Charles García

Charles García
Charles Wayne García Jr. (born October 13, 1988) is a US-born Belizean professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Seattle University after first spending two seasons at Riverside City College.
Early life
García was born in the United States to Belizean immigrants. Through his father, García is of Costa Rican descent.
Professional career
García started the 2010–11 season in Turkey with Oyak Renault, but left after just two games. Between November and December 2010, he played in the NBA Development League for the Utah Flash before moving to Mexico to play for Potros ITSON until January 2011. He returned to the D-League in April 2011, where he joined the Iowa Energy. García spent the entire 2011–12 season in the D-League playing for the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
For the 2012–13 season, García moved to Spain to play for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. He managed 15 games for the club before leaving in January 2013. Two months later, he joined Puerto Rican team Atléticos de San Germán for a two-month stint.
García split the 2013–14 season with two Bahraini teams, Al Muharraq and Al Ittihad, and split the 2014–15 season with two South Korean teams, Goyang Orions and Seoul Samsung Thunders. García returned to Puerto Rico in March 2015, where he joined Vaqueros de Bayamón.
In January 2016, García joined Grindavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. In 10 regular season games he averaged 19.9 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. In the playoffs, Grindavík lost to KR in 3 games, with García averaging 14.7 points and 7.3 rebounds.
On October 30, 2016, García was selected by the Austin Spurs in the fourth round of the 2016 NBA Development League Draft.
On April 20, 2018, Garcia signed with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup. But he was let go on May 21, after Ginebra hobbled to a 1–3 start. He was replaced by resident import Justin Brownlee.
In the 2018–2019 season of the Super Basketball League, Garcia joined the Fubon Braves and finished the regular season averaging 19.2ppg along with 11.6rpg. The season was capped off with a 4–0 finals sweep of Taiwan Beer, giving the Braves their first SBL Championship in team history. Garcia was named finals MVP finishing with averages of 22.3ppg, 11.8rpg.
On November 4, 2020, Garcia signed with the Taipei Fubon Braves.
On October 22, 2021, Garcia signed with the Tainan TSG GhostHawks of the T1 League.
References
External links
Charles García at goseattleu.com
Charles García at nbadleague.com
Charles García at acb.com
1988 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
American expatriate basketball people in South Korea
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Taiwan
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
ASEAN Basketball League players
Atléticos de San Germán players
Austin Spurs players
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players
Basketball players from Los Angeles
Belizean men's basketball players
Fort Wayne Mad Ants players
Goyang Sono Skygunners players
Grindavík men's basketball players
Iowa Energy players
Korean Basketball League players
Liga ACB players
Oyak Renault basketball players
Philippine Basketball Association imports
Potros ITSON de Obregón players
Power forwards (basketball)
Riverside City Tigers men's basketball players
Seattle Redhawks men's basketball players
Sioux Falls Skyforce players
Susan Miller Dorsey High School alumni
Utah Flash players
Yokohama B-Corsairs players
Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
Fubon Braves players
Taipei Fubon Braves players
Tainan TSG GhostHawks players
T1 League imports
Bank of Taiwan basketball players
Pauian Archiland basketball players
Super Basketball League imports
P. League+ imports
Vaqueros de Bayamón basketball players
Al-Muharraq SC basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Bahrain
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American men's 3x3 basketball players
Big3 players