Rubén Garcés

Rubén Santiago Garcés Riquelme (born October 17, 1973) is a Panamanian professional basketball player. He last played for the Mets de Guaynabo of Puerto Rico. A 6'9" power forward/center, he played US college basketball with Navarro Junior College in Texas, and with Providence College in Rhode Island, and had a brief career in the NBA in the 2000-01 season, playing with Phoenix and Golden State. He has also played in the American CBA, the Spanish ACB, in Argentina, Venezuela, and France.

Career statistics

Domestic leagues

Season Team League 1998–99 Quad City Thunder CBA 17 17.5 .456 -- .400 6.1 .4 .4 .9 6.2 La Crosse Bobcats 8 ? ? ? ? 5.5 ? ? ? 5.6 1999–00 Boca Juniors Argentina LNB 2 27.5 .600 -- .500 5.5 1.0 .5 1.0 13.0 La Crosse Bobcats CBA 26 23.1 .550 -- .508 9.1 .4 .5 1.4 8.0 2000–01 ASVEL Basket LNB Pro A 11 22.9 .540 -- .590 7.5 .5 .6 .7 11.6 2001–02 CB Valladolid Liga ACB 34 28.2 .574 .000 .572 8.9 .5 .9 1.9 13.1 2002 Marinos de Anzoategui Venezuela LPB no stats available 2002–03 Leche Río Breogán Liga ACB 34 29.8 .523 .000 .656 8.6 .4 1.0 1.2 13.2 2003–04 32 29.7 .468 -- .549 9.8 .5 .9 1.2 11.3 2004–05 Adecco Estudiantes 42 27.3 .597 .000 .628 7.7 .4 1.0 1.1 14.3 2005–06 Pamesa Valencia 32 23.0 .500 .000 .554 7.4 .3 .5 .6 9.4 2006–07 38 24.5 .561 -- .581 7.2 .5 .9 .6 9.1 2007–08 26 17.1 .588 .000 .600 4.6 .3 .5 .8 7.3 2008–09 CAI Zaragoza 32 15.5 .414 -- .564 4.3 .2 .6 .3 4.9 2010–11 Algodoneros de la Comarca Mexico LNPB 9 29.7 .587 .000 .641 11.6 2.0 .8 .6 17.0 Soles de Mexicali 10 26.7 .464 .000 .658 10.6 1.2 1.3 .8 14.1 Club La Unión Argentina LNB 22 26.0 .522 .000 .663 11.0 .8 2.2 .6 13.0 2011–12 Atenas Cordoba 14 27.4 .551 -- .506 9.4 .6 .6 .9 12.9 2012 Capitanes de Arecibo BSN 16 15.1 .514 -- .450 6.6 .6 .5 .3 5.1 2013 Mets de Guaynabo 15 12.1 .415 -- .565 5.0 .3 .2 .5 3.8 2013–14 Defensor Sporting Uruguay LUB 41 32.6 .524 -- .644 12.0 1.2 .9 1.3 17.2 2014–15 Club Malvín 21 26.2 .500 -- .675 8.8 1.1 .8 .5 10.0