Gregory Vargas
| No. 5 – SLUC Nancy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | LNB Pro A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
February 18, 1986 Ocumare Del Tuy, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Venezuelan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11.75 in (1.82 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Caquetíos de Falcón | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Brujos de Guayama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Maratonistas de Coamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Marinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | SLUC Nancy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gregory Vargas (born February 18, 1986)[1] is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for SLUC Nancy in France.[2] He currently plays for SLUC Nancy Basket as a point guard.[2][3]
Player profile
Vargas was described as a tough FIBA player, who could be a college basketball All-American, by ESPN basketball analyst Fran Fraschilla.[4]
Professional career
In the 2015–16 season, Vargas averaged 13.9 points and 6.4 assists per game in the Israeli Premier League, with Maccabi Haifa.[5]
Vargas also played against the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies as a part of Maccabi Haifa, in an NBA preseason game.[6] He scored over 20 points in 8 games, and had 10 or more assists in 3 games as well, during the 2015–16 season.[7][8][9]
Venezuelan national team
Vargas is a member of the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team. As a member of the team at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship,[10] he helped Venezuela to defeat Uruguay[11] and Canada to win the gold medal. That was Venezuela's first FIBA Americas Championship,[12] and allowed them to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, where Vargas also played with Venezuela.[13]
References
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- 1 2 "Gregory Vargas Basketball Player Profile, Maccabi Bazan Haifa, News, Winner League stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com.
- ↑ "FIBA Americas Championship 2015: Venezuela vs Argentina, Preview, Prediction & Predicted Lineup". Yibada.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun (23 July 2015). "Experience in Pan American games will help Melo Trimble, ESPN analyst says". baltimoresun.com.
- ↑ "Gregory Vargas profile - Game center - FIBA.com".
- ↑ Contributing Writer (11 October 2015). "Lakers Vs. Maccabi Hafia Preview: L.A. Looks To End Three Game Losing Streak". Lakers Nation.
- ↑ Gregory VARGAS | Season 2015/2016
- ↑ "Mac Tel Aviv humiliated on the road by Mac Haifa". The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com.
- ↑ "Greens grab dramatic victory over Ness Ziona". The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com.
- ↑ "2016 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men - Vargas, Venezuela hope for another incredible summer - FIBA.com". FIBA.com.
- ↑ "FIBA Americas results and recap, featuring Jack Michael Martinez vs. Luis Scola". ProBasketballTalk.
- ↑ "Canadian Men's Basketball fails to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics". The Brock Press.
- ↑ AP Member Choice Complete (11 September 2015). "John Calipari acknowledges former players as he enters Hall of Fame". latimes.com.