The 2024 V.I. Jaguars Basketball Team was honored to talk with J.J Barea. J.J Barea is a former NBA (National Basketball Association) player. He has many accolades in his NBA career including winning the 2011 NBA Championship with the Dallas Mavericks as a Point Guard. A short bio of his career is included below.
"José Juan Barea Mora (born June 26, 1984) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player and current head coach for the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Northeastern University before joining the Mavericks in 2006 and becoming only the seventh Puerto Rican to play in the NBA. He went on to win an NBA championship with the Mavericks in 2011 before signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he played for the next three seasons. He has also played in the NBA Development League and the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
Barea was a Puerto Rican national team member who won the gold medal in the 2006 and 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. He was the starting point guard for Puerto Rico when they won the gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games and the silver medal in the 2007 Pan American Games."