Denis Clemente | |
Position: | Point guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 175 |
League: | BSN |
Team: | Santeros de Aguada |
Number: | 16 |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1986 |
Birth Place: | Bayamon, Puerto Rico |
High School: | Calusa Preparatory School |
College: |
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Draft Year: | 2010 |
Career Start: | 2010 |
Years1: | 2010–2011 |
Team1: | Maccabi Rishon Lezion |
Years2: | 2011–2014 |
Team2: | Caciques de Humacao |
Years3: | 2014–2017 |
Team3: | Capitanes de Arecibo |
Years4: | 2017–2018 |
Team4: | Fuerza Regia de Monterrey |
Years5: | 2018–2020 |
Team5: | Mineros de Zacatecas |
Years6: | 2021 |
Team6: | Cangrejeros de Santurce |
Years7: | 2022 |
Team7: | Brujos de Guayama |
Years8: | 2023 |
Team8: | Capitanes de Arecibo |
Years9: | 2024–present |
Team9: | Santeros de Aguada |
Denis Clemente (born April 10, 1986 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played collegiately in the United States with the Kansas State University Wildcats, and led the team to the Elite 8 round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, before losing to the Butler Bulldogs. He is a 6'1, 175 pound combo guard.
Clemente graduated from Kansas Sate in 2010, and he entered the 2010 NBA draft. After he went undrafted, he played in the NBA Summer League with the Charlotte Bobcats, but was cut prior to training camp. In December 2010 he signed with Greek club Maroussi BC.[1] In September 2011 he signed with Slovak club BK Bemaco SPU Nitra.[2] In 2011 he was selected Rookie of the Year in Puerto Rico's Professional league. He has also had a stint playing professional basketball in Mexico.[3]
He is the second cousin of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame player Roberto Clemente.[4]