Charles García

Charles García
No. 36 – Yokohama B-Corsairs
Position Power forward
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1988-10-13) October 13, 1988
Los Angeles, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school Susan Miller Dorsey
(Los Angeles, California)
College
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010 Oyak Renault
2010 Utah Flash
2010–2011 Potros ITSON
2011 Iowa Energy
2011–2012 Sioux Falls Skyforce
2012 Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2012–2013 Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2013 Atléticos de San Germán
2013 Al Muharraq
2013–2014 Al Ittihad
2014–2015 Goyang Orions
2015 Seoul Samsung Thunders
2015 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2016 Grindavíkur
2016–2017 Austin Spurs
2018 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2018- Yokohama B-Corsairs
Career highlights and awards

Charles Wayne García Jr. (born October 13, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Yokohama B-Corsairs.[1] He last played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played one season of Division 1 college basketball for Seattle University after spending two seasons at Riverside City College.

Professional career

García started the 2010–11 season in Turkey with Oyak Renault, but left after just two games. Between November and December 2010, he played in the NBA Development League for the Utah Flash before moving to Mexico to play for Potros ITSON until January 2011. He returned to the D-League in April 2011, where he joined the Iowa Energy. García spent the entire 2011–12 season in the D-League playing for the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

For the 2012–13 season, García moved to Spain to play for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. He managed 15 games for the club before leaving in January 2013.[2] Two months later, he joined Puerto Rican team Atléticos de San Germán[3] for a two-month stint.

García split the 2013–14 season with two Bahraini teams, Al Muharraq and Al Ittihad,[4] and split the 2014–15 season with two South Korean teams, Goyang Orions and Seoul Samsung Thunders. García returned to Puerto Rico in March 2015, where he joined Vaqueros de Bayamón.

In January 2016, García joined Icelandic team Grindavíkur.[5]

On October 30, 2016, García was selected by the Austin Spurs in the fourth round of the 2016 NBA Development League Draft.[6][7]

On April 20, 2018, he signed with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[8] But he was let go on May 21, after Ginebra hobbled to a 1-3 start. He was replaced by resident import Justin Brownlee.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Yokohama B-Corsairs". B League. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ Charles García deja de pertenecer al Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Puerto Rican Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - latinbasket News".
  4. ↑ "General basketball transactions: 2013/14".
  5. ↑ Fyrsti heimaleikur Garcia í kvöld (in Icelandic)
  6. ↑ "AUSTIN SPURS SELECT MAURICE BOLDEN IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2016 NBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT - Austin Spurs".
  7. ↑ "2016 NBA D-League Draft Board - NBA G League".
  8. ↑ https://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/ginebra-set-to-bring-new-import-in-charles-garc
  9. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (2018-05-21). "Justin Brownlee back with Ginebra as Charles Garcia is sent packing | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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