Guillermo Diaz signs at San Lorenzo
Defending champion San Lorenzo de Almagra (Argentinian LigaA) landed 31-year old Puerto Rican international guard Guillermo Diaz. He has a double citizenship as he also holds Georgian passport. Diaz played in the summer at Capitanes de Arecibo in Puerto Rican BSN league. He has played there for the last four years. In 50 BSN games he averaged 13.6ppg, 3.5rpg and 5.0apg. Diaz helped them to win the league title. It was a very successful season in his career as he was awarded Latinbasket.com All-Puerto Rican BSN Domestic Player of the Year, Guard of the Year and selected to 1st Team. Diaz also played 3 games in Liga Americas where he had very impressive stats: 18.0ppg, 3.3rpg, 4.7apg and 1.3spg.In 2006 Diaz was drafted by Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) in second round (52nd overall). He attended University of Miami, Florida and it will be his eleventh season in pro basketball.Diaz has been also a member of Puerto Rican international program for some years. He has regularly played for Puerto Rican senior team since 2009 and previously for U21 National Team back in 2004.Diaz also represented Puerto Rico at the Centrobasket in Panama City (Panama) this year. His team won Gold and his stats at that event were 6 games: 8.5ppg, 2.2rpg, 2.2apg, FGP: 75.0%, 3PT: 20.0%, FT: 78.9%.Diaz is a very experienced player. And here thanks to pro basketball he experienced life in six different countries playing on three different continents. He is familiar with European, Latin American and of course North American leagues. Diaz has played previously professionally also in Greece (Olimpiada), Italy (VL Pesaro, Juvecaserta and Angelico Biella), NBA (LA Clippers), Georgia (Mgzavrebi) and D-League (Springfield A.).Let's have closer look into His outlook: An undersized SG, with great athletic skills and good scoring ability. Has the toghness to play a good defense, year after year he improved his long distance shooting. Above all, Diaz is a fantastic leaper, capable of spectacular dunks, and is also a very good volleyball player, a star in Puerto Rican volleyball some years ago.


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