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Víctor Claver

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Claver and the second or maternal family name is Arocas.

Víctor Claver Arocas (born 30 August 1988) is a Spanish former professional basketball player who last served as the team captain for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

Víctor Claver
Claver with the Valencia in 2009
Personal information
Born (1988-08-30) 30 August 1988 (age 36)
Valencia, Spain
Listed height6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Listed weight224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009: 1st round, 22nd overall pick
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career2006–2024
PositionPower forward / small forward
Number1, 9, 10, 18, 30
Career history
2006–2012Valencia
2012–2015Portland Trail Blazers
2015Khimki Moscow
2015–2016Lokomotiv Kuban
2016–2021FC Barcelona
2021–2024Valencia
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 China
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2009 Poland
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lithuania
Gold medal – first place 2015 France
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Slovenia
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Greece U18 Team

Professional career

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Valencia (2006–2012)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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 (2021–2024)

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On 13 July 2021, he signed a three-year deal with Valencia and he plays again for his hometown Valencia.[16]

On 1 July 2024, Claver announced his retirement from professional basketball.[17]

National team career

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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.[18]

Career statistics

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Legend
  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

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Regular season

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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

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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

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* Led the league
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 .477 .339 .821 3.2 1.0 .6 .4 5.3 7.5
2019–20 17 15 21.2 .507 .455 1.000 3.0 1.6 .8 .2 5.7 7.9
2020–21 15 4 12.6 .481 .200 .714 1.9 .3 .4 .1 2.3 2.7
2022–23 Valencia 30 12 17.7 .471 .413 .815 2.6 .9 .8 .1 4.8 5.2
2023–24 21 5 14.8 .403 .385 .750 2.1 .6 .4 — 3.4 3.2
Career 214 131 20.3 .474 .386 .812 3.5 1.1 .7 .3 5.8 7.5

References

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  1. ^ "Trail Blazers Sign Spanish International Victor Claver". iamatrailblazersfan.com. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2012–13 NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Box Score, Portland vs. Toronto, Monday, December 10, 2012". nba.com. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Nuggets Acquire Barton, Claver, Robinson and Protected First Round Pick From Portland". NBA.com. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Nuggets Waive Claver and Robinson". NBA.com. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  6. ^ "BC Khimki signed with Victor Claver". bckhimki.ru. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  7. ^ Khimki parted ways with Victor Claver
  8. ^ a b c "Claver in Loko, Randle back in Maccabi". eurohoops.net. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  9. ^ "El Laboral Kutxa Baskonia presenta oferta por Víctor Claver" (in Spanish). acb.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Valencia Basket iguala la oferta del Laboral Kutxa Baskonia por Claver" (in Spanish). acb.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Lokomotiv Kuban announces Victor Claver". sportando.com. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Victor Claver signs with FC Barcelona Lassa for three seasons". fcbarcelona.com. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Barcelona announced Victor Claver". eurohoops.net. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Barcelona extends Claver through 2022". EuroLeague.net. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Victor Claver to leave Barça". fcbarcelona.com/. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Víctor Claver is back home for his second stage in Valencia Basket". ValenciaBasket.com/. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Víctor Claver anuncia su retirada". ACB.com (in Spanish). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  18. ^ Victor CLAVER (ESP) participated in 14 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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