Víctor Claver
Víctor Claver Arocas (born 30 August 1988) is a Spanish professional basketball player and the team captain for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
Claver with the Valencia in 2009 | |
| No. 1 – Valencia Basket | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Small forward |
| League | Liga ACB EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 30 August 1988 Valencia, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m) |
| Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2009: 1st round, 22nd overall pick |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2012 | Valencia |
| 2012–2015 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2015 | Khimki Moscow |
| 2015–2016 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| 2016–2021 | FC Barcelona |
| 2021–present | Valencia Basket |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Professional career edit
Valencia (2006–2012) edit
Claver began his playing career with the youth teams of his school, Sagrado Corazón HH. Maristas de Valencia, in Spain. He made his professional debut with Valencia during the 2006–07 season. He played in Europe's second-tier level competition, the EuroCup, for the first time during the 2007–08 season, and won it in the 2009–10 season.
He also played in the European top-tier level, EuroLeague, during the 2010–11 season, and averaged 10.9 points and 4.9 rebounds, over 14 games.
Portland Trail Blazers (2012–2015) edit
Claver was drafted 22nd overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2009 NBA draft. On 12 July 2012, Claver signed a three-year deal with the Trail Blazers.[1] He was assigned to the NBA D-League's Idaho Stampede on 7 December 2012, and recalled on 9 December 2012.[2] The following day, he made his first NBA start, scoring 4 points in 25 minutes with 5 rebounds and 2 assists.[3] Claver was reassigned to the Idaho Stampede on 14 December 2012, and recalled on 16 December 2012.[2] He played 80 games for the Trail Blazers over the next three years.
On 19 February 2015, Claver was traded, along with Will Barton, Thomas Robinson and a lottery-protected 2016 first-round pick, to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Arron Afflalo and Alonzo Gee.[4] Three days later, he was waived by the Nuggets before playing in a game for them.[5]
Khimki Moscow (2015) edit
On 1 March 2015, Claver signed with BC Khimki of Russia for the rest of the season.[6] On 17 July 2015 Claver and Khimki parted ways.[7]
Attempt to return to Spain edit
In August 2015, he had a deal with Baskonia,[8][9] but Valencia using the right of first refusal, matched the offer, and kept his rights in Spain.[8][10] Baskonia obviously was not eager to pay a buy out to Valencia, but the Spanish forward did not want to play in his old team. According to reports, he did not want to play in a team which in the next season was going to compete in the second-tier level EuroCup, which led to Claver signing with a team outside the Spanish borders.[8]
Lokomotiv Kuban (2015–2016) edit
On 2 September 2015, the Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban announced a one-year deal with Claver for the 2015–16 season.[11]
FC Barcelona (2016–2021) edit
On 20 July 2016, he signed a three-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa, after his new team reached an agreement with Valencia for acquiring his rights.[12][13] On 2 July 2019, he extended his contract with FC Barcelona through 2022.[14] On 12 July 2021, Claver officially parted ways with the club after five years. [15]
Return to Valencia (2021–present) edit
On 13 July 2021, he signed a three-year deal with Valencia and he plays again for his hometown Valencia. [16]
National team career edit
He was on Spain's junior national teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He has also played with the Spain men's national basketball team. Spain's medal cache included: gold medals at the EuroBasket 2009, EuroBasket 2011 and at the EuroBasket 2015, and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2013.[citation needed]
He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Spain won a silver medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Spain won a bronze medal.[17]
Career statistics edit
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
NBA edit
Regular season edit
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | Portland | 49 | 16 | 16.6 | .392 | .287 | .467 | 2.4 | .9 | .5 | .2 | 3.8 |
| 2013–14 | Portland | 21 | 0 | 8.8 | .405 | .167 | .909 | 1.9 | .6 | .1 | .1 | 2.2 |
| 2014–15 | Portland | 10 | 0 | 7.6 | .450 | .545 | .000 | 2.0 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 2.4 |
| Career | 80 | 16 | 13.4 | .398 | .293 | .585 | 2.2 | .7 | .4 | .2 | 3.2 | |
Playoffs edit
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Portland | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
EuroLeague edit
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Valencia | 14 | 14 | 27.6 | .472 | .368 | .841 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .4 | 10.9 | 12.1 |
| 2015–16 | Lokomotiv | 31 | 31 | 27.0 | .500 | .400 | .780 | 5.9 | 1.6 | .8 | .5 | 9.4 | 13.5 |
| 2016–17 | Barcelona | 27 | 19 | 22.0 | .459 | .377 | .778 | 4.4 | 1.3 | .9 | .3 | 6.0 | 8.4 |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 6 | 16.0 | .451 | .422 | .800 | 2.9 | 1.2 | .6 | .3 | 4.6 | 5.4 | |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 25 | 21.2 | .476 | .339 | .821 | 3.2 | 1.0 | .6 | .4 | 5.3 | 7.5 | |
| Career | 131 | 95 | 22.5 | .477 | .382 | .806 | 4.2 | 1.3 | .8 | .4 | 6.9 | 9.2 | |
References edit
- ^ . iamatrailblazersfan.com. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ a b . Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Box Score, Portland vs. Toronto, Monday, December 10, 2012". nba.com. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Nuggets Acquire Barton, Claver, Robinson and Protected First Round Pick From Portland". NBA.com. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Nuggets Waive Claver and Robinson". NBA.com. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "BC Khimki signed with Victor Claver". bckhimki.ru. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ Khimki parted ways with Victor Claver
- ^ a b c "Claver in Loko, Randle back in Maccabi". eurohoops.net. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "El Laboral Kutxa Baskonia presenta oferta por Víctor Claver" (in Spanish). acb.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Valencia Basket iguala la oferta del Laboral Kutxa Baskonia por Claver" (in Spanish). acb.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Lokomotiv Kuban announces Victor Claver". sportando.com. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Victor Claver signs with FC Barcelona Lassa for three seasons". fcbarcelona.com. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Barcelona announced Victor Claver". eurohoops.net. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Barcelona extends Claver through 2022". EuroLeague.net. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Victor Claver to leave Barça". fcbarcelona.com/. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Víctor Claver is back home for his second stage in Valencia Basket". valenciabasket.com/. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Victor CLAVER (ESP) participated in 14 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Victor Claver at FIBA
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 August 2016)
- Víctor Claver at euroleague.net
- Víctor Claver at Olympedia
- Víctor Claver at Olympics.com
- Víctor Claver Arocas at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Víctor Claver at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Víctor Claver on Twitter