Michael Batiste

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Michael Batiste

| image = Batist Pana2007-2008.jpg

| caption = Batiste in 2007

| team = Toronto Raptors

| position = Assistant coach

| league = NBA

| image_size =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 245

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|11|21}}

| birth_place = Inglewood, California, U.S.

| high_school = Wilson (Long Beach, California)

| college =

Long Beach CC (1995–1996)
Arizona State (1996–1999)

| draft_year = 1999

| career_position = Center / power forward

| career_number = 8, 24

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2014

| coach_start = 2014

| years1 = 2000–2001

| team1 = Spirou Charleroi

| years2 = 2001–2002

| team2 = Lauretana Biella

| years3 = {{nbay|2002|full=y}}

| team3 = Memphis Grizzlies

| years4 = 2003–2012

| team4 = Panathinaikos

| years5 = 2012–2013

| team5 = Fenerbahçe Ülker

| years6 = 2013–2014

| team6 = Panathinaikos

| cyears1 = 2014–2016

| cteam1 = Canton Charge (assistant)

| cyears2 = {{nbay|2016|full=y}}

| cteam2 = Brooklyn Nets (player development assistant)

| cyears3 = {{nbay|2017|full=y}}

| cteam3 = Charlotte Hornets (assistant)

| cyears4 = {{nbay|2018|start}}–{{nbay|2020|end}}

| cteam4 = Orlando Magic (assistant)

| cyears5 = {{nbay|2021|full=y}}

| cteam5 = Washington Wizards (assistant)

| cyears6 = {{nbay|2022|full=y}}

| cteam6 = Houston Rockets (assistant)

| cyears7 = {{nbay|2023|start}}–present

| cteam7 = Toronto Raptors (assistant)

| highlights = As player

3× EuroLeague champion (2007, 2009, 2011)
All-EuroLeague First Team (2011)
All-EuroLeague Second Team (2012)
EuroLeague 25th Anniversary Team (2025)
101 Greats of European Basketball (2018)
Greek League Hall of Fame (2022)
9× Greek League champion (2004–2011, 2014)
7× Greek Cup winner (2005–2009, 2012, 2014)
Greek League MVP (2010)
2× Greek League Finals MVP (2010, 2011)
5× All-Greek League First Team (2007, 2009, 2010–2012)
3× All-Greek League Second Team (2005, 2006, 2008)
6× Greek All-Star (2005, 2006, 2008–2011)
Turkish Cup winner (2013)
First-team All-Pac-10 (1999)

}}

Michael James Batiste (born November 21, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/nets/news/2016/07/05/brooklyn-nets-finalize-coaching-staff|title=Brooklyn Nets Finalize Coaching Staff|publisher=NBA|date=July 5, 2016|access-date=July 10, 2016}} A two-time All-EuroLeague selection, Batiste won three EuroLeague championships in 2007, 2009, and 2011 with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball. He was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022.[https://www.eurohoops.net/en/heba/1436169/heba-introduces-hall-of-fame-inducts-30-players-alphonso-ford-dino-radja-dejan-bodiroga-dominique-wilkins-roy-tarpley/ Greek League Hall of Fame welcomes Ford, Bodiroga, Radja, Wilkins, Tarpley.]

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-team All-Pac-10 for the 1998–99 season.

Professional career

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.

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.

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.[http://esake.gr/article/14106 Esake.gr - COSMOTE MVP 2009-2010 ο Μάικ Μπατίστ {{in lang|el}}] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621125855/http://www.esake.gr/article/14106 |date=2010-06-21 }}[http://www.talkbasket.net/news/batiste-2009-10-greek-a1-mvp-3143.html Talkbasket.net - Batiste 2009/10 Greek A1 MVP.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On July 13, 2012, Batiste signed a one-year contract with the Turkish Super League team Fenerbahçe Ülker.{{cite web|last=Carchia|first=E.|title=Fenerbahce officially signs Mike Batiste|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/turkey/40996/fenerbahce-officially-signs-mike-batiste.html|work=Sportando|access-date=14 August 2012}} He won the Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe.

On August 7, 2013, Batiste signed a contract for the next season with his ex-team Panathinaikos.{{cite web|title=Mike Batiste officially returns to Panathinaikos|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/greece/61040/mike-batiste-officially-returns-to-panathinaikos.html|work=Sportando|access-date=7 August 2013}}{{cite web|title=PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS brings back triple champ Batiste|url=http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/115280/8177|work=Euroleague.net|access-date=7 August 2013}} 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 On July 5, 2016, Batiste was hired as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets.{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2016 |title=Brooklyn Nets Finalize Coaching Staff |url=https://www.nba.com/nets/news/2016/07/05/brooklyn-nets-finalize-coaching-staff |access-date=July 5, 2016 |website=NBA.com}} On June 7, 2017, Batiste was hired as an assistant coach of the Charlotte Hornets.{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2017 |title=Charlotte Hornets Name Mike Batiste Assistant Coach |url=https://www.nba.com/hornets/press-releases/charlotte-hornets-name-mike-batiste-assistant-coach |access-date=June 7, 2017 |website=NBA.com}} On June 26, 2018, Batiste was hired by the Orlando Magic as an assistant coach.{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2018 |title=Magic Complete Coaching Staff |url=https://www.nba.com/magic/news/orlando-magic-complete-coaching-staff-20180626 |access-date=June 26, 2018 |website=NBA.com}}

Batiste joined the Washington Wizards coaching staff for the 2021–22 NBA season. On February 10, 2022, he was suspended for two games without pay after attempting to confront a fan three days earlier, during a 100–121 loss to the Miami Heat.{{Cite web|title=Wizards assistant coach Mike Batiste suspended 2 games for attempting to confront fan|url=https://www.nba.com/news/washington-wizards-assistant-coach-mike-batiste-suspended-2-games-for-attempting-to-confront-fan|access-date=February 11, 2022|website=NBA}}

On July 3, 2022, the Houston Rockets hired Batiste as an assistant coach.{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2022 |title=Rockets hire Lionel Hollins, Mike Batiste, Abdelfattah as coaches |url=https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/2022/07/03/rockets-hire-lionel-hollins-mike-batiste-and-mahmoud-abdelfattah-as-assistant-coaches/ |access-date=July 3, 2022 |website=rocketswire.usatoday.com}}

On July 4, 2023, the Toronto Raptors hired Batiste as an assistant coach.{{cite web |date=July 4, 2023 |title=RAPTORS ANNOUNCE COACHING STAFF |url=https://www.nba.com/raptors/news/raptors-announce-coaching-staff |access-date=July 4, 2023 |work=NBA.com}}

Career statistics

=NBA=

==Regular season==

| style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03

| style="text-align:left;"| Memphis

| 75 || 2 || 16.6 || .422 || .222 || .784 || 3.4 || .7 || .6 || .2 || 6.4

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 75 || 2 || 16.6 || .422 || .222 || .784 || 3.4 || .7 || .6 || .2 || 6.4

=EuroLeague=

class="wikitable"

style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|†

|Denotes season in which Batiste won the EuroLeague

style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|*

| Led the league

| style="text-align:left;"| 2000–01

| style="text-align:left;"| Charleroi

| 10 || 9 || 28.6 || .500 || .300 || .765 || 9.2 || .4 || .9 || .3 || 16.1 || 16.0

| style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="9"| Panathinaikos

| 16 || 6 || 16.8 || .439 || .333 || .793 || 3.2 || .4 || .8 || .2 || 7.9 || 7.2

| style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05

| 24 || 21 || 23.9 || .546 || .355 || .731 || 4.8 || .7 || 1.0 || .2 || 11.4 || 11.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06

| 23 || 22 || 25.9 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.641* || .364 || .679 || 6.6 || .6 || 1.4 || .5 || 13.3 || 17.1

| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2006–07†

| 19 || 13 || 22.3 || .627 || .222 || .746 || 6.1 || .5 || .9 || .5 || 12.8 || 15.5

| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08

| 19 || 12 || 24.5 || .623 || .000 || .776 || 5.3 || .7 || .8 || .3 || 11.9 || 13.7

| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2008–09†

| 22 || 14 || 22.7 || .635 || .125 || .728 || 4.9 || .3 || .9 || .4 || 12.5 || 14.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10

| 11 || 6 || 28.6 || .615 || .167 || .735 || 5.7 || .8 || .6 || .5 || 15.5 || 17.5

| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2010–11†

| 20 || 13 || 26.5 || .590 || .000 || .727 || 5.5 || .8 || .8 || .9 || 13.3 || 14.6

| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12

| style="background:#CFECEC;"|23* || 13 || 20.7 || .477 || .500 || .814 || 4.6 || .7 || .7 || .3 || 9.7 || 9.6

| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13

| style="text-align:left;"| Fenerbahçe

| 23 || 16 || 15.8 || .482 || .333 || .786 || 2.7 || .3 || .6 || .1 || 5.4 || 4.5

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14

| style="text-align:left;"| Panathinaikos

| 27 || 1 || 8.3 || .463 || .167 || .692 || 1.5 || .4 || .1 || .0 || 3.5 || 2.5

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 237 || 145 || 21.0 || .564 || .283 || .742 || 4.7 || .5 || .8 || .3 || 10.5 || 11.4

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)
3× All-Greek League Second Team: (2005, 2006, 2008)
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 Winner: (2007, 2009)
Greek League MVP: (2010)
2× Greek League Finals MVP: (2010, 2011)
All-EuroLeague First Team: (2011)
EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer: (2011)
All-EuroLeague Second Team: (2012)
Turkish Cup Winner: 2013
101 Greats of European Basketball: (2018)
Greek Basket League Hall of Fame: (2022)

References

External links

{{Basketballstats |nba= 2471 |bbr= b/batismi01 }}
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=AJV Euroleague.net Profile]
[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=100 Eurobasket.com Profile]
[http://esake.gr/el/action/EsakeplayerView?idplayer=00000334&mode=1&idchampionship=46F7BA21 Greek Basket League Profile] {{in lang|el}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010211112303/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1999/draft/draftboard/players/40.html CNNSI.com Profile]
[http://www.ibiblio.org/craig/draft/1999_draft/Players/batiste.html 1999 NBA Draft Profile]
[https://www.tblstat.net/player/2369 TBLStat.net Profile]

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