Spanish-Dominican basketball player
Michael Torres Cuevas (born 24 November 1994) is a Spanish -Dominican professional basketball player for CB Ciudad de Valladolid of the Spanish LEB Oro .
Club career
As a Late bloomer , Mike Torres worked his way up all the way from the Spanish fourth division (Liga EBA ) to the internationally highly recognized Liga ACB within only a few years.
Mike Torres started out his club career with CB Castelldefels in the 2014–15 Liga EBA season . For the next season , he joined the competitor CB Villarrobledo .[ 1]
In 2016 , he joined Albacete Basket , which just got promoted to the LEB Plata .[ 1]
In 2019, he made his debut in the silver category of Spanish basketball. With CB Ciudad de Valladolid , during the 2019–20 LEB Oro season , Mike Torres averaged 19 minutes in which he recorded 9 points and 2.7 assists per game.[ 1]
Torres later signed with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB for three seasons.[ 1]
On July 30, 2021, he was loaned to Indios de San Francisco of the Dominican Republic League .[ 2]
On September 10, 2021, he has signed with Belfius Mons-Hainaut of the Belgian Pro Basketball League .[ 3]
On November 1, 2021, Torres signed with Mexico City Capitanes for the team's first G League season.[ 4]
On January 12, 2022, Torres returned to Coosur Real Betis.[ 5]
National team
Torres has been a member of the Dominican Republic men's national basketball team .[ 6]
References
^ a b c d e El Coosur Betis ficha a Mike Torres por tres años Mundo Deportivo , 1 August 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021.(in Spanish)
^ "El Coosur Real Betis y el Indios de San Francisco acuerdan la cesión de Mike Torres" . realbetisbalompie.es (in Spanish). July 30, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021 .
^ "Equipe 2021-22: Le Renfort Michael Torres Cuevas Arrive À Mons" . monshainaut.be (in French). September 10, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021 .
^ "Mexico City Capitanes announce opening night roster for 2021-22 season" . NBA.com . November 5, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2022 .
^ "Mike Torres regresa al Coosur Betis tras su cesión en la NBA G-League estadounidense" . DiarioDeSevilla.es (in Spanish). January 12, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022 .
^ Eugenio Miranda (13 February 2021). "Mike Torres, Antonio Peña y Ángel Núñez se estrenan con la Selección en Puerto Rico" . ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
External links
Head coach: Casimiro
Assistant coaches: Carrasco
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