Ruben Douglas

Ruben Enrique Douglas (October 30, 1979 – April 12, 2024) was an American-Panamanian professional basketball player. He was a 1.96-metre (6 ft 5 in), 210-pound (95 kg) point guard-shooting guard.

Ruben Douglas

Personal information
Born	(1979-10-30)October 30, 1979 Altadena, California, U.S.
Died	April 12, 2024(2024-04-12) (aged 44) Costa Rica
Nationality	American / Panamanian
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Bellarmine-Jefferson (Burbank, California)
College	Arizona (1998–1999) New Mexico (2000–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2012
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
2003–2004	Panionios
2004–2005	Climamio Bologna
2005–2006	Dynamo Moscow
2006–2009	Valencia
2009	Lottomatica Roma
2010	Cajasol Sevilla
2012	Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor
Career highlights
EuroCup Finals MVP (2006) EuroCup champion (2006) Italian League champion (2005) AP Honorable Mention All-American (2003) NCAA scoring champion (2003) Mountain West Player of the Year (2003) 2× First-team All-Mountain West (2002, 2003) Second-team All-Mountain West (2001) Mountain West All-Freshman team (2001)

High school

Douglas was born in Altadena, California.^[1] He played high school basketball at Bellarmine-Jefferson High School in Burbank, California. He is ranked as one of the most prolific high school scorers in California state history.

College career

After high school, Douglas played college basketball at the University of Arizona with the Arizona Wildcats in the 1998–99 season. Douglas led the NCAA in scoring with a 28.0 points per game average during the 2002–03 season as a senior at the University of New Mexico while playing with the New Mexico Lobos. He was also named the Mountain West Conference MVP.

Professional career

After going undrafted by any NBA teams, Douglas played for Panionios of the Greek league (2003–04), Virtus Roma and Fortitudo Bologna (2004–05) of the Italian league, the latter with whom he won the Italian national championship, as well as Dynamo Moscow of the Russian league (2005–06), and Valencia of the Spanish league (2006–09). In 2010, he returned to Panionios.^[2]

Douglas won the EuroCup championship in 2006 with Dynamo Moscow, and he was also named the EuroCup Finals MVP. Douglas last played with Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor, a Turkish team playing in the Turkish Second Division, starting in January 2012. He played against Tenis Eskrim Dağcılık in his first game with Uşak Belediyespor, on January 8, 2012.

National team career

Douglas was also a member of the senior men's Panama national basketball team that competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Career statistics

Domestic leagues

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Panionios B.C.	GBL	26	32.2	.468	.395	.808	3.7	1.5	1.3	.2	20.0
2004–05	Climamio Bologna	LBA	44	27.0	.514	.350	.783	5.0	1.5	1.4	.1	13.0
2005–06	BC Dynamo Moscow	Superleague A	22	27.5	.417	.357	.842	3.6	1.8	.9	.1	15.3
2006–07	Pamesa Valencia	ACB	38	29.9	.469	.321	.812	3.6	.9	1.0	.4	13.6
2007–08			37	30.5	.591	.385	.839	3.1	1.1	.8	.2	16.5
2008–09			20	25.4	.452	.252	.836	3.4	.7	1.1	.1	10.2
	Lottomatica Roma	LBA	16	19.8	.292	.355	.690	2.1	1.3	.9	.1	7.2
2009–10	Cajasol Sevilla	ACB	16	15.2	.476	.383	.867	1.8	.3	.4	.3	6.7
2011–12	Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor	TBL	4	21.5	.375	.267	.762	4.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	13.0

Personal life and death

Douglas had two children.^[1] He lived in Arizona and Costa Rica.^[1]

Douglas died on April 12, 2024, in Costa Rica, at the age of 44, after experiencing an undisclosed medical issue.^[3][4]