Michael James "Mike" Batiste (born November 21, 1977 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Panathinaikos of the Greek League. He is 6 ft 8 ½ (2.04 m) tall and is regarded as one of the best power forwards currently playing in the Euroleague. He usually draws the attention of fans with his many highlight reel dunks and dominant finishing plays around the basket.
Batiste played collegiality f...
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Michael James "Mike" Batiste (born November 21, 1977 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Panathinaikos of the Greek League. He is 6 ft 8 ½ (2.04 m) tall and is regarded as one of the best power forwards currently playing in the Euroleague. He usually draws the attention of fans with his many highlight reel dunks and dominant finishing plays around the basket.
Batiste played collegiality for Arizona State University. He led the Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) in blocked shots during the 1997-1998 season and was named First Team Pac-10 in 1998-1999.
During the 2002-03 NBA season Batiste played with the Memphis Grizzlies. In 75 games played he averaged 6.4 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game in 16.6 minutes per game. He was also signed by the Los Angeles Clippers in September 2002, but he was waived before playing in any regular season games.
After leaving Arizona State, Batiste had a European stint, representing Spirou...
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