Baskonia tabs Chris Duarte

Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (Liga Endesa) signed 29-year-old Dominican Rep. 197cm swingman Chris Duarte (college: Oregon) for the upcoming season. He last played at Unicaja in the Liga Endesa, averaging 11.4ppg, 1.9rpg, and 2.9apg in 27 games last season. Duarte also played 12 games in the Basketball Champions League, with averages of 9.5ppg, 3.0rpg, and 1.8apg. He was voted to the Eurobasket.com Basketball Champions League Second Team.
In 2021, he was drafted by the Indiana Pacers (NBA) in the first round (13th overall). He graduated from the University of Oregon, and it will be his sixth season in pro basketball.
Duarte represented the Dominican Republic at the FIBA Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament in Piraeus (Greece) two years ago. During this event, he scored an average of 19 points per game and had 4 rebounds per game.
He is a very experienced player. Duarte has quite traveled the world as his pro career brought him to four different countries on three different continents (Europe, Latin America and of course North America). He has played professionally in Puerto Rico (Vaqueros), NBA (Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings), Puerto Rico and NBA G League (Noblesville Boom and Windy City Bulls).
Duarte won the Puerto Rican League championship title in 2025. He was selected to Latinbasket.com All-Puerto Rican League All-Imports Team in 2025. He played for Northwest Florida State College for 2 years.