Esteban Batista

Esteban Damián Batista Hernández (born September 2, 1983) is an Uruguayan professional basketball player for Club Nacional de Football of the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball. He was the first ever Uruguayan to play in the NBA.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Batista and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.
Esteban Batista
Batista with Venezia in 2017
Free agent
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born (1983-09-02) September 2, 1983
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2005 / Undrafted
Playing career2001–present
Career history
2001–2003Club Atlético Welcome
2003–2004Salto Uruguay
20ásquetPozuelo de Alarcón
2004Club Nacional de Football
2004–2005Trouville
2005Aguas de Calpe
2005–2007Atlanta Hawks
2007–2008Maccabi Tel Aviv
2008Triumph Lyubertsy
2009Libertad
2009–2011Fuenlabrada
2011Caja Laboral
2011–2012Anadolu Efes
2013–2014Pınar Karşıyaka
2014–2015Panathinaikos
2015–2016Beikong Fly Dragons
2016Emporio Armani Milano
2016–2017Beikong Fly Dragons
2017Reyer Venezia
2017-2018Club Atlético Welcome
2018-2019Club Nacional de Football
2019Instituto ACC
2019San Lorenzo de Almagro
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Uruguay
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro
FIBA South American Championship
2006 Caracas
2008 Puerto Montt
2003 Montevideo
2010 Neiva

Professional career

Batista began his pro career in the Uruguayan League in 2001. He then moved to the second division of Spain, the Spanish LEB League in 2003.

NBA

Batista was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Hawks on September 12, 2005. He made his NBA debut on November 2 of that year, going scoreless in 6 minutes of play time against the Golden State Warriors. In his first NBA season, Batista averaged 1.8 points per game and 2.5 rebounds per game in 8.7 minutes per game, in 57 games played.

On September 26, 2007, Batista signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Boston Celtics.[1] On October 16, 2007, however, Batista was waived by the team.[2]

Europe and China

On the same day that he was released by the Celtics, he signed with the EuroLeague team Maccabi Tel Aviv.[3]

Batista joined the Russian Super League team Triumph Lyubertsy in December 2008,[4] but left the club shortly thereafter for personal reasons.

Batista signed a three-year contract with Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada at the summer of 2009.[5] In January 2011, he signed with the Euroleague team Caja Laboral.[6]

In July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball League.[7] In August 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Pınar Karşıyaka also of the Turkish Basketball League.[8]

On July 18, 2014, he signed with Panathinaikos for the 2014–15 season.[9] On April 5, 2015, he won the Greek Cup.

In June 2015, he signed with Beikong Fly Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.[10] On February 6, 2016, after the end of the Chinese season, he signed a deal with Emporio Armani Milano until June 2017.[11] However, at the end of the 2015–16 season, he parted ways with Milano.[12][13]

In July 2016, Batista re-signed with Beikong Fly Dragons for the 2016–17 CBA season.[14] On February 19, 2017, he signed with Italian club Reyer Venezia Mestre for the rest of the 2016–17 Serie A season.[15]

Return to Uruguay

In August 2017, Batista returned to Uruguay and signed with Club Atlético Welcome.[16]

Career statistics
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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

NBA

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Atlanta 5738.7.425.000.6232.5.1.3.21.8
2007–08 Atlanta 1306.2.500.000.5712.3.3.2.01.5
Career 7038.2.438.000.6172.5.2.3.21.7

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Maccabi Tel Aviv 24517.8.573.1000.6385.3.91.1.310.311.8
2008–09 Maccabi Tel Aviv 509.0.500.000.8002.6.2.0.23.64.2
2010–11 Caja Laboral 10319.7.533.000.7146.31.4.5.38.49.8
2011–12 Anadolu Efes 16515.8.507.000.5504.3.6.6.25.15.9
2012–13 Anadolu Efes 4011.3.583.000.6004.31.8.3.34.33.3
2014–15 Panathinaikos 262521.9.583.000.7645.51.01.0.310.211.8
Career 853818.562.500.6824.9.8.8.38.49.6

Domestic leagues
Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02Club Atlético WelcomeCampeonato Federal23????????2.3
2002–03Club Atlético WelcomeCampeonato Federal22????4.5???6.2
2003Salto UruguayLUB28????????16.4
2003–04Baloncesto PozueloLEB Plata2323.7.517--.4627.5.3.81.08.9
2004NacionalTorneo Metropolitano?????????21.6
2004–05TrouvilleLUB40????15.0???20.1
Aguas de CalpeLEB Oro824.0.550.000.6555.51.01.0.310.6
2007–08Maccabi Tel AvivLigat HaAl2614.9.630.000.6805.0.8.6.28.9
2008–0933.0.500----.7.0.0.0.7
Club LibertadArgentina LNB2328.9.592.100.7339.61.11.3.715.0
2009–10Baloncesto FuenlabradaLiga ACB3128.2.531.667.6988.41.01.21.114.1
2010–111426.5.548.000.7248.41.71.81.112.7
Laboral Kutxa2519.7.554--.6254.81.1.5.77.0
2011–12Anadolu EfesBSL4117.7.663--.7035.0.7.7.67.6
2012–1338.7.400--.5003.7.3.0.73.3
2013–14Pınar Karşıyaka3527.0.620.000.6858.91.41.1.715.9
2014–15PanathinaikosGBL2520.9.668.000.6736.91.11.0.212.8
2014–15Beikong Fly DragonsCBA3738.0.607.143.68812.63.01.9.925.7

National team career

Batista is a member of the Uruguayan national basketball team. During the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, which was held from August 22 through September 2, in Las Vegas, Batista averaged 20.8 points per game and 12.4 rebounds per game.

References
  1. Peter May, Camp Roster Set, The Boston Globe.
  2. Marc Spears, Batista Waived, The Boston Globe.
  3. Maccabi signs center Esteban Batista October 22, 2007.
  4. Esteban Batista is the new Triumph center
  5. "Conoce a Esteban Batista". Baloncestofuenlabrada.com. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  6. "Caja Laboral bulks up with Batista at center". Euroleague.net. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  7. "Anadolu Efes also lands Batista". Euroleague.net. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  8. "Batista moves to Pınar Karşıyaka". Sportando.net. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  9. "Panathinaikos lands Esteban Batista". paobc.gr. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  10. Esteban Batista signing in China
  11. "Olimpia Milano made official the signing of Esteban Batista". Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  12. Olimpia Milano, Esteban Batista expected to part ways
  13. Macvan, Cerella, Lafayette to leave Olimpia Milano
  14. Batista is back at North Control
  15. Ufficiale: l’Umana Reyer ingaggia Esteban Batista (in Italian)
  16. Welcome signs Esteban Batista
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