Mike Torres
{{short description|Spanish-Dominican basketball player}}
{{for|the baseball player|Mike Torrez}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Mike Torres
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| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 176
| league = LEB Oro
| team = CB Ciudad de Valladolid
| number = 3
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Spain
| nationality = Spain / Dominican Republic
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| draft_year = 2016
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| years1 = 2014–2015
| team1 = CB Castelldefels
| years2 = 2015–2016
| team2 = CB Villarrobledo
| years3 = 2016–2017
| team3 = Albacete Basket
| years4 = 2018–2020
| team4 = CB Ciudad de Valladolid
| years5 = 2020–2021
| team5 = Coosur Real Betis
| years6 = 2021
| team6 = →Indios de San Francisco
| years7 = 2021
| team7 = Mons-Hainaut
| years8 = 2021
| team8 = Mexico City Capitanes
| years9 = 2022
| team9 = Coosur Real Betis
| years10 = 2022–present
| team10 = CB Ciudad de Valladolid
| highlights =
- LEB Oro - 2020 Champion[https://www.mundodeportivo.com/baloncesto/acb/20200801/482624328869/el-coosur-betis-ficha-a-mike-torres-por-tres-anos.html El Coosur Betis ficha a Mike Torres por tres años] Mundo Deportivo, 1 August 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021.{{in lang|es}}
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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.
In 2016, he joined Albacete Basket, which just got promoted to the LEB Plata.
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.
Torres later signed with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB for three seasons.
On July 30, 2021, he was loaned to Indios de San Francisco of the Dominican Republic League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.realbetisbalompie.es/noticias/baloncesto/el-coosur-real-betis-y-el-indios-de-san-francisco-acuerdan-la-cesion-de-mike-torres-26161|title=El Coosur Real Betis y el Indios de San Francisco acuerdan la cesión de Mike Torres|last=|first=|date=July 30, 2021|website=realbetisbalompie.es|publisher=|language=es|access-date=August 8, 2021}}
On September 10, 2021, he has signed with Belfius Mons-Hainaut of the Belgian Pro Basketball League.{{Cite web|url=https://monshainaut.be/info-generale/equipe-2021-22-le-renfort-michael-torres-cuevas-arrive-a-mons/|title=Equipe 2021-22: Le Renfort Michael Torres Cuevas Arrive À Mons|last=|first=|date=September 10, 2021|website=monshainaut.be|publisher=|language=fr|access-date=October 5, 2021}}
On November 1, 2021, Torres signed with Mexico City Capitanes for the team's first G League season.{{cite web|title=Mexico City Capitanes announce opening night roster for 2021-22 season|url=https://capitanes.gleague.nba.com/news/mexico-city-capitanes-announce-opening-night-roster-for-2021-22-season/|website=NBA.com|date=November 5, 2021|access-date=April 1, 2022}}
On January 12, 2022, Torres returned to Coosur Real Betis.{{cite web|title=Mike Torres regresa al Coosur Betis tras su cesión en la NBA G-League estadounidense|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/deportes/betis-baloncesto/Torres-Coosur-Betis-NBA-G-League_0_1646836075.html|website=DiarioDeSevilla.es|date=January 12, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2022|language=Spanish}}
National team
Torres has been a member of the Dominican Republic men's national basketball team.{{cite news |author1=Eugenio Miranda |title= Mike Torres, Antonio Peña y Ángel Núñez se estrenan con la Selección en Puerto Rico|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/basquetbol/fiba/nota/_/id/8182277/mike-torres-antonio-pena-angel-nunez-seleccion-dominicana-fiba |accessdate=19 March 2021 |work=ESPN |date=13 February 2021 |language=Spanish}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.fiba.basketball/es/americup/2021/qualifiers/player/Michael-Torres-Cuevas FIBA profile]
- [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Michael-Torres/Spain/Coosur-Real-Betis-Sevilla/335566 Profile] at Eurobasket.com
- [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Michael-Torres/Summary/111076 Profile] at RealGM
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Category:Dominican Republic men's basketball players
Category:Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent
Category:Indios de San Francisco de Macorís players
Category:Mexico City Capitanes players