Óscar Torres (basketball)

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Óscar Torres
Snaidero Udine
2009Türk Telekom
2009–2011Marinos de Anzoategui
2011–2012Tarragona
2012–2017Marinos de Anzoategui
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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

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

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

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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