| Rubén Garcés | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 245 |
| Nationality: | Panamanian / Spanish |
| Birth Date: | 17 October 1973 |
| Highschool: | Colegio Abel Bravo, Panama |
| College: |
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| Draft Year: | 1997 |
| Career Start: | 1997 |
| Career End: | 2013 |
| Career Number: | 21, 22 |
| Career Position: | Power forward / center |
| Years1: | 1998 - 1999 |
| Team1: | Quad City Thunder |
| Years2: | 1998 - 1999 |
| Team2: | La Crosse Bobcats |
| Years3: | 1999 |
| Team3: | Boca Juniors |
| Years4: | 1999 - 2000 |
| Team4: | La Crosse Bobcats |
| Team5: | Phoenix Suns |
| Team6: | Golden State Warriors |
| Years7: | 2001 |
| Team7: | ASVEL Villeurbanne |
| Years8: | 2001 - 2002 |
| Team8: | Forum Valladolid |
| Years9: | 2002 |
| Team9: | Marinos de Anzoategui |
| Years10: | 2002 - 2004 |
| Team10: | Leche Río Breogán |
| Years11: | 2004 - 2005 |
| Team11: | Estudiantes |
| Years12: | 2005 - 2008 |
| Team12: | Pamesa Valencia |
| Years13: | 2008 - 2009 |
| Team13: | Basket Zaragoza 2002 |
| Years14: | 2010 |
| Team14: | Algodoneros de Comarca |
| Years15: | 2010 - 2011 |
| Team15: | Soles de Mexicali |
| Years16: | 2011 - 2012 |
| Team16: | Club La Unión |
| Years17: | 2012 |
| Team17: | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| Years18: | 2013 |
| Team18: | Mets de Guaynabo |
| Bbr: | garceru01 |
Rubén Santiago Garcés Riquelme (born October 17, 1973) is a Panamanian professional basketball player. He last played for the Mets de Guaynabo of Puerto Rico.[1] A 6'9" power forward/center, he played US college basketball with Navarro Junior College in Texas, and with Providence College in Rhode Island, and had a brief career in the NBA in the 2000-01 season, playing with Phoenix and Golden State. He has also played in the American CBA, the Spanish ACB, in Argentina, Venezuela, and France.[2]
| Season | Team | League | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 17 | 17.5 | .456 | -- | .400 | 6.1 | .4 | .4 | .9 | 6.2 | ||
| 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 5.5 | ? | ? | ? | 5.6 | |||
| 1999–00 | 2 | 27.5 | .600 | -- | .500 | 5.5 | 1.0 | .5 | 1.0 | 13.0 | ||
| 26 | 23.1 | .550 | -- | .508 | 9.1 | .4 | .5 | 1.4 | 8.0 | |||
| 2000–01 | 11 | 22.9 | .540 | -- | .590 | 7.5 | .5 | .6 | .7 | 11.6 | ||
| 2001–02 | 34 | 28.2 | .574 | .000 | .572 | 8.9 | .5 | .9 | 1.9 | 13.1 | ||
| 2002 | no stats available | |||||||||||
| 2002–03 | 34 | 29.8 | .523 | .000 | .656 | 8.6 | .4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 2003–04 | 32 | 29.7 | .468 | -- | .549 | 9.8 | .5 | .9 | 1.2 | 11.3 | ||
| 2004–05 | 42 | 27.3 | .597 | .000 | .628 | 7.7 | .4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 14.3 | ||
| 2005–06 | 32 | 23.0 | .500 | .000 | .554 | 7.4 | .3 | .5 | .6 | 9.4 | ||
| 2006–07 | 38 | 24.5 | .561 | -- | .581 | 7.2 | .5 | .9 | .6 | 9.1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 17.1 | .588 | .000 | .600 | 4.6 | .3 | .5 | .8 | 7.3 | ||
| 2008–09 | 32 | 15.5 | .414 | -- | .564 | 4.3 | .2 | .6 | .3 | 4.9 | ||
| 2010–11 | 9 | 29.7 | .587 | .000 | .641 | 11.6 | 2.0 | .8 | .6 | 17.0 | ||
| 10 | 26.7 | .464 | .000 | .658 | 10.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .8 | 14.1 | |||
| 22 | 26.0 | .522 | .000 | .663 | 11.0 | .8 | 2.2 | .6 | 13.0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 14 | 27.4 | .551 | -- | .506 | 9.4 | .6 | .6 | .9 | 12.9 | ||
| 2012 | 16 | 15.1 | .514 | -- | .450 | 6.6 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 5.1 | ||
| 2013 | 15 | 12.1 | .415 | -- | .565 | 5.0 | .3 | .2 | .5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2013–14 | 41 | 32.6 | .524 | -- | .644 | 12.0 | 1.2 | .9 | 1.3 | 17.2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 21 | 26.2 | .500 | -- | .675 | 8.8 | 1.1 | .8 | .5 | 10.0 | ||