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Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball)
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| Position | Shooting guard |
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| Nickname | La Bomba |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Team | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | June 13, 1980 Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain |
| Draft | 2nd round, 40th overall pick, 2002 Washington Wizards |
| Pro career | 1997–present |
| Former teams | FC Barcelona Bàsquet (1997-2007) |
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Competitor for  Spain |
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| Gold | 2006 Japan | Spain | |
| European Championships | |||
| Bronze | 2001 Turkey | Spain | |
| Silver | 2003 Sweden | Spain | |
| Silver | 2007 Spain | Spain | |
Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo (born June 13, 1980, in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona), nicknamed "La Bomba" (The Bomb), is a Spanish basketball player. The 1.92 m (6 ft 3¾ in) and 79 kg (175 lb) shooting guard/point guard who currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Navarro has played for FC Barcelona since he was a teen, making his ACB debut on November 23, 1997 at age 17.
While on the Spanish roster, he was one of 'The Golden Generation' boys (along with Pau Gasol and Raúl López) that beat the United States in the 1999 World Cup Youth, where he was named the best player of the tournament.
In the 2002 NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards drafted Navarro in the second round (40th pick overall), but he preferred to stay with FC Barcelona.
In 2006, Juan Carlos Navarro earned the Most Valuable Player award of the ACB. In August 2006 he won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship with the Spanish National Team.
On August 3, 2007, the Washington Wizards traded the rights to Juan Carlos Navarro to the Memphis Grizzlies for a future first round draft pick where he would be reunited with former FC Barcelona and Spanish National Basketball Team teammate Pau Gasol.[1]
- 1999 Korac Cup
- 1999 ACB League
- 2001 Spanish Cup
- 2001 ACB League
- 2003 Spanish Cup
- 2003 Euroleague
- 2003 ACB League
- 2004 ACB League
- 2005 Spanish Supercopa
- 2006 FIBA World Championship
- 2007 Spanish Cup
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Spain squad - 2002 FIBA World Championship - Fifth Place | |
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4 Gasol | 5 Junyent | 6 Marco | 7 Navarro | 8 Rodríguez | 9 Felipe Reyes | 10 Jiménez | 11 Angulo | 12 Paraíso | 13 Calderón | 14 Alfonso Reyes | 15 Garbajosa | Coach: Imbroda |
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Spain squad - 2006 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal | |
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4 Pau Gasol | 5 Rudy | 6 Cabezas | 7 Navarro | 8 Calderón | 9 Reyes | 10 Jiménez | 11 Rodríguez | 12 Berni | 13 Marc Gasol | 14 Mumbrú | 15 Garbajosa | Coach: Pepu Hernández |
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| First Round Yao Ming • Jay Williams • Mike Dunleavy, Jr. • Drew Gooden • Nikoloz Tskitishvili • Dajuan Wagner • Maybyner "Nenê" Hilario • Chris Wilcox • Amare Stoudemire • Caron Butler • Jared Jeffries • Melvin Ely • Marcus Haislip • Fred Jones • Bostjan Nachbar • Jiri Welsch • Juan Dixon • Curtis Borchardt • Ryan Humphrey • Kareem Rush • Qyntel Woods • Casey Jacobsen • Tayshaun Prince • Nenad Krstić • Frank Williams • John Salmons • Chris Jefferies • Dan Dickau |
| Second Round Steve Logan • Roger Mason, Jr. • Robert Archibald • Vincent Yarbrough • Dan Gadzuric • Carlos Boozer • Miloš Vujanić • David Andersen • Tito Maddox • Rod Grizzard • Juan Carlos Navarro • Mario Kasun • Ronald Murray • Jason Jennings • Lonny Baxter • Sam Clancy • Matt Barnes • Jamal Sampson • Chris Owens • Peter Fehse • Darius Songaila • Federico Kammerichs • Marcus Taylor • Rasual Butler • Tamar Slay • Mladen Šekularac • Luis Scola • Randy Holcomb • Corsley Edwards |