Gilberto Clavell III (born August 10, 1989) is a Puerto Rican professional

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player for

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of the

Baloncesto Superior Nacional The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. T ...

(BSN). Clavell was an All-American college player at

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. Clavell represents the

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and the Puerto Rico 3x3 men's national team at the international level.

College career

Clavell, a 6'6"

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who prepped at

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, played two years at

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. He then moved to

Sam Houston State Sam Houston State University (SHSU or Sam) is a public university in Huntsville, Texas. It was founded in 1879 and is the third-oldest public college or university in Texas. It is one of the first normal schools west of the Mississippi River and ...

, where he scored over 1,000 points in only two years (1,166). As a junior in 2009–10, Clavell averaged 17 points per game and was named

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Newcomer of the Year and a second team All-Conference pick. As a senior, Clavell averaged 19.4 points per game on 55.9 percent shooting and grabbed 7.3 rebounds per game on his way to Southland Player of the Year honors and an

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honorable mention All-American designation.

Professional career

Following the completion of his college career, Clavell signed with Maratonistas de Coamo of Puerto Rico's

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. In 2012, he signed with Kouvot of Finland's

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. In October 2013, Clavell signed with Hapoel Migdal Ha'emek in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, and in 2015 he moved to another Israeli team, Hapoel Afula.

Personal life

Clavell's brother

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is also a professional basketball player who previously played for the

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, as well as played college basketball at

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References

External links

Finnish League profileBSN profileLatinbasket.com profile
1989 births Living people Baloncesto Superior Nacional players Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games 3x3 basketball players Caciques de Humacao players Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Hapoel Afula players Hapoel Migdal HaEmek B.C. players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Kouvot players Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Maratonistas de Coamo players Pan American Games medalists in basketball Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Sportspeople from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Finland Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Israel Puerto Rican men's basketball players Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball players Santeros de Aguada basketball players Small forwards Cariduros de Fajardo players {{PuertoRico-basketball-bio-stub