Paulão Prestes
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Paulo Sérgio "Paulão" Prestes (born February 15, 1988 in
Monte Aprazível Monte Aprazível is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is of 25,373 inhabitants, and the area is 496.9 km2. Known as "The Dream's Dam City", because of a dam located nearby the city center. Monte Aprazível bel ...
,
São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
) is a Brazilian-Spanish former professional
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
player.


Professional career

Prestes was selected by the
Minnesota Timberwolves The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. Founded in 19 ...
, in the second round of the
2010 NBA draft The 2010 NBA draft was held on June 24, 2010, at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The draft, which started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (2300 UTC), was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National ...
. However, he never played in the
NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
. During his pro
club Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...
career, some of the teams Prestes played with included
Pieno žvaigždės Pieno žvaigždės is one of the biggest dairy products companies group in Lithuania, uniting Mažeikiai dairy, Kaunas dairy, Pasvalys creamery and company "Panevėžio pienas" (English: "Panevėžys milk"). The current company's market value is ...
,
Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that co ...
, and Paulistano/Unimed.Paulistano lands Paulo Prestes.
/ref>


References


External links




Latinbasket.com Profile

NBA Draft Profile

Spanish League

Lithuanian League Profile
1988 births Living people Baloncesto Málaga players Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games BC Pieno žvaigždės players Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Spain Brazilian men's basketball players CB Axarquía players CB Gran Canaria players CB Granada players CB Murcia players Centers (basketball) Club Athletico Paulistano basketball players Franca Basquetebol Clube players Liga ACB players Minnesota Timberwolves draft picks Mogi das Cruzes Basquete players Novo Basquete Brasil players Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in basketball Spanish men's basketball players UniCEUB/BRB players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) People from Monte Aprazível {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub