Pablo Prigioni

Prigioni began his professional career with Ramallo of the Argentine LNB League during the 1995–96 season. He then moved to Belgrano San Nicolás in 1996, before transferring to Obras Sanitarias in 1998.

In 1999, Prigioni moved to the Spanish club Fuenlabrada, where he stayed until 2001. In 2001, Prigioni joined the Spanish club Lucentum Alicante, and he played there until 2003. In 2003, Prigioni joined the EuroLeague team Baskonia. With Baskonia he won several titles, including: 3 Spanish King's Cups in the years 2004, 2006, 2009; 4 Spanish Supercups in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; and the Spanish League championship in 2008.

In 2009, he joined Real Madrid.[3] In August 2011, he returned to Baskonia, signing a one-year deal.[4]

On July 24, 2012, Prigioni signed a one-year contract with the New York Knicks for the rookie minimum.[5] At age 35, Prigioni became the oldest rookie in NBA history, when he made his debut on November 2, 2012. He became the team's starting point guard for the last two months of the 2012–13 season, as well as for the playoffs. In game 6 of the Knicks' first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics, Prigioni made 3 three-pointers in the first quarter. The Knicks won 88–80, to advance to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 13 years.[6]

On July 10, 2013, Prigioni re-signed with the Knicks.[7]

On February 19, 2015, Prigioni was traded to the Houston Rockets, in exchange for Alexey Shved, and two second-round draft picks.[8]

On July 20, 2015, the Rockets traded Prigioni, Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, a 2016 first-round draft pick, and cash considerations, to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange for Ty Lawson and a 2017 second-round draft pick.[9] Prigioni was immediately waived by Denver, upon being acquired.[9]

On August 3, 2015, Prigioni signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.[10] On January 13, 2016, he had a career-high eight steals against the Miami Heat, which was one shy of the franchise record, held by his head coach, Doc Rivers.[11] On April 8, 2016, he recorded a season-high 13 points, a career-high seven rebounds, and a season-high seven assists, in a 102–99 overtime win over the Utah Jazz.[12]

On July 29, 2016, Prigioni signed with the Houston Rockets, returning to the franchise for a second stint.[13] However, he was waived by the Rockets on October 24, 2016, after appearing in five preseason games with them.[14]

On December 5, 2016, Prigioni returned to Baskonia, signing with them for the rest of the season.[15] He officially retired from his professional basketball playing career on January 9, 2017.[16][17] During his professional career, Prigioni played in 10 EuroLeague seasons, in which he had career averages of 6.1 points, 4.3 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game,[18] and in four NBA seasons, in which he had career regular season averages of 3.5 points, 2.8 assists, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.[19]

• Spanish Prince's Cup (Spanish 2nd Cup) Winner: (2002)
• Led the Spanish League in steals: (2003)
• 3× Spanish King's Cup Winner: (2004, 2006, 2009)
• 4× Spanish Supercup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• Spanish King's Cup MVP: (2006)
• 2× All-EuroLeague 2nd Team: (2006, 2007)
• Led the EuroLeague in assists: (2006)
• 3× All-ACB Team: (2006, 2007, 2009)
• Spanish League Champion: (2008)
• Spanish Supercup MVP: (2008)

• 2003 FIBA Americas Championship:  Gold
• 2003 South American Championship:  Silver
• 2004 South American Championship:  Gold
• 2007 FIBA Americas Championship:  Silver
• 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament:  Gold
• 2008 Summer Olympics:  Bronze
• 2009 FIBA Americas Championship:  Bronze
• 2011 FIBA Americas Championship:  Gold