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For the Spanish footballer, see Raúl López González.
Raül López
López with Khimki Moscow Region.
Personal information
Born (1980-04-15) April 15, 1980 (age 44)
Vic, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2001: 1st round, 24th overall pick
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career1998–2016
PositionPoint guard
Career history
1998–2000DKV Joventut
2000–2002Real Madrid
2002–2005Utah Jazz
2005–2006Akasvayu Girona
2006–2009Real Madrid
2009–2011Khimki Moscow Region
2011–2016Bilbao Basket
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing  Spain
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing National Team
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Turkey National Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Spain National Team

Raül López i Molist (born April 15, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played for the NBA's Utah Jazz. López is a native of Vic, Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. At 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall, he played at the point guard position. López was featured on the Spanish version of the NBA Live 2004 video game.

Player profile

Although López was said by some to have been the Spanish version of John Stockton, his game was often described as more similar to that of Steve Nash and Tony Parker. He was known for his quickness, court vision, unselfishness, and passing ability. Also, he had the ability to create his own shot, which was a key skill in the modern NBA and EuroLeague.

Professional career

Europe

In 1998, at 18 years old, López began his professional career with Joventut Badalona in the Spanish ACB League. In 2000, he was signed by Real Madrid where he played for two seasons. Later, during the summer of 2005, he signed with the Spanish local team Akasvayu Girona, which finished 7th at the end of the 2005–06 ACB season.

NBA

In 2001, López was selected in the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft, 24th overall, by the Utah Jazz. In September 2002, he signed his NBA rookie contract with the Utah Jazz and underwent surgery to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, missing the entire 2002–03 NBA season. Finally, in the 2003–04 season, totally recovered from his knee injury, he played in all of the 82 regular season games as the backup to starting point guard Carlos Arroyo, while averaging 7.0 points, 3.7 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 19.7 minutes per game.

On August 3, 2005, López was traded from the Jazz to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of the largest trade in NBA history, involving five teams, 13 players, and two draft picks. He was subsequently cut from the Memphis Grizzlies 2005–06 roster.

Return to Europe

López returned to Real Madrid after signing a contract in July 2006. In 2009, he moved to the VTB United League club Khimki Moscow Region.[1] In July 2011, he returned to Spain, and signed a two-year contract with Bilbao Basket.[2]

On 3 March 2016, López announced that he would to retire from playing basketball at the end of the 2015–16 ACB season.[3]

Spanish national team

Junior national team

López was a member of the Spanish junior national teams that won gold medals at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Senior national team

López was named, along with Juan Carlos Navarro, to the senior Spanish national basketball team that participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He also won the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2001. However, before playing for Spain at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, he suffered an injury to his right knee, the same one that occurred during the 2001–02 season, while he was playing with Real Madrid.

He also won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2009.

Career statistics

Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997–98 DKV Joventut Liga ACB 1 18.0 .000 1.000 .500 2.0 4.0 1.0 .0 10.0
1998–99 34 14.7 .386 .400 .754 1.2 1.6 .8 .0 4.4
1999–00 32 23.7 .515 .380 .836 1.6 2.8 1.2 .0 10.1
2000–01 Real Madrid 43 21.1 .545 .412 .784 1.7 2.4 .9 .0 7.7
2001–02 14 21.1 .517 .227 .788 3.1 3.1 1.5 .0 8.3
2005–06 Akasvayu Girona 37 24.2 .555 .442 .786 1.6 2.8 1.2 .0 10.2
2006–07 Real Madrid 43 22.4 .437 .319 .863 2.0 3.7 1.0 .0 5.8
2007–08 34 21.0 .575 .435 .942 1.4 2.5 1.1 .0 8.1
2008–09 32 22.8 .469 .430 .860 1.6 3.5 1.0 .0 7.0
2009–10 Khimki Superleague A 31 18.4 .377 .403 .875 2.1 3.0 .7 .0 5.2
VTB United League 8 17.9 .444 .409 1.000 1.9 2.6 .9 .0 4.6
2010–11 Russian PBL 39 17.1 .556 .346 .881 1.9 2.1 .8 .0 5.1
VTB United League 11 17.2 .500 .619 .538 1.9 1.8 .6 .1 5.6
2011–12 Bilbao Basket Liga ACB 35 15.1 .500 .453 .844 1.3 1.5 1.0 .0 6.3
2012–13 29 20.9 .479 .256 1.000 1.5 2.7 1.1 .0 5.8
2013–14 27 25.0 .549 .350 .935 2.2 3.3 1.1 .0 8.4
2014–15 36 18.9 .521 .310 .889 1.3 2.7 .7 .0 8.0

References

  1. ^ Talkbasket.net Khimki adds Lopez.
  2. ^ BILBAO lands Raul Lopez.
  3. ^ "Raül López se retirará al final de temporada" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 3 March 2016.

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