| No. 15 New Orleans Hornets | |
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| Center | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | April 1, 1985 |
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico [1] |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (2003–2006) San Jose State (2006–2007) |
| NBA Draft | 2007 / Undrafted |
| Pro career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| Halcones de Xalapa (2006) Vaqueros de Agua Prieta (2007) Halcones de Xalapa (2007–2008) Dorados de Playa del Carmen (2008) Halcones de Xalapa (2008–2009) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (2009) Marinos de Anzoátegui (Venezuela) (2009) CB Illescas (2009) Tenerife CB (2009–2010) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (2010–2011) New Orleans Hornets (2011–present) |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| ACB Rising Star Award (2011) Venezuelan Champion (2009) Mexican All-Star (2009) Mexican Champion (2008,2009) CIBACOPA All-star (2007) |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
Gustavo Alfonso Ayón Aguirre (born April 1, 1985 in Tepic, Nayarit) is a Mexican professional basketball center with the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association.
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Ayon attended Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla in Mexico for three years of college. He was named Most Valuable Player of the Mexican national college championship tournament in leading the team to the championship.[2] Following this season, he signed with NCAA Division I San Jose State University.[3] However, Ayon never played for the Spartans, instead choosing to sign with a Mexican professional team, Halcones UV Xalapa.[4]
In the 2006-07 season, Ayon saw some action off the bench for Halcones UV Xalapa as the team finished second in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.[5] Ayon cracked the starting lineup the following season and eventually led Halcones to back-to-back Mexican league titles in 2007-08 and 2008-09.[6] He averaged 10.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in 2007-08 and improved on that by averaging 13.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game the following season.[6] In what turned out to be his final game for the team, Ayon turned in a dominant, 24-point, 20-rebound, performance in leading his club to a 94-90 overtime victory over Soles de Mexicali that clinched their second consecutive league title.[7]
Following the 2008-09 season, Ayon signed with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada of the Spanish League.[8]
On December 2011, Ayón signed with the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA after liquidating Baloncesto Fuenlabrada with a 1.5 million dollars buy-out clause, The length of Ayón's contract will be three years, the last year being a team option. [9]
Ayon has been a member of the Mexico national basketball team since 2007. He played center for the seventh placed Mexicans at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 and the fifth placed team at the 2008 Centrobasket.[10]
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