22 85 115 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 16 9 18 6 3 10 5 8 13 5 5 0 0  
 Playoff 16 6 16 4 3 9 6 8 12 3 4 0 0  
 Career 30 10 22 6 4 12 7 14 20 8 8 1 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/22 DEN W 30 10 13 4 4 0 0 24 2 11 3 0 0 3 1 35
 10/24 DET W 39 3 5 3 4 0 0 9 3 14 2 3 3 1 1 4
 10/26 CHA W 40 6 12 0 0 0 0 12 4 10 3 2 1 7 2 -1
 10/27 GSW L 37 9 16 0 0 0 0 18 8 20 2 3 0 6 2 -6
 11/1 CHA L 33 2 6 2 4 0 0 6 1 8 1 3 0 1 2 -9
 11/2 SAS W 36 7 11 2 2 0 0 16 6 17 3 1 0 2 0 20
 11/4 CHI W 41 5 9 3 4 0 0 13 3 7 1 2 1 3 2 2
 11/5 PHI L 30 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 12 3 3 0 4 2 -26
 11/9 MIA L 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 5 0 2 3 -35
 11/10 OKC L 16 5 7 5 5 0 0 15 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 -13
 11/14 CLE W 26 6 8 0 0 0 0 12 2 7 2 3 0 4 3 25
 11/16 TOR W 39 3 6 4 4 0 0 10 1 11 3 2 1 4 2 -7
 11/18 CHA L 33 8 10 0 0 0 0 16 1 7 1 3 0 4 2 -27
 11/19 ORL W 37 5 7 3 3 0 0 13 4 15 1 0 0 1 1 10
 11/21 CHA L 40 7 11 1 1 0 0 15 4 18 3 2 0 4 6 -9
 11/22 CHI W 34 7 12 0 0 0 0 14 3 13 1 2 2 10 2 30
 11/26 LAL L 37 8 13 0 0 0 0 16 0 8 2 2 0 4 1 -13
 11/28 MEM W 37 7 7 2 2 0 0 16 2 15 3 2 0 7 1 26
 11/29 OKC L 38 5 11 0 0 0 0 10 9 15 3 5 3 6 1 -22
 12/1 IND W 40 7 11 1 3 0 0 15 2 10 3 1 0 4 2 0
 12/3 BOS L 29 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 0 7 0 1 0 1 3 -15
 12/5 DET W 42 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 3 14 1 2 0 1 1 20
 12/8 MIL L 40 6 10 0 0 0 0 12 4 9 6 3 0 4 3 -3
 12/9 SAS W 32 6 8 0 0 0 0 12 3 14 3 4 0 1 2 35
 12/11 DAL W 36 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 6 17 1 4 1 5 1 14
 12/13 LAC W 39 8 10 0 0 0 0 16 3 11 2 3 1 4 1 15

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 16
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 2
 Total Blocks Leader: 2
 2004 ABL All-Defensive Second Team
 2005 ABL Blocks Leader
 2007 ABL All-Defensive Second Team
 2007 ABL Blocks Leader

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/25/1997 Drafted by Minnesota with pick #1 of round 2.
 1997-11-04 Traded to Atlanta
 01/02/1999 Traded to Denver
 1999-07-21 Traded to Milwaukee
 7/23/2001 Re-signed with Milwaukee for $28,700,000 over 2 years.
 1/16/2003 Traded to Chicago
 2003-07-18 Re-signed with Chicago for $66,000,000 over 3 years.
 7/27/2003 Traded to Milwaukee
 2005-07-22 Signed with New Jersey for $107,500,000 over 4 years.

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