Sergio RodrÃÂguez Gómez (; born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons, most notably in the EuroLeague, and for Real Madrid in the Spanish Liga ACB, but also had two short stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , he played at the point guard position. Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Chacho", won the EuroLeague title in 2015, and was an All-EuroLeague First Team selection, as well as the EuroLeague MVP the year before.
RodrÃÂguez was a regular member of the senior Spain national team, with whom he won a FIBA World Cup title in 2006, an Olympics silver medal in 2012, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won a EuroBasket title in 2015, a silver medal in 2007, and a bronze medal in 2013. He earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2015.
Prior to joining the Portland Trail Blazers, RodrÃÂguez was chosen to play for the 2004 World Junior Select team to play against the best high school players at the Nike Hoop Summit, located in the United States. Before joining the NBA, RodrÃÂguez also played professional basketball at the senior club level for Estudiantes of the Spanish League, in which he played a final against FC Barcelona in the 2003âÂÂ04 season, and won the ACB Rising Star Award for the 2004âÂÂ05 season.
RodrÃÂguez was selected with the 27th pick in the first round, by the Phoenix Suns, in the 2006 NBA draft (and later that day traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for cash considerations). On July 20, 2006, it was announced that the Trail Blazers had negotiated a buyout with his Spanish League club Estudiantes, and signed him to an NBA rookie-scale contract.
Throughout his spell at Portland, he did not earn much playing time, primarily playing as back-up point-guard. He was sidelined by the likes of Jarrett Jack or Steve Blake, who were favoured by coach Nate McMillan. He developed great court chemistry with fellow Spaniard Rudy Fernández.
RodrÃÂguez did not get along with McMillan, who had had a profile of low-risk point guard in his playing career. In the view of RodrÃÂguez, McMillan was more "unjust than just" towards him, althoughâÂÂconveying a mixed balanceâÂÂhe pointed out that McMillan still gave him some opportunities after the arrival of highly touted prospect Jerryd Bayless. Retrospectively, McMillan shared the opinion that RodrÃÂguez had entered the NBA "too young", allegedly undeveloped as player.
On June 25, 2009, RodrÃÂguez was traded, along with the 37th pick in the 2009 NBA draft, and cash considerations, to the Sacramento Kings for the 31st pick in the 2009 NBA draft. In 39 games played for the Kings, he averaged 6 points and 3.1 assists per game.
On February 18, 2010, RodrÃÂguez was traded to the New York Knicks, along with Tracy McGrady, in a 3-team trade deal. He appeared in 27 games for the Knicks, averaging 7.4 points and 3.4 assists per game.
On July 5, 2010, after spending four seasons in the NBA, RodrÃÂguez signed a 3-year contract with the Spanish team Real Madrid. In July 2012, he signed a 2-year contract extension with Real Madrid, extending his contract through the 2014âÂÂ15 season.
On January 9, 2014, he signed an extension with Real Madrid, staying in the club until 2018. In May 2014, alongside his teammate Rudy Fernández, he was named to the All-EuroLeague First Team of the EuroLeague. Prior to the 2014 Final Four, he was named the EuroLeague MVP of the season, after averaging 14 points, 4.9 assists, and 2 rebounds per game, over 31 games played, despite not starting in any game.
In the 2014âÂÂ15 season, Real Madrid won the EuroLeague, after defeating Olympiacos, by a score of 78âÂÂ59 in the 2015 finals game. Real Madrid eventually finished the season by also winning the season's Spanish League championship, after a 3âÂÂ0 series sweep in the Spanish League's final series against Barcelona. With that title win, Real Madrid won the triple crown.
On 13 July 2016, RodrÃÂguez signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. He made his debut for the 76ers in their season opener on 26 October 2016, recording 12 points and nine assists in a 103âÂÂ97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. On April 8, 2017, Rodriguez was ruled out for the final three games of the season due to knee soreness after playing 68 games and starting a career high 30 games for the franchise.
On July 17, 2017, RodrÃÂguez signed with CSKA Moscow. In May 2018, he was named the All-EuroLeague Second Team for the 2017âÂÂ18 season.
On July 12, 2019, Rodriguez signed a three-year deal with the Italian basketball team, Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano. In his first game with Milano, Rodriguez recorded 21 points and 4 assists in a 75âÂÂ53 win over the De' Longhi Treviso. On July 2, 2022, Rodriguez amicably parted ways with the Italian club after three seasons, having also served as the team's captain.
On 18 July 2022, Rodriguez returned to Real Madrid on a one-year deal.
On 19 June 2024, RodrÃÂguez announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Thought to be one of the best European prospects of his age, RodrÃÂguez was named the MVP of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, while playing with the Spain national junior team. He led the host Spanish team to the tournament's gold medal. In the eight games of that tournament, he averaged 19 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 8.5 assists per game, and 2.1 steals per game.
In August 2006, RodrÃÂguez won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, while playing with the senior men's Spain national team. He also won the silver medal with Spain's senior national team at the EuroBasket 2007. In 2012, he won a silver medal at the Summer Olympics in London. In 2016, he won a bronze medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
RodrÃÂguez decided to skip the 2019 World Cup, citing a need to rest. He was called up by Sergio Scariolo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, celebrated in 2021.
An adept to pick and roll plays and with a flair for passing, RodrÃÂguez has mastered the art of feeding athletic big-men and small-forwards with alley-oops. Owing to his passing ability and flashy dribbling, he drew comparisons to Jason Williams. Throughout his Euroleague career he has had a high assist per turnover ratio and he has also excelled as scorer, presenting high 3-point field-goal and free-throw percentages.
|- | align="left" | | align="left" | Portland | 67 || 1 || 12.9 || .423 || .282 || .808 || 1.4 || 3.3 || .5 || .0 || 3.7 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Portland | 72 || 0 || 8.7 || .352 || .293 || .658 || .8 || 1.7 || .3 || .0 || 2.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Portland | 80 || 13 || 15.3 || .392 || .325 || .792 || 1.6 || 3.6 || .7 || .0 || 4.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Sacramento | 39 || 0 || 13.3 || .463 || .357 || .694 || 1.3 || 3.1 || .7 || .1 || 6.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New York | 27 || 8 || 19.7 || .491 || .347 || .806 || 1.4 || 3.4 || .8 || .1 || 7.4 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Philadelphia | 68 || 30 || 22.3 || .392 || .365 || .667 || 2.3 || 5.1 || .7 || .1 || 7.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 353 || 52 || 15.0 || .409 || .337 || .739 || 1.5 || 3.4 || .6 || .0 || 4.9
|- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Portland | 5 || 0 || 5.4 || .333 || .000 || .000 || .6 || 1.4 || .0 || .2 || .8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 5 || 0 || 5.4 || .333 || .000 || .000 || .6 || 1.4 || .0 || .2 || .8
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004âÂÂ05 | style="text-align:left;"| Estudiantes | 14 || 5 || 17.4 || .419 || .318 || .636 || 1.9 || 2.8 || 1.2 || || 6.4 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010âÂÂ11 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"| Real Madrid | 18 || 10 || 18.8 || .413 || .200 || .938 || 1.9 || 3.1 || .5 || || 6.1 || 6.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011âÂÂ12 | 16 || 5 || 20.1 || .494 || .469 || .821 || 1.5 || 5.4 || .8 || || 7.4 || 9.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012âÂÂ13 | 29 || 4 || 18.2 || .374 || .295 || .875 || 1.8 || 3.9 || .7 || || 7.5 || 7.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013âÂÂ14 | style="background:#CFECEC;"|31* || 0 || 22.5 || .498 || .500 || .906 || 2.0 || 4.9 || 1.2 || .1 || 14.0 || 15.9 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2014âÂÂ15â | 28 || 2 || 21.6 || .438 || .381 || .836 || 1.4 || 5.1 || 1.0 || .0 || 11.1 || 12.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015âÂÂ16 | 27 || 10 || 23.9 || .446 || .409 || .741 || 2.2 || 6.2 || .7 || .1 || 10.9 || 14.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017âÂÂ18 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| CSKA Moscow | style="background:#CFECEC;"|36* || 22 || 26.0 || .491 || .438 || .897 || 2.0 || 4.9 || .8 || .1 || 13.8 || 13.8 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2018âÂÂ19â | 35 || 10 || 21.9 || .421 || .392 || .878 || 1.5 || 4.5 || .7 || .1 || 10.2 || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019âÂÂ20 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Milano | style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || 20 || 25.6 || .419 || .374 || .961 || 2.3 || 5.4 || .9 || .1 || 13.0 || 13.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020âÂÂ21 | 37 || 3 || 19.9 || .446 || .354 || .906 || 2.0 || 4.5 || .8 || .1 || 9.7 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021âÂÂ22 | 34 || 5 || 20.2 || .412 || .318 || .760 || 2.3 || 4.5 || .7 || .1 || 8.3 || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2022âÂÂ23â | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Real Madrid | 40 || 3 || 14.8 || .434 || .368 || .833 || 1.5 || 4.4 || .5 || || 4.9 || 6.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023âÂÂ24 | 32 || 0 || 15.2 || .356 || .356 || .875 || 1.4 || 4.3 || .5 || || 4.4 || 4.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 405 || 99 || 20.5 || .437 || .384 || .853 || 1.8 || 4.6 || .8 || .0 || 9.3 || 10.1