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Ral LpezRal Lpez Molist (born April 15, 1980) is a Spanish basketball player who plays for the NBA's Utah Jazz. He is a native of Vic, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Being 6'00" (1.83 cm) tall, he plays the basketball position of point guard. In 1998, at 18 years old, he began his professional career with Joventut Badalona in the ACB league. Ral was a member of the Spanish Junior National Team that won the 1998 and 1999 World Junior Championships and the 1998 European Junior Championship. In 2000, he was signed by Real Madrid where he played for two seasons. Then, in 2001, he was selected in the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft, #24 overall, by the Utah Jazz. Lpez was named, with Memphis Grizzlies star Pau Gasol, to the Spanish National team which participated in the 2000 European Championships (winning the bronze medal) and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. However before playing for Spain in the 2002 World Championships he suffered an injury in his right knee, the same one that occurred during the 2001-02 season while playing for Real Madrid. In September 2002 he signed his NBA rookie contract with the Utah Jazz and underwent surgery to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, missing the entire 2002-03 NBA season. Finally in the 2003-04 season, totally recovered of his knee injury, he started all 82 NBA games as a replacement of starting point guard Carlos Arroyo, averaging 7.0 points, 3.7 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 19.7 min. per game. Although he has been said to be the Spanish version of John Stockton, his game has resemblance to that of Steve Nash and Tony Parker. Ral Lpez is a very talented player. He is extremely quick and has a exceptional court vision. He is a very unselfish player and he loves to use his outstanding ballhandling skills to make great passes. He uses his quickness and his dribbling ability to create his own shots and to make scoring opportunities for his teammates. He featured on the Spanish version of the NBA Live 2004 video game. External links Lpez, Ral Lpez, Ral Lpez, Ral Lpez, Ral
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