 Garbajosa began his career playing for Taugrés, later known as TAU Cerámica, between 1995 and 2000.In the 1998–99 season, he guided Baskonia to a Spanish King's Cup victory.Garbajosa then spent four seasons at Benetton Treviso between 2000 and 2004 under future Toronto Raptors Vice-President and Assistant General Manager Maurizio Gherardini and New York Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni.