PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Has played in 332 career games (119 starts) in five seasons with Portland and Philadelphia ... Holds career averages of 4.8 points (43.5% FG, 33.8% 3-PT, 67.9% FT), 2.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.8 blocks in 21.0 minutes per game.

2023-24: Played in 65 games (19 starts) with Portland, averaging 5.4 points (39.7% FG, 34.6% 3-PT, 75.9% FT), 2.1 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 22.9 minutes per game, while tying his career highs with 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals … Totaled three-plus steals 18 times and three-plus blocks twice … Finished the regular season ranking first in blocked three-pointers (25), first in steal/turnover ratio (2.83), first in deflections per 36 (5.3), first in steals per 36 (2.7), first in steals per 100 possessions (3.8), third in steals per game (1.7), tied for fourth in total steals (113), fourth in deflections per game (3.4) and eighth in total deflections (220) ... Tallied his 500th career steal on March 6 vs. Oklahoma City ... Recorded his 100th steal of the season on March 2 at Memphis, becoming just the second NBA player to reach the mark this season (S. Gilgeous-Alexander) ... Tied his career high in steals with six on Feb. 25 vs. Charlotte ... Posted at least one steal in 27 consecutive games from Nov. 15-Jan. 12, marking the longest streak of his career, the second-longest streak in the NBA this season and tying the third-longest streak in Trail Blazers history ... Logged his 17th career game with at least three 3PM on Dec. 11 at the LA Clippers and his ninth with Portland, passing his total number of games with three or more 3PM during his time with Philadelphia (8) (With Portland: 9 of 44 games; With Philadelphia: 8 of 245 games) ... Tallied four steals on Nov. 8 at Sacramento, tying the second most total steals (25) by a player in the NBA since the 2019-20 season (Jimmy Butler, 32; Fred VanVleet, 25).

BEFORE NBA

WASHINGTON (2015-19) Played four collegiate seasons at Washington, posting 9.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.4 blocks in 29.4 minutes per game… Shot .429 from the field, .358 from three-point range and .782 from the free-throw line… As a senior, notched 2.3 blocks and 3.5 steals per contest en route to being named the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, as well as the 2019 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born on March 4, 1997… Wears No. 22 in honor of his mother, Elizabeth, who died of cancer when he was a high school senior. He wore No. 4 in college to honor his mother but wears No. 22 since it adds to four… Has a passion for photography.

Matisse Thybulle