Michael Batiste

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Michael Batiste
Position Forward-center
Height 6 ft 8.25 in (2.04 m)
Weight 240 lb (109 kg)
League A1 Ethniki/Euroleague
Team Panathinaikos BC
Born November 21, 1977 (1977-11-21) (age 30)
Long Beach, California
Nationality American
College Arizona State
Pro career 2000–present
Former teams TEC Spirou Charleroi (2000–2001)
Lauretana Biella (2001–2002)
Memphis Grizzlies (2002–2003)
Awards 2007 Greek A1 League Forward of The Year

Michael James Batiste or Mike Batiste (born November 21, 1977 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Panathinaikos BC in Greece. He is 6'8 1/4" (2.04 m), and is regarded as one of the best power forwards currently playing in Europe.

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[edit] College

Batiste played collegiately for Arizona State University. He led the Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) in blocked shots during the 1997-1998 season and was named First Team Pac-10 in 1998-1999.

[edit] NBA

During the 2002-03 NBA season Batiste played for the Memphis Grizzlies (75 games, 16.6 MPG, 6.4 PPG, 3.4 RPG). He was also signed by the Los Angeles Clippers in September 2002, but was waived before playing in any regular season games.

[edit] Europe

After leaving Arizona State, Batiste had a European stint, representing TEC Spirou Charleroi in Belgium (2000-2001) and Lauretana Biella (2001-2002), in the top Italian League.

In July 2003, following his NBA season, Batiste joined Greek league powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens, and played a major role in a team that won 5 leagues (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and 4 Greek cups in a row (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), also adding the Euroleague 2006-07.

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Panathinaikos BC 2006-07 Euroleague Champions

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Panathinaikos BC current roster

4 Alvertis | 5 Perperoglou | 6 Spanoulis | 7 Verginis | 8 Batiste | 9 Zizić | 10 Hatzivrettas | 11 Sakota | 12 Tsartsaris | 13 Diamantidis | 14 Winston | 15 Fotsis | 16 Tatarounis | 17 Pekovic | 19 Jasikevičius | Coach Obradović
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