Biography Guillermo Diaz (basketball)




1 biography

1.1 university of miami
1.2 los angeles clippers
1.3 nba summer league 2008
1.4 overseas career
1.5 controversy national superior basketball





biography
university of miami

diaz had stellar college career @ university of miami, earned all-american status. @ university of miami, finished 10th on school s all-time scoring list 1,477 points, including 174 three-point field goals. garnered all-big east team freshman first team honors in 2003–04 , led miami in scoring both sophomore , junior. named all-acc team in both sophomore , junior years.


los angeles clippers

diaz declared eligibility nba draft following junior year , selected los angeles clippers, 52nd overall selection in 2006 nba draft. during summers of 2006 , 2007, diaz participated team in nba summer pro league.


on august 16, 2007, diaz signed non-guaranteed contract los angeles clippers 3 years $2 million, according hoopshype.com. on october 25, diaz released @ conclusion of preseason, signing free agent contract anaheim arsenal of nbdl. through january 8, 2008, diaz averaged 16.6 points per game in 14 games, 7 starts.


on january 8, 2008, diaz signed 10-day contract clippers, in debuted against phoenix suns playing 5 minutes , registering 1 rebound. on january 18, clippers extended contract additional 10 days. through 6 games played in nba, diaz scored 5 points, grabbed 2 rebounds, , dished 1 assist in 18 minutes played. contract terminated on january 28, when team decided not offer guaranteed contract remainder of season.


nba summer league 2008

guillermo diaz included on summer league roster of charlotte bobcats nba summer league 2008.


overseas career

for 2006–07 season played Čez basketball nymburk in czech basketball league. on january 7, 2007, el nuevo dia reported diaz not return second half of season, stated mentor arturo alvarez, diaz wasn t able adapt different lifestyle experienced in czech republic. time diaz decided leave czech league, second leading scorer in whole league, average of 20.1 points per game, , had led nymburk 15-1 season start in czech league.


diaz played in 5 games aep olimpiada patron in greek league in 2007, tallying 13.0 points per game.


in february 2008, signed pepsi caserta, team in legadue, known serie a2 basket, second division of italian professional basketball. helped them win championship in 2008 season. winning promoted italian top-tier level lba in 2008–09 season.


controversy national superior basketball

after departing czech national league, diaz announced interested in including name list of players in puerto rican bsn draft. involved in movement trying convince team owners of league avoid implementation of salary cap first-year players.


however, team owners decided put in cap on salary of twenty 5 thousand dollars, led diaz remove name list of players. led former owner miguel mercado create movement inciting first-year players withdraw names draft; controversy reached conclusion, when mercado , league reached agreement. diaz announced going skip participation in league, , continued participation in clippers summer league team.








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