Afflalo, Westbrook, Love: Which Former UCLA Player Is Having the Best Season?

March 4th, 2011 by Perry Schwartz Leave a reply »
On Thursday night, in a win against the Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets shooting guard Aaron Afflalo scored 19 points, including a key three-pointer late in the fourth quarter.

Aaron Afflalo has been one of the Nuggets' best players this season both offensively and defensively.

For the season, Afflalo is averaging 13 points a game on 50.4 percent from the floor. He is also one of the top three-point shooters in the league.

Despite losing star forward Carmelo Anthony before the trade deadline, Denver has played very well of late, in big part because of Afflalo's impressive play.

Aaron Afflalo is just one of several UCLA players enjoying great years.

UCLA basketball, which has won 11 NCAA basketball championships, the most of any school, has also produced a record 77 NBA players.

From 2006-2008, UCLA had a steak of three consecutive Final Four appearances during which time they contained many future NBA players, including Aaron Afflalo, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Darren Collison, Jordan Farmar, Luc Mbah a Moute and Ryan Hollins.

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