Andrés Guibert (born October 28, 1968) is a Cuban former professional
basketball
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player. In 1993, he defected from the
Cuban delegation at the
1993 Centrobasket tournament held in
Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 16 ...
.
Professional career
Guibert played in the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) for the
Minnesota Timberwolves (
1993–94 and
1994–95 seasons). In 22 NBA games, he averaged 2.7 points per game, and 2.8 rebounds per game, in 9.1 minutes per game. He was selected by the
Toronto Raptors
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in the
1995 NBA Expansion Draft, but was waived before the
1995–96 regular season started.
After that, he played in Greece's
top-tier Greek Basket League
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, for
Sporting (1996–97),
Apollon Patras (1998–99),
Near East Kaisariani (1999–00),
Heraklion Crete (2000–01) and
KAOD (2001–02).
He also played in Italy's
top-tier Lega Basket Serie A
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for
Scavolini Pesaro (1997–98) and
Benetton Treviso (2000–01),
Guibert history on the official Serie A site.
/ref> and in Puerto Rico
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's top-tier Baloncesto Superior Nacional
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The Baloncesto Superior Nac ...
, for Ponce Lions (2003–04).
References
External links
nba.com Historical ProfileItalian League Profile
Spanish League Profile
Puerto Rican League Profile
1968 births
Living people
Apollon Patras B.C. players
CB Valladolid players
Centers (basketball)
Club Ourense Baloncesto players
Defecting sportspeople of Cuba
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico
Cuban expatriates in the United States
Cuban men's basketball players
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Greece
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Italy
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Spain
Cuban expatriate basketball people in the United States
Irakleio B.C. players
K.A.O.D. B.C. players
Leones de Ponce basketball players
Liga ACB players
Minnesota Timberwolves players
National Basketball Association players from Cuba
Near East B.C. players
Pallacanestro Treviso players
Power forwards (basketball)
Sporting basketball players
Basketball players from Havana
Toronto Raptors expansion draft picks
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
Victoria Libertas Pesaro players
Criollos de Caguas basketball players
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