Esteban Batista
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| Position | Forward/Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 270 lb (120 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Turkish Basketball League Euroleague |
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| Team | Anadolu Efes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 2, 1983 Montevideo, Uruguay |
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| Nationality | Uruguayan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pro career | 2001–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | Welcome (2001–03) Salto Uruguay (2003–04) Pozuelo de Alarcón (2004) Nacional (2004) Trouville (2004–05) Aguas de Calpe (2005) Atlanta Hawks (2005–07) Maccabi Tel Aviv (2007–08) Triumph Lyubertsy (2008) Libertad de Sunchales (2009) Fuenlabrada (2009–11) Caja Laboral (2011) Anadolu Efes S.K. (2011–) |
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Esteban Damián Batista Hernández (born September 2, 1983, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional basketball player currently with Anadolu Efes in the Turkish Basketball League and Euroleague. He is also the first ever Uruguayan to play in the NBA.
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[edit] Pro career
Batista began his pro career in the Uruguayan League in 2001. He then moved to the second division of Spain, the Spanish LEB League in 2003.
[edit] NBA
Batista was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Hawks on September 12, 2005. He made his NBA debut on November 2 of that year, going scoreless in 6 minutes of play time against the Golden State Warriors. In his first NBA season, Batista averaged 1.8 points per game and 2.5 rebounds per game in 8.7 minutes per game, in 57 games played.
On September 26, 2007, Batista signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Boston Celtics.[1] On October 16, 2007, however, Batista was waived by the team.[2]
[edit] Israel
On the same day that he was released by the Celtics, he signed with the Euroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv.[3][4][5]
[edit] Russia
Batista joined the Russian Super League club Triumph Lyubertsy in December 2008, but left the club shortly thereafter for personal reasons.
[edit] Spain
Batista signed a three year contract with Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada at the summer of 2009.[6] In January 2011, he signed with the Euroleague club Caja Laboral.[7]
[edit] Turkey
In July 2011 he signed a three-year deal with Anadolu Efes.[8]
[edit] Uruguayan national team
Batista is a member of the Uruguayan national basketball team. During the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, which was held from August 22 through September 2, in Las Vegas, Batista averaged 20.8 points per game and 12.4 rebounds per game.
[edit] References
- ^ Peter May, Camp Roster Set, The Boston Globe.
- ^ Marc Spears, Batista Waived, The Boston Globe.
- ^ Maccabi signs center Esteban Batista October 22, 2007.
- ^ http://www.sport5.co.il/Articles/Article.274.26664.html (Hebrew)
- ^ http://www.solobasket.com/contenido.php?id=16136 (Spanish)
- ^ "Conoce a Esteban Batista". Baloncestofuenlabrada.com. http://www.baloncestofuenlabrada.com/?se=noticia&n=579. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
- ^ "CAJA LABORAL bulks up with Batista at center". Euroleague.net. http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2010-11-signings/i/81025/4465/caja-laboral-bulks-up-with-batista-at-center. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
- ^ "Anadolu Efes also lands Batista". Euroleague.net. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86751/180/anadolu-efes-also-lands-batista. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
[edit] External links
- NBA.com Profile
- ACB.com Profile
- Esteban Batista at Basketball-Reference.com
- Euroleague.net Player Profile
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
- Saski Baskonia players
- Centers (basketball)
- People from Montevideo
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Uruguayan basketball players
- Uruguayan expatriates in Argentina
- Uruguayan expatriates in Russia
- Uruguayan expatriates in Spain
- Uruguayan expatriates in the United States
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Libertad de Sunchales basketball players
- Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay
