José Juan Barea
Point guard, Basketball Player
1984 –
Who is José Juan Barea?
José Juan "J.J." Barea Mora is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. He also played for the 2011 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks from 2006 to 2011. Barea has played in the NBA, NBA Development League, NCAA and the BSN with Indios de Mayagüez and the Cangrejeros de Santurce.
After playing college basketball at Northeastern University, he participated in the 2006 NBA Draft but was undrafted, and he was subsequently signed by the Dallas Mavericks following his participation in the NBA Vegas Summer league, becoming the seventh Puerto Rican to play in the NBA.
Barea was a member of the Puerto Rican team that won the gold medal in the 2006 and 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. He was the starting point guard of the Puerto Rican national team's squad that won the gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games and the silver medal in the 2007 Pan American Games.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1984
Mayagüez - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Zuleyka Rivera
(2010 - 2013/04/18)
- Zuleyka Rivera
- Children
- Nationality
- Puerto Rico
- Profession
- Education
- Northeastern University
- Miami Christian School
- Lived in
- Mayagüez
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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