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Óscar Torres
Blocked shot by Oscar Torres
Personal information
Born (1976-12-18) December 18, 1976 (age 47)
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1998: undrafted
Playing career1997–2017
Position Small forward / shooting guard
Number14
Career history
1997–1998 Marinos de Oriente
1999–2000 Trotamundos de Carabobo
2000 Billings RimRockers
2001–2002 Houston Rockets
2002Marinos de Oriente
2002–2003 Golden State Warriors
2003Marinos de Oriente
2003–2004 SS Basket Napoli
2004–2007 Khimki Moscow
2007 CSKA Moscow
2007–2008 Fortitudo Bologna
2008 Marinos de Anzoategui
2008–2009 Snaidero Udine
2009 Türk Telekom
2009–2011Marinos de Anzoategui
2011–2012 Tarragona
2012–2017Marinos de Anzoategui
Stats  Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats  Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing   Venezuela
FIBA AmeriCup
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Santo Domingo
FIBA South American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Valdivia
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Rio de Janeiro
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Puerto Montt

Óscar Torres (born December 18, 1976) is a Venezuelan former professional basketball player who last played with Marinos de Anzoategui of the Venezuelan League. A 6'6" native of Caracas, Torres played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Professional career

Torres became the first Venezuelan-born player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history, when he signed with the Houston Rockets, for the 2001–02 NBA season. Torres averaged 6.0 points over the course of the season, and scored an NBA career-high 28 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers, on December 11, 2001. He spent the next season with the Golden State Warriors, and averaged 3.1 points per game.

Torres led the Russian team Khimki Moscow Region to the 2006 EuroCup finals, before losing to DKV Joventut. Torres was transferred CSKA Moscow, from Khimki, in February 2007, and with them, he won the Russian Championship and the Russian Cup.

He was released from CSKA in June that year. On August 21, 2007, he signed with the Italian League team Climamio Bologna. [1]

National team career

Torres also played with the senior Venezuelan national basketball team at the 2002 and 2006 editions of the FIBA World Cups.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Houston 65 13 16.5 .396 .294 .781 1.9 .6 .4 .1 6.0
2002–03 Golden State 17 0 6.4 .444 .538 .700 .7 .2 .2 .1 3.1
Career 82 13 14.4 .401 .317 .786 1.6 .5 .4 .1 5.4

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2006–07 CSKA Moscow 10 9 23.1 .500 .483 .611 4.6 .9 1.1 .1 8.7 10.6
Career 10 9 23.1 .500 .483 .611 4.6 .9 1.1 .1 8.7 10.6

References

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Óscar Torres
Blocked shot by Oscar Torres
Personal information
Born (1976-12-18) December 18, 1976 (age 47)
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1998: undrafted
Playing career1997–2017
Position Small forward / shooting guard
Number14
Career history
1997–1998 Marinos de Oriente
1999–2000 Trotamundos de Carabobo
2000 Billings RimRockers
2001–2002 Houston Rockets
2002Marinos de Oriente
2002–2003 Golden State Warriors
2003Marinos de Oriente
2003–2004 SS Basket Napoli
2004–2007 Khimki Moscow
2007 CSKA Moscow
2007–2008 Fortitudo Bologna
2008 Marinos de Anzoategui
2008–2009 Snaidero Udine
2009 Türk Telekom
2009–2011Marinos de Anzoategui
2011–2012 Tarragona
2012–2017Marinos de Anzoategui
Stats  Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats  Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing   Venezuela
FIBA AmeriCup
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Santo Domingo
FIBA South American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Valdivia
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Rio de Janeiro
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Puerto Montt

Óscar Torres (born December 18, 1976) is a Venezuelan former professional basketball player who last played with Marinos de Anzoategui of the Venezuelan League. A 6'6" native of Caracas, Torres played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Professional career

Torres became the first Venezuelan-born player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history, when he signed with the Houston Rockets, for the 2001–02 NBA season. Torres averaged 6.0 points over the course of the season, and scored an NBA career-high 28 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers, on December 11, 2001. He spent the next season with the Golden State Warriors, and averaged 3.1 points per game.

Torres led the Russian team Khimki Moscow Region to the 2006 EuroCup finals, before losing to DKV Joventut. Torres was transferred CSKA Moscow, from Khimki, in February 2007, and with them, he won the Russian Championship and the Russian Cup.

He was released from CSKA in June that year. On August 21, 2007, he signed with the Italian League team Climamio Bologna. [1]

National team career

Torres also played with the senior Venezuelan national basketball team at the 2002 and 2006 editions of the FIBA World Cups.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Houston 65 13 16.5 .396 .294 .781 1.9 .6 .4 .1 6.0
2002–03 Golden State 17 0 6.4 .444 .538 .700 .7 .2 .2 .1 3.1
Career 82 13 14.4 .401 .317 .786 1.6 .5 .4 .1 5.4

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2006–07 CSKA Moscow 10 9 23.1 .500 .483 .611 4.6 .9 1.1 .1 8.7 10.6
Career 10 9 23.1 .500 .483 .611 4.6 .9 1.1 .1 8.7 10.6

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