# Arron Afflalo
**Arron Afflalo** (born 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional basketball player, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound shooting guard who played 12 years in the NBA after being selected 27th overall by the [Detroit Pistons](https://www.edgepedia.org/detroit-pistons) in the 2007 draft out of UCLA.[1](https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201167/career) • [2](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons) His career averages were 10.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game, on .450 field-goal, .386 three-point, and .825 free-throw shooting.[1](https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201167/career) • [3](https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2007.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1985, Los Angeles, CA; 6'5" (1.96 m), 210 lb (95 kg)[1](https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201167/career) |
| Draft | 2007 first round, 27th pick, Detroit Pistons, out of UCLA[2](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons) |
| College honors | 2007 Pac-10 Player of the Year; first-team consensus All-American; back-to-back Final Four appearances (2006, 2007)[2](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons) |
| NBA career | 12 years; 10.8 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 1.8 APG; .450/.386/.825 shooting splits[1](https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201167/career) • [3](https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2007.html) |
| Teams | Pistons, Nuggets, Magic, Nuggets again, Trail Blazers, Knicks, Kings, Magic again[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) |
| Peak scoring | Career-high 43 points on December 3, 2013; 31 points against Phoenix on January 11, 2011[5](https://viziball.app/player/nba/en/631) • [6](https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/afflalo_signs_12_20_2011.html) |
| Largest contract | Five years, $38.75 million re-signed with Denver in December 2011[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) |
## UCLA career
Afflalo was UCLA's starting guard for three seasons, from 2005-06 through 2006-07, under head coach Ben Howland. He helped lead the Bruins to back-to-back Final Four appearances and back-to-back Pac-10 championships in his final two years.[2](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons) In his junior season he was a first-team consensus All-American and led UCLA in scoring at 16.9 points per game, and he was named the 2007 Pac-10 Player of the Year.[2](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons)
He finished his Bruin career with 1,540 points (14.8 per game), 17th in school scoring history at the time, and ranked second in UCLA history in three-point field goals made (209) and attempted (560).[2](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons) His UCLA career shooting line was .457 from the field, .373 on threes, and .781 from the free-throw line over 104 games.[7](https://static.uclabruins.com/pdf/mbkb_15mg_full.pdf?db_oem_id=30500)
Defense defined his college reputation. A 2007 Los Angeles Times profile described him as the defensive stopper on those UCLA teams, guarding the opponent's leading perimeter scorer, and quoted his teammate [Russell Westbrook](https://www.edgepedia.org/russell-westbrook), who inherited the role, saying of Afflalo, "He set the standard."[8](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-dec-27-sp-westbrook27-story.html) After his junior year, Afflalo announced at a press conference that he would forgo his senior season and enter the [NBA draft](https://www.edgepedia.org/nba-draft).[9](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-to-forego-his-senior-year-enters-the-nba-draft)
## NBA career
**Detroit and the move to Denver.** The Pistons selected Afflalo with the 27th pick of the 2007 draft, making him the 101st UCLA player ever drafted.[2](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons) He played limited minutes in his first two NBA seasons in Detroit.[6](https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/afflalo_signs_12_20_2011.html) On July 13, 2009, Denver acquired him in exchange for a future second-round pick, and his role expanded immediately in Denver.[6](https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/afflalo_signs_12_20_2011.html)
**Denver and Orlando.** Afflalo's 2010-11 season included a career-high 31 points against the [Phoenix Suns](https://www.edgepedia.org/phoenix-suns) on January 11 and a 24-point game against Dallas in February.[6](https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/afflalo_signs_12_20_2011.html) Denver re-signed him on December 20, 2011 to a five-year, $38.75 million contract with a player option for 2015-16.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) On August 10, 2012, as part of the four-team trade that sent [Dwight Howard](https://www.edgepedia.org/dwight-howard) to the [Los Angeles Lakers](https://www.edgepedia.org/los-angeles-lakers) and brought Andre Iguodala from Philadelphia to Denver, Afflalo and Al Harrington went from Denver to Orlando along with a 2013 second-round pick and a 2014 first-round pick.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) In Orlando he carried a larger offensive load; his career-high 43-point game came on December 3, 2013, during this stretch.[5](https://viziball.app/player/nba/en/631)
**The trade circuit.** On June 26, 2014, Orlando traded Afflalo back to Denver for guard [Evan Fournier](https://www.edgepedia.org/evan-fournier) and the 56th pick of the 2014 draft.[10](https://cdn.nba.com/teams/uploads/sites/1610612743/2024/01/DN_2324_MediaGuide.pdf) On February 19, 2015, Denver sent him, with Alonzo Gee, to Portland for Thomas Robinson, Victor Claver, Will Barton, and a protected 2016 first-round pick, so he finished that season with the Trail Blazers.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) He declined his 2015-16 player option that June and signed a two-year, $16 million contract with the [New York Knicks](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-knicks) on July 9, 2015.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) After declining his 2016-17 option, he signed a partially guaranteed two-year, $25 million contract with Sacramento on July 8, 2016; the Kings waived him on June 23, 2017.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo)
**Return to Orlando and the end.** On July 27, 2017, Afflalo signed a guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Orlando, the team he had opened the 2017 free-agency period by agreeing to join.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) • [11](https://as.com/baloncesto/2017/07/13/nba/1499951967_705009.html) That was his final NBA season; ShamSports records him as retired after the 2019 season.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo)
## Playing style
Afflalo's game combined perimeter defense with catch-and-shoot scoring. An [Orlando Magic](https://www.edgepedia.org/orlando-magic) film-room breakdown described him as confident shooting with a hand in his face, calling that pull-up his bread-and-butter move, and noted he shot 46 percent on catch-and-shoot opportunities the previous season while also serving as a spot-up threat from three.[12](https://www.nba.com/magic/news/film-room-arron-afflalos-abilities-and-strengths-cohen-20170727) A Blazer's Edge scouting report around his February 2015 arrival in Portland described him as a shooting guard in the Wes Matthews mold, while flagging a shooting slump and limitations in the hardest parts of perimeter defense.[13](https://www.blazersedge.com/2015/2/20/8074361/arron-afflalo-player-breakdown-scouting-report-portland-trail-blazers-synergy-sports)
His efficiency profile fits that description. Basketball-Reference's draft table records career true-shooting-adjacent marks of .450 from the field and .386 from three with .825 at the line, and a career box plus-minus of -1.5 over 762 games.[3](https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2007.html)
## Legacy
Afflalo's career is the profile of a long-lived role player who peaked as a starter: a late first-round pick who became a full-time starter and a $38 million contract holder in Denver, a high-usage scorer for rebuilding Orlando teams, and then a rotation guard on the trade circuit from 2014 onward.[4](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo) At UCLA he remains part of program history as the 2006-07 Pac-12 (then Pac-10) Player of the Year, one of seven Bruins to win the conference award through 2023.[14](https://as.com/us/masdeporte/jaime-jaquez-jr-es-nombrado-jugador-del-ano-de-la-pac-12-segundo-mexicano-en-lograrlo-n/)
## References
1. [Arron Afflalo career profile, NBA.com](https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201167/career)
2. [Arron Afflalo Selected in First Round of NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons, UCLA Bruins (June 28, 2007)](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-selected-in-first-round-of-nba-draft-by-the-detroit-pistons)
3. [2007 NBA Draft, Basketball-Reference.com](https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2007.html)
4. [Arron Afflalo Player Profile, ShamSports](https://www.shamsports.com/players/arron-afflalo)
5. [Arron Afflalo career stats and game log, VIZIBALL](https://viziball.app/player/nba/en/631)
6. [Denver Nuggets re-sign Arron Afflalo, NBA.com (December 20, 2011)](https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/afflalo_signs_12_20_2011.html)
7. [UCLA Career Statistics, UCLA Bruins media guide](https://static.uclabruins.com/pdf/mbkb_15mg_full.pdf?db_oem_id=30500)
8. [He keeps shooters at arm's length, Los Angeles Times (December 27, 2007)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-dec-27-sp-westbrook27-story.html)
9. [Arron Afflalo to Forego His Senior Year, Enters the NBA Draft, UCLA Bruins](https://uclabruins.com/arron-afflalo-to-forego-his-senior-year-enters-the-nba-draft)
10. [Denver Nuggets Franchise History, 2023-24 Media Guide, NBA.com](https://cdn.nba.com/teams/uploads/sites/1610612743/2024/01/DN_2324_MediaGuide.pdf)
11. [Así está el mercado NBA 2017, AS.com (July 2017)](https://as.com/baloncesto/2017/07/13/nba/1499951967_705009.html)
12. [Film Room: Arron Afflalo's Strengths, Orlando Magic, NBA.com (July 27, 2017)](https://www.nba.com/magic/news/film-room-arron-afflalos-abilities-and-strengths-cohen-20170727)
13. [Arron Afflalo Player Breakdown, Scouting Report, and Fit on the Portland Trail Blazers, Blazer's Edge (February 20, 2015)](https://www.blazersedge.com/2015/2/20/8074361/arron-afflalo-player-breakdown-scouting-report-portland-trail-blazers-synergy-sports)
14. [Jaime Jáquez Jr. es nombrado Jugador del Año de la Pac-12, AS.com (March 2023)](https://as.com/us/masdeporte/jaime-jaquez-jr-es-nombrado-jugador-del-ano-de-la-pac-12-segundo-mexicano-en-lograrlo-n/)
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