Charles Wayne García Jr. (born October 13, 1988) is an American-born

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an professional

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player. He played college basketball for

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after first spending two seasons at

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Early life

García was born in the

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an immigrants. Through his father, García is of

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n descent.

Professional career

García started the 2010–11 season in Turkey with Oyak Renault, but left after just two games. Between November and December 2010, he played in the

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for the

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before moving to Mexico to play for Potros ITSON until January 2011. He returned to the D-League in April 2011, where he joined the

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. García spent the entire 2011–12 season in the D-League playing for the

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and

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. For the 2012–13 season, García moved to Spain to play for

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. He managed 15 games for the club before leaving in January 2013. Two months later, he joined Puerto Rican team

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for a two-month stint. García split the 2013–14 season with two Bahraini teams,

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and Al Ittihad, and split the 2014–15 season with two South Korean teams,

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and

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. García returned to Puerto Rico in March 2015, where he joined

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. In January 2016, García joined

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of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. In 10 regular season games he averaged 19.9 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. In the playoffs, Grindavík lost to KR in 3 games, with García averaging 14.7 points and 7.3 rebounds. On October 30, 2016, García was selected by the

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in the fourth round of the 2016 NBA Development League Draft. On April 20, 2018, Garcia signed with the

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of the

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as their import for the

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. But he was let go on May 21, after Ginebra hobbled to a 1–3 start. He was replaced by resident import Justin Brownlee. In the 2018–2019 season of the Super Basketball League, Garcia joined the Fubon Braves and finished the regular season averaging 19.2ppg along with 11.6rpg. The season was capped off with a 4–0 finals sweep of

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, giving the Braves their first SBL Championship in team history. Garcia was named finals MVP finishing with averages of 22.3ppg, 11.8rpg. On November 4, 2020, Garcia signed with the

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. On October 22, 2021, Garcia signed with the

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of the

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