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Andrés Guibert (born October 28, 1968 in Havana) is a retired Cuban professional basketball player. In 1993, he defected from the Cuban delegation at the 1993 Centrobasket tournament held in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Professional career
Guibert subsequently played in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves (1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons). In 22 NBA games, he averaged 2.7 points per game, and 2.8 rebounds per game, in 9.1 minutes per game). He was selected by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft, but was waived before the 1995–96 regular season started.
After that, he played in Greece's top-tier Greek Basket League, for Sporting (1996–97), Apollon Patras (1998–99), Near East Kaisariani (1999–00), Heraklion Crete (2000–01) and KAOD (2001–02).
He also played in Italy's top-tier Lega Basket Serie A for Scavolini Pesaro (1997–98) and Benetton Treviso (2000–01), and in Puerto Rico's top-tier Baloncesto Superior Nacional, for Ponce Lions (2003–04).