The Puerto Rican guard with Leonese ancestry Jose Juan Barea He will have his first experience in Spanish basketball after signing for Movistar Estudiantes until the end of the season.
Barea, 36, is an institution in the NBA, and especially in the Dallas Mavericks: he was basic in his only championship ring, the one achieved in 2011 with German Dirk Nowitzki against the Miami Heat, the club said in its statement.
In his 14 consecutive seasons in the NBA (between 2006 and 2020), 11 have been in two stages with the Texas franchise, with which he signed a contract at the beginning of this season that was terminated in December. In his other three NBA seasons he defended the Minnesota Timberwolves jersey (2011-2014), accumulating a total of 831 games in the regular league and 50 in the playoffs.
Barea is also one of the stars of the selection of Puerto Rico, with which he won the gold medals of the Pan American Games of 2011, of the Central American and Caribbean Games of 2006 and 2010; and silver from the 2007 Pan American Games.
The player will arrive in Madrid this week to join Movistar Estudiantes training. He will thus fulfill a small personal objective: to play in the land of his ancestors, natives of Ribota de Sajambre (Lion).
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