Pau Ribas

Pau Ribas Tossas (born March 2, 1987) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m),[1] he primarily plays the shooting guard position. His father, Jordi Ribas, was also a professional basketball player.

Pau Ribas
Pau Ribas playing with Joventut Badalona in 2020
No. 4 – Joventut Badalona
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1987-03-02) March 2, 1987
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009 / Undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2009Joventut
2005–2007→Prat
2009–2012Caja Laboral
2012–2015Valencia
2015–2020Barcelona
2020–presentJoventut
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Spain
World Cup
2019 China
EuroBasket
2015 France

Professional career

Ribas played with Prat, and then with the Spanish ACB League club Joventut Badalona, before joining the Spanish EuroLeague club Caja Laboral in 2009.[2] In July 2012, he signed a three-year deal with Valencia Basket.[3]

On July 23, 2015, he signed a three-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa.[4] After winning the 2015 Supercopa, Ribas was named the Supercopa MVP. On October 26, 2016, Ribas had a season-ending injury and was out for the rest of the 2016–17 season after just three EuroLeague games.[5] On July 17, 2018, he re-signed with FC Barcelona Lassa on a three-year deal.[6] On July 4, 2020, it was announced that Ribas had mutually parted ways with the Catalan club after five seasons.

Spain national teams

Ribas played internationally with the Spain junior national teams at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. They won the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

With the senior Spain national team, Ribas won gold medal at the EuroBasket 2015 and at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

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.

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2008–09 Joventut 10419.8.383.313.7781.42.31.2.07.05.9
2009–10 Baskonia 201520.2.391.3601.0002.02.1.5.14.54.3
2010–11 20212.9.444.320.2001.61.0.5.02.52.8
2011–12 10317.5.420.176.8752.51.8.9.05.25.3
2014–15 Valencia 10424.1.489.439.7692.33.61.1.011.812.3
2015–16 Barcelona 27418.5.447.424.9391.92.7.7.06.17.6
2016–17 Barcelona 209.5.000.500.000.5.5.5.04.53.5
Career 973218.3.433.366.8271.92.2.7.05.66.0

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

Spain national team
Senior
Under-20

Personal

Ribas is known for his frequent take on political stances.[7] He has also written articles for the Catalan newspaper Ara,[8] known for its Catalan nationalist and independentist editorial policy.[9][10]

References
  1. "Pau Ribas altura: 1.96 m". Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  2. Marca.com Pau Ribas ficha por el Tau para las cuatro próximas temporadas (in Spanish).
  3. Valencia Basket tabs Pau Ribas.
  4. Barcelona signs two-time Eurocup champ Ribas
  6. "Barça, Ribas agree for three more years". EuroLeague.net. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  7. L'opinió de Pau Ribas sobre Mariano Rajoy a Twitter sacseja les xarxes socials.
  8. On és El suposat bilingüisme?
  9. 'ARA no serà un diari independentista'. Archived 2011-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Un grup empresarial nacionalista ultima la sortida del diari ‘Ara'.
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