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CAREER
2005-06 SEASON: Led Unicaja to the Spanish ACB regular season championship defeating Tau Ceramica, 3-0 … Averaged 13.3 points, second on the team, and a team-best 6.5 rebounds, while shooting 55 per cent from the field and 81 per cent at the line, in 42 games … Was named Spanish Cup Finals MVP for a second consecutive year … Ranked in the Top 15 in the Euroleague in scoring (14.9) and rebounding (6.9) … Had a high of 26 points against Real Madrid … Earned All-Euroleague Second Team honours.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Played seven seasons in the Spanish pro leagues and four in Italy … Has a career regular-season average of 10.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 362 games … Has appeared in 105 Euroleague games, averaging 13.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals … Led his teams to two Spanish National Cups, one Spanish National Championship, two Italian National Cups, two Italian National Championships, two Italian Supercups, a Saporta Cup and a Spanish Junior Championship ...

2004-05: Returned to Spain where he joined Unicaja Malaga following four seasons in Italy with Benetton Treviso … Averaged 14.0 points and 6.6 rebounds in 36 Spanish League outings … Named Spanish Cup Finals MVP … Led his club to the Spanish National Cup (King’s Cup) … Contributed 14.0 points and a personal-best 7.8 boards in 13 games in Euroleague play …

2003-04: Helped lead Benetton to a second consecutive Italian National Cup … Averaged a career-high 14.2 points along with 5.8 rebounds in 34 games in Lega A play … Shot a career-best .601 (119-198) from the floor … Contributed 13.8 points and 5.8 rebounds in 18 Euroleague contests …

2002-03: Named Eurobasket.com Player of the Year and Eurobasket.com All-Euroleague First Team after averaging 12.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in 22 games for Benetton … Led the Euroleague in steals at 2.3 … Averaged 13.7 points, with career highs of 7.1 rebounds and 43 games in regular-season league action … Helped Benetton capture the Italian National Cup …

2001-02: Averaged 11.3 points and 6.1 rebounds in 42 games in the Italian league … Had a career-high free throw percentage of .866 … Earned a second consecutive Italian Super Cup championship … Chipped in 11.5 points and 5.9 rebounds in 20 Euroleague contests … Shot a personal best in Euroleague play of .823 from the charity stripe …

2000-01: Averaged 10.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in his first season with Benetton … Contributed to Benetton’s Italian Super Cup title … Saw first Euroleague action of his career where he averaged 12.1 points and 4.9 rebounds …

1999-2000: Finished his final season with Tau Vitoria averaging 9.9 points and 4.8 rebounds in 40 games …

1998-99: Helped guide Tau Vitoria to a Spanish National Cup (King’s Cup) victory … Averaged 6.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in 19 contests …

1997-98: Averaged 5.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in 40 games …

1996-97: Played in 26 games, averaging 2.7 points and 2.1 boards … 1995-96: Saw limited playing time in his first pro season with Tau Vitoria, scoring four points and collecting 10 rebounds in seven games.
Personal

  • Helped Spain to the 2006 FIBA World Championship title, averaging 12.6 points and 5.3 rebounds
  • Had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the championship game victory over Greece …
  • Was a teammate of current Raptor Jose Calderon on Spain’s 2006 World Championship team and its 2004 Olympic Games entry ...
  • Member of the Spanish National Team that participated in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics Games …
  • Won a silver medal at the 2003 European Games and a bronze at the 2001 Games …
  • Played under Raptors Vice President and Assistant General Manager Maurizio Gheradini in his four seasons at Benetton, where he was a teammate of fellow Raptors Andrea Bargnani and Uros Slokar in 2003-04.