Lazaro Manuel Borel Hernández (born September 31, 1972) is a Cuban former professional
basketball
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player. He is a 6'8", 220 lb
forward.
During the debut of Cuba's
Liga Superior de Baloncesto, Borrell played for the now-defunct Lobos de Villa Clara. He also played with the
NBA
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's
Seattle SuperSonics during the
1999-2000 NBA season.
Sonics hope talented Cuban defector can help at forward
In his only season in the NBA
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, he averaged 3.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.6 assists per game.
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1972 births
Living people
Boca Juniors basketball players
Caciques de Humacao players
Cuban men's basketball players
Defecting sportspeople from Cuba
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Argentina
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico
Cuban expatriate basketball people in the United States
NBA players from Cuba
Obras Sanitarias basketball players
Power forwards
Seattle SuperSonics players
Small forwards
Undrafted NBA players
1994 FIBA World Championship players
Sportspeople from Santa Clara, Cuba
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