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Michael James "Mike" Batiste (born November 21, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He last served as an assistant coach of the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time All-EuroLeague selection, Batiste won three EuroLeague championships in 2007, 2009, and 2011 with Panathinaikos.
College career
Batiste played college basketball for Long Beach City College and Arizona State University. With the Arizona State Sun Devils, he led the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) in blocked shots during the 1997–98 season, and was named first-teamAll-Pac-10 for the 1998–99 season.
Professional career
Early years
After leaving Arizona State, Batiste had a European stint, representing Spirou Charleroi in the Belgian League (2000–01) and Lauretana Biella (2001–02) in the Italian League.
Memphis Grizzlies
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.
Panathinaikos Athens (2003–2012)
In July 2003, following his NBA season, Batiste joined the Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens, and he then played a major role in a team that won 8 consecutive Greek League championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and 5 consecutive Greek Cups (2005–2009). With Panathinaikos, he also won the EuroLeague championship, by winning the EuroLeague Final Four, in 2007, 2009, and 2011, and the coveted Triple Crown in both 2007 and 2009. In 2010, he was named the Greek League MVP.
Fenerbahçe Ülker
On July 13, 2012, Batiste signed a one-year contract with the Turkish Super League team Fenerbahçe Ülker. He won the Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe.
Return to Panathinaikos
On August 7, 2013, Batiste signed a contract for the next season with his ex-team Panathinaikos. He retired from playing professional basketball, at the end of the 2013–14 season.
Coaching career
After he retired from playing professional basketball in 2014, Batiste began a career working as a basketball coach. He started his coaching career as assistant coach with the Canton Charge of the NBA G League. He then worked in the NBA, as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets, and later as an assistant coach of the Charlotte Hornets and the Orlando Magic.
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
| † | Denotes seasons in which Batiste won the EuroLeague |
| Led the league |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | Spirou | 10 | 9 | 28.6 | .500 | .300 | .765 | 9.2 | .4 | .9 | .3 | 16.1 | 16.0 |
| 2003–04 | Panathinaikos | 16 | 6 | 16.8 | .439 | .333 | .793 | 3.2 | .4 | .8 | .2 | 7.9 | 7.2 |
| 2004–05 | Panathinaikos | 24 | 21 | 23.9 | .546 | .355 | .731 | 4.8 | .7 | 1.0 | .2 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
| 2005–06 | Panathinaikos | 23 | 22 | 25.9 | .641 | .364 | .679 | 6.6 | .6 | 1.4 | .5 | 13.3 | 17.1 |
| 2006–07† | Panathinaikos | 19 | 13 | 22.3 | .627 | .222 | .746 | 6.1 | .5 | .9 | .5 | 12.8 | 15.5 |
| 2007–08 | Panathinaikos | 19 | 12 | 24.5 | .623 | .000 | .776 | 5.3 | .7 | .8 | .3 | 11.9 | 13.7 |
| 2008–09† | Panathinaikos | 22 | 14 | 22.7 | .635 | .125 | .728 | 4.9 | .3 | .9 | .4 | 12.5 | 14.8 |
| 2009–10 | Panathinaikos | 11 | 6 | 28.6 | .615 | .167 | .735 | 5.7 | .8 | .6 | .5 | 15.5 | 17.5 |
| 2010–11† | Panathinaikos | 20 | 13 | 26.5 | .590 | .000 | .727 | 5.5 | .8 | .8 | .9 | 13.3 | 14.6 |
| 2011–12 | Panathinaikos | 23 | 13 | 20.7 | .477 | .500 | .814 | 4.6 | .7 | .7 | .3 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
| 2012–13 | Fenerbahçe | 23 | 16 | 15.8 | .482 | .333 | .786 | 2.7 | .3 | .6 | .1 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 2013–14 | Panathinaikos | 27 | 1 | 8.3 | .463 | .167 | .692 | 1.5 | .4 | .1 | .0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Career | 237 | 148 | 21.0 | .564 | .283 | .742 | 4.7 | .5 | .8 | .3 | 10.5 | 11.4 | |
NBA
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Memphis | 75 | 2 | 16.6 | .422 | .222 | .784 | 3.4 | .7 | .6 | .2 | 6.4 |
| Career | 75 | 2 | 16.6 | .422 | .222 | .784 | 3.4 | .7 | .6 | .2 | 6.4 | |
Awards and achievements
- 9× Greek League Champion: (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014)
- 7× Greek Cup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
- 6× Greek League All-Star (2005, 2006, 2008–2011)
- 2× EuroLeague MVP of the Week: 2005–06 (Regular Season, Week 10), 2008–09 (Top 16, Week 6)
- EuroLeague MVP of the Month: (November 2006)
- 3× EuroLeague Champion: (2007, 2009, 2011)
- 5× Greek League Best Five: (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- 2× Triple Crown Champion: (2007, 2009)
- Greek League MVP: (2010)
- Greek League Finals MVP: (2010)
- All-EuroLeague First Team: (2011)
- EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer: (2011)
- All-EuroLeague Second Team: (2012)
- Turkish Cup Winner: 2013
