Víctor Claver

Víctor Claver Arocas (born 30 August 1988) is a Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

Víctor Claver

Claver in 2009
No. 30 – FC Barcelona
Position	Power forward / Small forward
League	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1988-08-30) 30 August 1988 Valencia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2012	Valencia
2012–2015	Portland Trail Blazers
2015	Khimki
2015–2016	Lokomotiv Kuban
2016–present	FC Barcelona
Career highlights and awards
2× EuroCup champion (2010, 2015) 2× Spanish Cup winner (2018, 2019) EuroCup Rising Star (2010) Spanish All-Star Game Slam Dunk champion (2008)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2019 China EuroBasket 2009 Poland 2011 Lithuania 2015 France 2013 Slovenia FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2006 Greece U-18 National Team

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Claver and the second or maternal family name is Arocas.

Professional career

Valencia

Claver began his playing career with the youth teams of his school, Sagrado Corazón HH. Maristas de Valencia, in Spain. He made his professional debut with Valencia during the 2006–07 season. He played in Europe's second-tier level competition, the EuroCup, for the first time during the 2007–08 season, and won it in the 2009–10 season.

He also played in the European top-tier level, EuroLeague, during the 2010–11 season, and averaged 10.9 points and 4.9 rebounds, over 14 games.

NBA

Claver was drafted 22nd overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2009 NBA draft. On 12 July 2012, Claver signed a three-year deal with the Trail Blazers.[1] He was assigned to the NBA D-League's Idaho Stampede on 7 December 2012, and recalled on 9 December 2012.[2] The following day, he made his first NBA start, scoring 4 points in 25 minutes with 5 rebounds and 2 assists.[3] Claver was reassigned to the Idaho Stampede on 14 December 2012, and recalled on 16 December 2012.[2] He played 80 games for the Trail Blazers over the next three years.

On 19 February 2015, Claver was traded, along with Will Barton, Thomas Robinson and a lottery-protected 2016 first-round pick, to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Arron Afflalo and Alonzo Gee.[4] Three days later, he was waived by the Nuggets before playing in a game for them.[5]

Russia

On 1 March 2015, Claver signed with BC Khimki of Russia for the rest of the season.[6] On 17 July 2015 Claver and Khimki parted ways.[7]

Attempt to return to Spain

In August 2015, he had a deal with Baskonia,[8][9] but Valencia using the right of first refusal, matched the offer, and kept his rights in Spain.[8][10] Baskonia obviously was not eager to pay a buy out to Valencia, but the Spanish forward did not want to play in his old team. According to reports, he did not want to play in a team which in the next season was going to compete in the second-tier level EuroCup, which led to Claver signing with a team outside the Spanish borders.[8]

Escape to Russia

On 2 September 2015, the Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban announced a one-year deal with Claver for the 2015–16 season.[11]

Return to Spain

On 20 July 2016, he signed a three-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa, after his new team reached an agreement with Valencia for acquiring his rights.[12][13] On 2 July 2019, he extended his contract with FC Barcelona through 2022.[14]

Spanish national team

As a member of the junior national teams of Spain, Claver won a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and a bronze medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He has also played with the senior national team. With Spain's senior team, he won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 2009, EuroBasket 2011, and at the EuroBasket 2015, and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2013.

He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal.[15]

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
2012–13	Portland	49	16	16.6	.392	.287	.467	2.4	.9	.5	.2	3.8
2013–14	Portland	21	0	8.8	.405	.167	.909	1.9	.6	.1	.1	2.2
2014–15	Portland	10	0	7.6	.450	.545	.000	2.0	.1	.1	.1	2.4
Career		80	16	13.4	.398	.293	.585	2.2	.7	.4	.2	3.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014	Portland	2	0	3.5	.000	.000	.000	0.5	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		2	0	3.5	.000	.000	.000	0.5	.0	.0	.0	.0

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2010–11	Valencia	14	14	27.6	.472	.368	.841	4.9	1.4	1.4	.4	10.9	12.1
2015–16	Lokomotiv	31	31	27.0	.500	.400	.780	5.9	1.6	.8	.5	9.4	13.5
2016–17	Barcelona	27	19	22.0	.459	.377	.778	4.4	1.3	.9	.3	6.0	8.4
2017–18		24	6	16.0	.451	.422	.800	2.9	1.2	.6	.3	4.6	5.4
2018–19		35	25	21.2	.476	.339	.821	3.2	1.0	.6	.4	5.3	7.5
Career		131	95	22.5	.477	.382	.806	4.2	1.3	.8	.4	6.9	9.2

References

1. "Trail Blazers Sign Spanish International Victor Claver". iamatrailblazersfan.com. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
2. "2012–13 NBA Assignments". Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
3. "Box Score, Portland vs. Toronto, Monday, December 10, 2012". nba.com. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
4. "Nuggets Acquire Barton, Claver, Robinson and Protected First Round Pick From Portland". NBA.com. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
5. "Nuggets Waive Claver and Robinson". NBA.com. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
6. "BC Khimki signed with Victor Claver". bckhimki.ru. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
7. Khimki parted ways with Victor Claver
8. "Claver in Loko, Randle back in Maccabi". eurohoops.net. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
9. "El Laboral Kutxa Baskonia presenta oferta por Víctor Claver" (in Spanish). acb.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
10. "Valencia Basket iguala la oferta del Laboral Kutxa Baskonia por Claver" (in Spanish). acb.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
11. "Lokomotiv Kuban announces Victor Claver". sportando.com. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
12. "Victor Claver signs with FC Barcelona Lassa for three seasons". fcbarcelona.com. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
13. "Barcelona announced Victor Claver". eurohoops.net. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
14. "Barcelona extends Claver through 2022". EuroLeague.net. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
15. Victor CLAVER (ESP) participated in 14 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.

External links

• Víctor Claver at acb.com (in Spanish)

• Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
• Victor Claver at FIBA
• Víctor Claver at fiba.com
• Víctor Claver at euroleague.net
• Víctor Claver on Twitter