Óscar Torres (born December 18, 1976 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuela

Venezuela

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n professional basketball

Basketball

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 player.

A 6'5" native of Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

, Torres became the first Venezuelan-born player in National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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 history when he signed with the Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets

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 for the 2001-02 NBA season

2001-02 NBA season

-Statistics leaders:-Yearly awards:*Most Valuable Player: Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs*Rookie of the Year: Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies*Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons...

. Torres averaged 6.0 points over the course of the season and scored an NBA career-high 28 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 on December 11, 2001. He spent the next season with the Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors

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 and averaged 3.1 points per game.

Torres led the Russia

Russia

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n team BC Khimki to the 2006 EuroCup finals before losing to DKV Joventut. He also played for the Venezuela national basketball team

Venezuela national basketball team

The Venezuela men's national basketball team represents the Venezuela Basketball Federation in international competitions such as the International Basketball Federation , the International Olympic Committee , the World Championship, the South American Basketball Championship, the Pan American...

 in the 2002

2002 FIBA World Championship

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 and 2006

2006 FIBA World Championship

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 FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship

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.

Torres was traded to CSKA Moscow

PBC CSKA Moscow

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 from BC Khimki on February 2007, with whom he won the Russian double.
He was released from CSKA In June that year. On August 21, 2007 he signed with the Italian

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 team Climamio Bologna

Fortitudo Bologna

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.

Regular season

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| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | Houston

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...

| 65 || 13 || 16.5 || .396 || .294 || .781 || 1.9 || .6 || .4 || .1 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" | Golden State

Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 17 || 0 || 6.4 || .444 || .538 || .700 || .7 || .2 || .2 || .1 || 3.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 82 || 13 || 14.4 || .401 || .317 || .786 || 1.6 || .5 || .4 || .1 || 5.4

External links

• NBA.com profile
• Torres Buzzer Beater Puts Khimki In Final, from FIBA.com
• Player Profile @ Euroleague.net