Gabriel Alejandro "Gaby" Deck (born February 8, 1995) is an Argentine professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. At a height of 1.98 m (6'6"),[2] he can play at both the small forward and power forward positions.
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Position | Small forward / Power forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Liga ACB EuroLeague | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1995-02-08) February 8, 1995 (age 27) Añatuya,[1] Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Argentine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2017 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2010–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010–2016 | Quimsa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | San Lorenzo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Oklahoma City Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In August 2011, Deck attended the Basketball Without Borders camp held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was named the camp's most valuable player.[3] He later played at the Nike Hoops Summit in 2013.
Deck started his professional career with the Argentinian LNB club Quimsa.
In 2016, Deck joined the Argentine club San Lorenzo. With San Lorenzo, he won the 2018 FIBA Americas League championship, while also being named the league's Grand Final MVP. Deck was also the top scorer of the competition, with a scoring average of 19.1 points per game, over 8 games played.
On July 19, 2018, Deck signed a three-year deal with Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague, after he reached a buyout agreement with San Lorenzo.[4][5] In his first season with the club, he made a debut in the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, averaging 4.4 points and 2.4 rebounds over 31 games. In the Spanish League, he averaged 4.8 points and 2.9 rebounds over 30 games.
On his last season, Deck appeared in 58 games, averaging 9.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 23.9 minutes while shooting 52.1 percent from the field.[6]
On April 12, 2021, Deck signed a multi-year contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA.[6] On April 29, Deck made his debut against the New Orleans Pelicans, scoring two points, grabbing two rebounds and dishing out two assists across 15 minutes in the Thunder's 109–95 loss.[7][8]
On January 4, 2022, Deck was waived by the Thunder.[9]
With the junior national team of Argentina, Deck was the top scorer of the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Cup, with an average of 21.5 points per game. He was selected to the All-Tournament Team. He also played at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.
Deck also represented the senior men's Argentine national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup, in Mexico City, where he won a silver medal. During the tournament, he recorded his team's best two point field goal percentage.[10] He also played at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.
In 2019, he took part in the team that won the Pan American gold medal in Lima.
In 2022, Deck won the gold medal in the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup held in Recife, Brazil. He was the Argentina´s starting power forward in the tournament and after the final game against Brazil, he was named in the All-Tournament Team and declared the MVP of the championship.[11][12]
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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2020–21 | Oklahoma City | 10 | 0 | 21.2 | .478 | .133 | .818 | 4.0 | 2.4 | .8 | .0 | 8.4 |
2021–22 | Oklahoma City | 7 | 0 | 8.0 | .571 | .500 | — | .9 | .7 | .1 | .0 | 2.6 |
Career | 17 | 0 | 15.8 | .494 | .211 | .818 | 2.7 | 1.7 | .5 | .0 | 6.0 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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Real Madrid | 2018–19 | 31 | 11 | 14.4 | .595 | .333 | .698 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | .0 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
2019–20 | 24 | 17 | 20.04 | .464 | .259 | .82 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 8.9 | |
2020–21 | 32 | 22 | 24.06 | .487 | .407 | .843 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | .0 | 8.8 | 10.3 |
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