Óscar José Torres Martínez (born December 18, 1976) is a Venezuelan former professional basketball player. A 6'6" native of Caracas, Torres played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Professional career Torres became the first Venezuelan-born player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history, when he signed with the Houston Rockets, for the 2001–02 NBA season. Torres averaged 6.0 points over the course of the season, and scored an NBA career-high 28 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers, on December 11, 2001. He spent the next season with the Golden State Warriors, and averaged 3.1 points per game.
Torres led the Russian team Khimki Moscow Region to the 2006 EuroCup finals, before losing to DKV Joventut. Torres was transferred CSKA Moscow, from Khimki, in February 2007, and with them, he won the Russian Championship and the Russian Cup.
He was released from CSKA in June that year. On August 21, 2007, he signed with the Italian League team Climamio Bologna.Torres signs with Fortitudo.
National team career Torres also played with the senior Venezuelan national basketball team at the 2002 and 2006 editions of the FIBA World Cups.
Career statistics
NBA Regular season
| align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Houston | 65 || 13 || 16.5 || .396 || .294 || .781 || 1.9 || .6 || .4 || .1 || 6.0 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | Golden State | 17 || 0 || 6.4 || .444 || .538 || .700 || .7 || .2 || .2 || .1 || 3.1 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 82 || 13 || 14.4 || .401 || .317 || .786 || 1.6 || .5 || .4 || .1 || 5.4
EuroLeague
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA Moscow | 10 || 9 || 23.1 || .500 || .483 || .611 || 4.6 || .9 || 1.1 || .1 || 8.7 || 10.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 10 || 9 || 23.1 || .500 || .483 || .611 || 4.6 || .9 || 1.1 || .1 || 8.7 || 10.6
References
External links
Torres Buzzer Beater Puts Khimki In Final, from FIBA.com Player Profile at Euroleague.net Latinbasket.com Profile