Swishing baseline jumper after baseline jumper, the 6-foot-6-inch shooting guard is not your typical Premier Basketball League caliber player.

He is better.

So good in fact, he played out a 10-day contract in the National Basketball Association in 2012 with the Washington Wizards.

Ubiles played four seasons at Siena College where he finished third all time on the school’s scoring list with 1,939 points.

OBSERVER Photo by Mary Ann Wiberg Edwin Ubiles (50) is a member of the Chautauqua Hurricane. In 2012, he suited up for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association. The Hurricane host the Pennsylvania Dream this Saturday at 7 p.m. at Brocton Central School.

Heading into the NBA draft, Ubiles was projected to be a second-round draft pick. However, due to a stress fracture, he was unable to participate in the draft combine, and Ubiles went undrafted.

In 2011, he joined the Dakota Wizards of the NBA Development League. That year, he was named the NBDL Rookie of the Year and to the All-NBA D-League First Team and All-Rookie First Team as he averaged 19.6 points 5 rebounds and 3.1 assists.

During that rookie season, Washington, led by legendary coach Flip Saunders, was in a transition year and was looking for players who could play. That is when Ubiles received the call.

He joined the team in Memphis to take on the Grizzlies. He had road games in Memphis, New Jersey and Boston, with home games against the Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks and Detroit Pistons.

“That was the best experience I ever had in my life, I think,” Ubiles said Tuesday night from Hurricane practice. “I got to see what it’s like to be at that level. It was so much different than anywhere else I played. Private jets, five-star food on the jet. Then you have locker rooms and just the facilities and everything. How structured it is and that type of thing. It was a great experience. I enjoyed every bit of it.”

Against Boston, the Wizards lost, 88-76, but Ubiles still remembers it fondly as he got an up-close experience to see Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo.

“That was actually the (most entertaining) game,” he said. “I played 7-10 minutes. It was fun to watch Rondo as a point guard. It was fun to watch Garnett, Pierce and Allen and see how they operate. I have a picture of me guarding Pierce. I also got to play against Paul George (Pacers) in his rookie or sophomore year. I also played against Danny Green and Rudy Gay (Grizzlies).

Ubiles’ first action was against the New Jersey Nets, as he played 16:03 minutes and shot 1 for 4 from the field and finished with four points and a steal.

“The first time I stepped foot on the floor, my legs were shaking and I was nervous,” Ubiles laughed. “All my life I was waiting for that opportunity and I am standing on the actual floor with a game about to start. It was an amazing feeling to get there for that little bit of time. It showed how far I came since I was young. I am happy with my accomplishments.”

When his 10-day contract was over, he rejoined his D-League teammates in Dakota.

“They wanted to see me be more aggressive,” Ubiles said of the feedback he received from NBA coaches. “The coaches told me they had a long, tough season with all the losses and things that had been happening in the locker room. They were feeling guys out to build for the future. I was doing a great job, but they wanted to try out other guys. At the time, I was standing out in the D-league and they took a chance on me.”

At the start of the 2012 season, Ubiles traveled to France to play with the Cholet Basket of France.

“I started to get older,” Ubiles said of his decision to go to France instead of making another run at the NBA. “I battled another injury. As I got older, I stopped perusing the NBA. I had family and kids. If I had to go overseas to make money for my family, that’s what I had to do. I saw guys play in the D-league year after year. It’s no money. They pay you to live and give you food. There is no money there. I made a family decision and tried to get as much money as I can while I was young and healthy. If the NBA came knocking, I would have been happy to take it, but after a few years, I quit perusing it.”

Ubiles also spent time in Israel and Japan for basketball.

And while playing in the NBA was his biggest accomplishment, he enjoyed his time in other countries.

“France and Japan were a lot different,” he said. “It reminds me of college all over again. Rules were like college. It was college, team basketball. It was a different style — much more physical. France was an athletic league. Japan was the most fun league I played in. It wasn’t the best talent, but the fan base and atmosphere was phenomenal. It was like you were God. They were all so small and I was big. In their eyes, we were God. It was a fun experience. It can be just as fun playing in the NBA.”

Ubiles, who is Puerto Rican and a member of the national team, is eligible for the team because of his nationality. With the national team season to begin in March, he was looking for a league to join to get into shape for the upcoming season.

“My friend, Tyquan Strohman, was in the (PBL) last year,” Ubiles said. “I asked him what it was like and I want to get some running in and get into shape to get ready for Puerto Rico in a couple months.”

And though Ubiles has been with the Hurricane for less than two weeks, he has shared his NBA stories with his teammates.

“It’s not annoying,” he said. “I get it pretty much everywhere I go. I am used to it by now. Some of these guys ask questions because they want to know what it takes to get to the next level. Everyone wants to play and everyone wants to win.”

One person who has not had a chance to talk to Ubiles about his NBA experience yet is coach Jerome Moss.

But Moss did get a front-row seat to watch Ubiles play this past Saturday in the Hurricane’s PBL league opener and liked what he saw.

“Any time you get a player that good and that kind of resume to come play for you, you get excited about it,” Moss said. “We are excited about what he can bring to the team. I saw his ability to control the ball. He did a good job as far as handling the ball and making good choices with the basketball.”

The local community will get its first look at Ubiles this Saturday as the Hurricane host the Pennsylvania Dream at Brocton Central School at 7 p.m.

“I hope people want to come see him play, and come see the whole team play,” Moss said. “We are looking forward to Saturday night.”