Emmanuel Lawrence "Manny" Ubilla (born 26 June 1986) is an American-Puerto Rican professional
basketball player for the Czech club
NH Ostrava. Standing at 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in), Ubilla mainly plays the
point guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run t ...
position. He played college basketball for the
Lackawanna College Falcons and the
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights and played professionally in several European countries.
Professional career
During the 2013–14 season, Ubilla played for the
Den Helder Kings of the
Dutch Basketball League
The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands, run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT Le ...
(DBL). Ubilla was the assists leader of the DBL season, as he averaged 5.6 assists over 36 games. Third-seeded Den Helder was eliminated in the semi-finals of the playoffs, losing 3–0 to
SPM Shoeters
Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponso ...
.
On 14 August 2014, Ubilla signed with
Tapiolan Honka of the Finnish
Korisliiga. After the season, Ubilla signed with
Piratas de Quebradillas.
On 26 October 2015, Ubilla signed a one-year contract with
Kaposvár of the Hungarian
NB I/A.
On 1 August 2016, Ubilla signed with Hungarian side
ZTE.
On 19 August 2017, Ubilla signed with Latvian side
BK Ventspils
BK Ventspils is a professional basketball club that is located in Ventspils, Latvia. The club competes in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.
History
BK Ventspils was founded in 1994. In first years Ventspils proved themselves as relevant pa ...
of the
Latvian Basketball League
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*Something of, from, or related to Latvia
**Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region
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and the
Basketball Champions League. He averaged 11 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 14 matches in the Basketball Champions League, where Ventspils was eliminated after the regular season.
On 3 December 2018, Ubilla returned to his former team
Kaposvári KK of the Hungarian
NB I/A.
Honours
BC Kolín
BC Kolín, for sponsorship reasons known as BK Geosan Kolín, is a Czech professional basketball club based in the town of Kolín. They play in the Czech National Basketball League (NBL), the highest competition in the Czech Republic. Kolín play ...
Honours at Heinrich Sports profile
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*All-NBL Team
**Second team (1): 2009
*All-NBL Defensive Team (1): 2009
Den Helder Kings
* DBL All-Star (1): 2014
*DBL assists leader
In basketball, an assist
Assist or ASSIST may refer to:
Sports
Several sports have a statistic known as an "assist", generally relating to action by a player leading to a score by another player on their team:
*Assist (basketball), a pass by a pl ...
(1): 2014
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References
External links
Profile at Heinrich Sports
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1986 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic
American expatriate basketball people in Finland
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
American expatriate basketball people in Slovakia
American men's basketball players
Atléticos de San Germán players
BC Kolín players
BC Nový Jičín players
BK Inter Bratislava players
BK Ventspils players
Den Helder Kings players
Dutch Basketball League players
Espoon Honka players
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball players
Freehold Township High School alumni
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Kaposvári KK players
Kymis B.C. players
Piratas de Quebradillas players
Point guards
BK NH Ostrava players
Puerto Rican men's basketball players
Shooting guards
Basketball players from Monmouth County, New Jersey
ZTE KK players