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  • Pablo Prigioni

  • #9
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2013 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
4.5
RPG
1.50
APG
3.2
EFF
+ 7.45
Born: May 17, 1977
Height: 6-3 / 1.91
Weight: 185 lbs. / 83.9 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Caja Laboral (Spain) / Argentina
Years Pro: R

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Background

PRO CAREER:
First Argentine-born player in Knicks history (26th international player in club annals) made NBA debut at age 35 and gave Knicks quality backcourt minutes throughout the season...Over 78 games (18 starts), Pablo averaged 3.5 ppg, 3.0 apg and shot .455 (100-220 FGA) over 16.2 mpg...Went 53-134 (.396) from Downtown and 22-25 FTA (.880). Had five double-figure scoring games...Led Knicks in assists 18 times...Logged 20+ minutes 22 times...Third on Knicks in games played (78), behind only Novak (81) and Smith (80)...Did not miss a game due to injury; was a DNP (CD) four times. Moved into the starting lineup in the season’s final weeks...Started 18 games (Knicks 16-2) and averaged 4.1 ppg (74) and 3.4 apg (62) with 28-54 FGA (.519) over 21.7 mpg (390) as a starter...Started each of season’s final 18 games (March 18-April 17), including each game of 13-game winning streak (March 18-April 9)...Started alongside Chris Copeland on March 18 at Jazz (first game of winning streak); according to Elias Sports Bureau, marked first time in Knicks history NYK started two undrafted rookies in the same game since Elias began charting starters in 1970-71. Ranked 18th overall in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.74)...On the NBA Rookie Leader Board, ranked second in 3PT FG pct. (.396, trailing only teammate Chris Copeland, .421), third in assists (3.0) and eighth in steals (0.88). Made NBA debut on Nov 2 (scoreless in 16 bench minutes in win over Heat) at age 35 years, 5 months and 16 days...Became the second-oldest player in League history to make his NBA debut...Charley Shipp of 1949-50 Waterloo Hawks (born Dec 3, 1913) was just shy of 36 when he made his NBA debut. Shipp played for more than a decade in the old National League prior to Waterloo joining NBA in 1949.

PLAYOFFS: Pablo makes his NBA Playoff debut in 2013.

As An Olympian:
Averaged 3.9 ppg and 5.6 apg (third on Olympic leader board) with 9-27 FGA (.333) and 4-17 from three-point range (.235) over 25.4 mpg in seven games (five starts) for Argentina at 2012 London Olympics...Missed one game (Aug. 6 loss to U.S.) due to kidney stones...Had a game-high seven assists with three points in bronze medal loss to Russia, Aug. 12...Appeared in his second Olympics: Averaged 7.1 ppg over eight games for bronze medal-winning Argentina at 2008 Summer Games in Beijing...For the Argentine National Team, won a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, a silver medal at the 2007 Americas Championship and a bronze medal at the 2009 Americas Championship, in addition to Olympic bronze in 2008...Represented Argentina in the 2006 and 2010 World Championships.


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