José Juan Barea signs to play in the Spanish league with the Movistar Estudiantes team

Madrid.- The Movistar Estudiants team, a team in the Spanish basketball league, has reached an agreement with Puerto Rican base José Juan “JJ” Barea for joining this group until the end of the season.

“JJ Barea will arrive in Madrid this week to join the Movistar Estudiantes training sessions. He has to fulfill a small personal goal that he was already pointing to the Spanish press a decade ago: Playing in the land of their ancestors, natives of Ribota de Sajambre (León) “, the team’s press release states.

Barea, 36, is an institution in the NBA, and especially in the Dallas Mavericks: he was basic in his only ring of champions, the one achieved in 2011 with the German Dirk Nowitzki against the Miami Heat, notes the club in its statement.

In his 14 consecutive seasons in the NBA (between 2006 and 2020), 11 have been in two stages with the Texan franchise, with which he signed a contract at the beginning of this season that was terminated in December .

In his other three NBA campaigns he defended the Minnesota Timberwolves jersey (2011-2014), racking up a total of 831 regular league games and 50 in the playoffs.

Barea is also one of the stars of the selection of Puerto Rico, with which it gained the gold medals of the Pan-American Games of 2011, the Central American Games and the Caribbean of 2006 and 2010; and the 2007 Pan American Silver.

The player will arrive in Madrid this week to join the Movistar Estudiantes training sessions. He has to fulfill a small personal goal that he already pointed out to the Spanish press a decade ago: to play in the land of his ancestors, natives of Ribota de Sajambre (León), says Movistar Estudiants.