Óscar Torres

Óscar Torres

Blocked shot by Oscar Torres
No. 14 – Marinos de Anzoategui
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
League Venezuelan League
Personal information
Born December 18, 1976
Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality Venezuelan
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1998 / Undrafted
Pro career 1997–present
Career history
1997–1998 Marinos de Oriente
1999–2000 Trotamundos de Carabobo
2000 Billings RimRockers
2001–2002 Houston Rockets
2002 Marinos de Oriente
2002–2003 Golden State Warriors
2003 Marinos 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
2009–2011 Marinos de Anzoategui
2011–2012 Tarragona
2012–present Marinos de Anzoategui

Óscar Torres (born December 18, 1976) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who currently plays for the Marinos de Anzoategui of the Venezuelan League.

A 6'5" native of Caracas, Torres became the first Venezuelan-born player in National Basketball Association 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 BC Khimki to the 2006 EuroCup finals before losing to DKV Joventut. He also played for the Venezuela national basketball team in the 2002 and 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Torres was traded to CSKA Moscow from Khimki on February 2007, with whom he won the Russian double. He was released from CSKA In June that year. On August 21, 2007 he signed with the Italian team Climamio Bologna.[1]

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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

NBA career statistics

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 career statistics

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

  1. ↑ Torres signs with Fortitudo

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