Gregory Vargas

Gregory Vargas
No. 5 SLUC Nancy
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League LNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1986-02-18) February 18, 1986
Ocumare Del Tuy, Venezuela
Nationality Venezuelan
Listed height 5 ft 11.75 in (1.82 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013 Caquetíos de Falcón
2013–2014 Brujos de Guayama
2014 Maratonistas de Coamo
2014–2015 Marinos
2015–2016 Maccabi Haifa
2016–present SLUC Nancy
Career highlights and awards

Gregory Vargas (born February 18, 1986)[1] is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for SLUC Nancy in France.[2] He currently plays for SLUC Nancy Basket as a point guard.[2][3]

Player profile

Vargas was described as a tough FIBA player, who could be a college basketball All-American, by ESPN basketball analyst Fran Fraschilla.[4]

Professional career

In the 2015–16 season, Vargas averaged 13.9 points and 6.4 assists per game in the Israeli Premier League, with Maccabi Haifa.[5]

Vargas also played against the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies as a part of Maccabi Haifa, in an NBA preseason game.[6] He scored over 20 points in 8 games, and had 10 or more assists in 3 games as well, during the 2015–16 season.[7][8][9]

Venezuelan national team

Vargas is a member of the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team. As a member of the team at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship,[10] he helped Venezuela to defeat Uruguay[11] and Canada to win the gold medal. That was Venezuela's first FIBA Americas Championship,[12] and allowed them to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, where Vargas also played with Venezuela.[13]

References


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