Chris Warren (basketball, born 1981)

Chris Warren (basketball, born 1981)
Christopher Levour Warren (born January 19, 1981) is a Panamanian-American former professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall shooting guard.
College career
As a junior, Warren averaged 4.1 points per game off the bench for a University of South Carolina team that was the National Invitation Tournament runner up in the 2001–02 season. He increased his numbers the following year reaching 9.6 points per game. His game was not spectacular, but he earned the reputation of a solid defensive player who could also run the floor well and had a good first step. The latter offensive skill would prove to be more than accurate during his career in the Euroleague.
Professional career
Not being drafted by any NBA team and being unknown in Europe, Warren signed for the 2003–04 season with the Mexican League club Panteras de Aguascalientes and won the Mexican championship. He started the following season with Chilean League club Deportivo Universidad Católica and then went back to Panteras de Aguascalientes. In January 2005 he played in Portugal four games for Oliveirense. In February 2005, he moved to Serbia and signed with Reflex Železnik for the rest of the season. After that, he went back again to Mexico where he played for Mineros de Cananea and Tiburones Mazatlán of the CIBACOPA.
Warren's big opportunity came in February 2006, when he moved to Croatia for traditional powerhouse KK Cibona and played there until the end of the 2007–08 championship. With Cibona he won back to back Croatian Championships and had two great EuroLeague seasons, averaging 13.7 and 15.6 points per game.
In July 2008, he signed with Scandone Avellino of Italy for the 2008–09 season. In June 2009, he signed with Bilbao Basket of Spain. He stayed with Bilbao till the summer of 2011, when he signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia for the 2011–12 season.
In August 2012, he returned to his former team Scandone Avellino. In November 2011, Avellino waived him after he had some problems with injuries. In September 2013, he signed with Bnei Herzliya of Israel for the 2013–14 season.
In January 2015, Warren signed with Karpoš Sokoli of the Macedonian First League.
In October 2015, Warren returned to Croatia for the third time, signing with KK Zabok of the Croatian A-1 Liga. In December 2015, he left Zabok and signed with his former team Panteras de Aguascalientes of the Mexican LNBP. In March 2016, he moved to the Argentinian club Obras Sanitarias.
National team career
Warren is a member of the Panama men's national basketball team and won the bronze medal at the 2003 Centrobasket. He also played at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, finishing fifth.
Career statistics
College
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02
| style="text-align:left;"| South Carolina
| 36 || 0 || 13.4 || .343 || .323 || .775 || 2.2 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 4.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03
| style="text-align:left;"| South Carolina
| 22 || 12 || 24.3 || .440 || .406 || .776 || 2.5 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 9.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|
| 58 || 12 || 17.7 || .394 || .366 || .775 || 2.3 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 6.2
EuroLeague
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06
| style="text-align:left;"| Cibona Zagreb
| 6 || 6 || 21.7 || .543 || .545 || .714 || 3.3 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 8.2 || 6.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07
| style="text-align:left;"| Cibona Zagreb
| 14 || 12 || 31.0 || .444 || .414 || .755 || 4.9 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 13.7 || 12.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08
| style="text-align:left;"| Cibona Zagreb
| 14 || 13 || 31.6 || .458 || .394 || .804 || 4.6 || 1.8 || 1.5 || 0.1 || 15.6 || 16.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09
| style="text-align:left;"| Scandone Avellino
| 10 || 10 || 34.2 || .408 || .360 || .683 || 5.0 || 2.7 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 16.2 || 13.8
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|
| 44 || 41 || 30.6 || .445 || .400 || .750 || 4.6 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 14.1 || 13.1
EuroCup
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10
| style="text-align:left;"| Scandone Avellino
| 14 || 12 || 25.8 || .425 || .296 || .765 || 2.9 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 9.4 || 9.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12
| style="text-align:left;"| Cedevita Zagreb
| 4 || 4 || 30.0 || .359 || .231 || .714 || 4.0 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 10.3 || 9.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|
| 18 || 16 || 26.7 || .447 || .284 || .750 || 3.1 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 9.6 || 9.3
References
External links
The Story of Chris Warren
South Carolina Gamecocks bio
Euroleague.net profile
Eurobasket.com profile
FIBA.com profile
1981 births
Living people
ABA League players
American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
American expatriate basketball people in Chile
American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
American expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
American expatriate basketball people in Portugal
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia and Montenegro
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Dallas County, Texas
Bilbao Basket players
Bnei Hertzeliya basketball players
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
KK Cedevita players
KK Cibona players
KK FMP (1991–2011) players
KK Zabok players
Liga ACB players
Obras Sanitarias basketball players
Panamanian expatriate basketball people in Serbia
Panamanian men's basketball players
Panteras de Aguascalientes players
Sportspeople from Garland, Texas
S.S. Felice Scandone players
Shooting guards
South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Collin County, Texas
Venados de Mazatlán (basketball) players
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
Panamanian expatriate basketball people in Mexico
Panamanian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Panamanian expatriate basketball people in Argentina
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal