Jorge Gutiérrez (basketball)

Jorge Iván Gutiérrez Cárdenas (born December 27, 1988) is a Mexican professional basketball player for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for the California Golden Bears, and had a three year stint in the NBA.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Cárdenas.
Jorge Gutiérrez
Gutiérrez with Mexico in 2014
No. 7 – Libertadores de Querétaro
PositionGuard
LeagueLNBP
Personal information
Born (1988-12-27) December 27, 1988
Chihuahua, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeCalifornia (2008–2012)
NBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012Pioneros de Quintana Roo
2012–2014Canton Charge
2014Brooklyn Nets
2014–2015Canton Charge
2015Milwaukee Bucks
2015Canton Charge
2015Milwaukee Bucks
2015–2016Canton Charge
2016Charlotte Hornets
2016–2017Trabzonspor
2017–2018Aquila Trento
2018–2019Gipuzkoa Basket
2019–2020Hamburg Towers
2020–2021BG Göttingen
2021Peristeri
2021–2022Astros de Jalisco
2022–presentLibertadores de Querétaro
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Mexico
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place2013 Venezuela
Bronze medal – third place2017 Argentina
Centrobasket
Gold medal – first place2014 Mexico
Silver medal – second place2016 Panama

High school career

Gutiérrez attended Abraham Lincoln High School for two years, leading the Lancers to the Colorado state championship, earning tournament MVP honors after contributing 22.5 points and 6.0 rebounds on 58.8 percent field goal shooting over the course of the campaign. The next year, he averaged 20.3 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 61.4 percent from the floor. After two years, he moved to Findlay Prep where he averaged 13.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 2.6 assists as a senior, earning the MVP award at the National Prep School Invitational in Rhode Island after helping his team to a runner-up finish.[1]

College career

Gutiérrez was recruited by coach Mike Montgomery to play at the University of California, Berkeley. In his senior year with the Golden Bears in 2011–12, Gutiérrez was named the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year, as well as the conference's Defensive Player of the Year[2][3] after averaging 13 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals. He also earned All-Pac-12 honors in 2011 and 2012.[4]

Professional career

Pioneros de Quintana Roo (2012)

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Gutiérrez joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2012 NBA Summer League.[5] In August 2012, he tried out for Partizan of Serbia[6] but was subsequently not signed. On October 3, 2012, he joined Pioneros de Quintana Roo of Mexico for the rest of the 2012 LNBP season.[7] He played his tenth and final game for Pioneros on November 3, 2012, recording 9 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.[8]

Canton Charge (2012–2014)

On November 2, 2012, he was selected by the Canton Charge in the second round of the 2012 NBA D-League draft.[9]

In July 2013, Gutiérrez joined the Sacramento Kings for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets.[10] However, he was later waived by the Nets on October 26, 2013.[11] In November 2013, he was re-acquired by the Canton Charge.[12]

Brooklyn Nets (2014)

On March 6, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.[13] On March 9, 2014, he made his NBA debut in a 104-89 win over the Sacramento Kings, making him the fourth Mexican to play in the NBA after Horacio Llamas, Eduardo Nájera, and Gustavo Ayón. In just under 5 minutes of playing time, he recorded 1 point and 1 steal.[14] On March 17, 2014, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Nets.[15] On March 21, 2014, he recorded an NBA career high 10 points, along with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, in 114-98 victory over the Boston Celtics.[16] On March 28, 2014, he signed a multi-year deal with the Nets.[17]

In July 2014, Gutiérrez joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[18]

On December 11, 2014, Gutiérrez was traded, along with Andrei Kirilenko, the Nets' second round draft pick in 2020 and the right to swap second round picks in 2018, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Brandon Davies.[19] The next day, he was waived by the 76ers.[20]

Canton Charge / Milwaukee Bucks (2014–2016)
Jorge Gutiérrez playing with the California Golden Bears.

On December 23, 2014, Gutiérrez was reacquired by the Canton Charge.[21] On January 28, 2015, Gutiérrez signed a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, reuniting with his former Brooklyn Nets coach, Jason Kidd.[22] On February 7, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Bucks.[23] He parted ways with the Bucks on February 17 after the team did not sign him for the rest of the season. On March 4, he was reacquired by Canton.[24] On April 7, he returned to the Bucks, signing a multi-year deal with the team.[25] On October 21, 2015, he was waived by the Bucks.[26]

On December 10, 2015, Gutiérrez was reacquired by the Canton Charge.[27] The next day, he made his 2015–16 debut in a 110–107 win over the Iowa Energy, recording nine points, four rebounds, five assists and four steals in 29 minutes.[28]

Charlotte Hornets (2016)

On February 20, 2016, Gutiérrez signed a 10-day contract with the Charlotte Hornets.[29] Four days later, he made his debut for the Hornets in a 114–103 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, recording four points, two assists and one steal in four minutes off the bench.[30] He went on to sign a second 10-day contract with the Hornets on March 1,[31] and then a rest-of-season contract on March 11.[32]

On September 26, 2016, Gutiérrez signed with the Brooklyn Nets, returning to the franchise for a second stint.[33] However, he was later waived by the Nets on October 18 after appearing in three preseason games.[34]

Trabzonspor (2016–2017)

On November 8, 2016, Gutiérrez signed a deal with Turkish club Trabzonspor.[35]

On June 30, 2017, Gutierrez signed on to play for the Portland Trail Blazers NBA Summer League team.[36]

Delteco GBC (2018–2019)

On August 28, 2018, Gutiérrez signed a one-year deal with Delteco GBC of the Liga ACB.[37]

On January 29, 2019, the Basque club parted ways with Gutiérrez.[38]

Hamburg Towers (2019–2020)

On November 4, 2019, Hamburg Towers announced that they had signed with Gutiérrez.[39] He averaged 14.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game with Hamburg.[40]

Göttingen (2020–2021)

On August 1, 2020, he has signed with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga.[41]

Peristeri (2021)

On January 15, 2021, he signed with Peristeri of the Greek Basket League.[42] Gutiérrez averaged 8.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.[43]

Astros de Jalisco (2021–present)

On September 2, 2021, Gutiérrez signed with Astros de Jalisco of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP).[43] He was named the Mexican MVP of the 2022 season.[44]

NBA 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  Bold  Career high

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Brooklyn 15216.3.463.250.7501.52.0.7.14.1
2014–15 Brooklyn 1004.4.500.000.667.7.1.1.01.6
2014–15 Milwaukee 10113.1.556.000.7001.81.5.5.03.7
2015–16 Charlotte 1205.3.545.000.909.61.4.3.01.8
Career 47310.3.500.176.7781.11.5.4.02.9

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014 Brooklyn 201.5––.500.5.0.0.01.0
2015 Milwaukee 1012.0.500––1.01.0.0.02.0
2016 Charlotte 304.0.000––.7.7.0.0.0
Career 604.5.200–.500.7.5.0.0.7

National team career

In 2013, Gutiérrez made his debut for the Mexican national basketball team at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. He went on represent Mexico at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup where he averaged 9.2 points per game.[45]

Personal life

The son of Fernando Gutiérrez and Bertha Cárdenas, he has two brothers, Fernando and Julián. He includes drawing among his hobbies and majored in interdisciplinary studies.[1]

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