Antoine Rigaudeau

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Antoine Rigaudeau
Personal information
Born (1971-12-17) 17 December 1971 (age 52)
Paris-Levallois
Career highlights and awards
As a player:
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FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medals
Representing  France
Men’s Basketball
Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Serbia & Montenegro
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 1993 France

Antoine Roger Rigaudeau (born 17 December 1971) is a French former professional

basketball coach. During his playing days, he played at the point guard, shooting guard, and small forward positions. Also during his playing career, his nickname was "Le Roi" ("The King").[1]

During his pro

Professional career

Europe

Rigaudeau won the

2002. With Virtus Bologna, he also won two Italian Serie A League championships, in 1998 and 2001; and three Italian Cup
titles, in 1999, 2001, and 2002.

NBA

Rigaudeau played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Dallas Mavericks, during their 2002–03 season, after he signed a three-year contract with the club, on 17 January 2003.[3] With the Mavericks, he played in a total of 11 games, and averaged 1.5 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game, in 8.3 minutes played per game.[4] On 18 August 2003, the Mavericks traded Rigaudeau's player rights to the Golden State Warriors, prior to the start of the 2003–04 NBA season.[5] On 5 September 2003, the Warriors released Rigaudeau.

Return to Europe

After being released by the Golden State Warriors, Rigaudeau returned to Europe, and joined the Spanish ACB League club Valencia. He officially retired from playing pro club basketball in 2005, after he had previously suffered an Achilles tendon injury on his left foot.

National team career

Rigaudeau was a member of the senior

1999 EuroBasket. With France, he won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics
.

In 2001, before that year's

appearances
with France's senior national team.

Coaching career

Rigaudeau began his professional

Paris-Levallois
, which was later renamed to Metropolitans 92.

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  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source[4]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 Dallas 11 0 8.3 .229 .200 .7 .5 .3 .0 1.5

Honours and awards as a player

Clubs

Pau-Orthez

  • French Pro A League
    Champion: 1996

Virtus Bologna

Senior France national team

Individual honours and awards

See also

References

  1. ^ FRENCH GREAT "LE ROI" RETIRES.
  2. ^ 2015 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Antoine Rigaudeau.
  3. ^ "Mavs Complete Paperwork to Sign Rigaudeau". Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  4. ^
    Basketball Reference. Sports Reference
    . Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ Warriors Acquire Nick Van Exel, Four Others From Dallas Mavericks.

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