USA BASKETBALL NOTES:

• Gold Medals: 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship, 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.

• Member of the 2019 USA World Cup Team that finished with a 6-2 record and in seventh place. Played and started in the USA first two games before suffering a sprained ankle. Averaged 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 blocked shots. Shot 31.8 percent from the field, 25.0 percent from 3-point and 83.3 percent from the fould line.

• Recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds against Turkey, 10 points versus Czech Republic.

• During USA National Team pre-World Cup Tour, played in four games, started one game, averaged 22.5 minutes, 8.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, shot 31.4 percent from the field, 40.0 percent (3-4 3pt FGs) from 3-point and 77.8 percent from the free throw line.

• Named on July 22, 2019, a member of the 2019 USA World Cup Team.

• Played on he victorious USA Blue Team (National) in the 2019 USA Blue-USA White exhibition game on Aug. 9 in Las Vegas, recorded a game-high 17 points (5-8 FGs), 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 blocked shot in 15.44 of action.

• Named on June 10, 2019, a member of the 2019 USA Basketball Men's National Team training camp roster that will be used to select the official 12-member 2019 USA World Cup Team.

• Named to the 2016 USA Junior National Select Team that claimed a 101-67 victory over the World Select Team in the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit. Recorded 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot in 16:57 of action.
• Participated in the 2015 USA Basketball Junior National Team October minicamp.
• Member of the 2015 USA Basketball U19 National Team that captured the gold medal with a perfect 7-0 record at the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship in Heraklion, Greece. Played in all seven games, averaged a team third-high 13.9 points, 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game, while shooting 48.8 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from 3-point and 64.3 percent from the foul line.
• Member of the 2014 USA U17 World Championship Team that posted a 7-0 record and captured the FIBA U17 World Championship for Men gold medal in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Played in seven games, started three, averaged 11.3 ppg., 3.1 rpg. and 1.9 spg.
• Member of the USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team that posted a perfect 5-0 record en route to winning gold at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Maldonado, Uruguay; started all five games and averaged 10.0 ppg. and 4.6 rpg.
• Named to the 2013-14 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team on March 27, 2013.
• Participated in the October 2012 USA Developmental National Team minicamp, held in Colorado Springs, Colo. 

NBA HONORS:

• Named to 2017-18 NBA All-Rookie first team.
• Named Rookie of the Month in December 2017.
• 2019 NBA Skills Challenge Champion.
• Two-time participant in the NBA Rising Stars Challenge during All-Star.
• In the 2019 Rising Stars Challenge, played for Team USA and recorded 30 points (12-24 FGS, 6-14 3pt FGs), 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in 26 minutes of action to help lead the Team USA to a 161-144 victory over Team World.
• In the 2018 Rising Stars Challenge, played for Team USA and recorded 15 points (7-13 FGs), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 blocked shot and 2 steals in 26.3 minutes. 

NBA MILESTONES:

• In his NBA debut, recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds versus the Cleveland Cavaliers.

• In Game 1 of the second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers, he posted a career-high 28 points in a 117–101 win to become the first Celtics rookie to score 25 or more points in a playoff game since Larry Bird during the 1980 NBA Playoffs. After scoring 21 points in a Game 2 victory, he became the youngest player ever to score at least 20 points in four straight playoff games at the age of 20 years, 61 days, surpassing Kobe Bryant who accomplished that feat during the 1999 NBA Playoffs at the age of 20 years, 272 days. After leading the Celtics with 24 points in a Game 3, he became the first Celtics rookie to score 20 points in five straight playoff games. Bird held the previous record of four. At the end of Boston's playoff run, he joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only rookies in playoff history to record 10 games of 20 or more points scored during their first playoffs.