Mike Torres
No. 3 – CB Ciudad de Valladolid
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLEB Oro
Personal information
Born (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994
Spain
NationalitySpain / Dominican Republic
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2016: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015CB Castelldefels
2015–2016CB Villarrobledo
2016–2017Albacete Basket
2018–2020CB Ciudad de Valladolid
2020–2021Coosur Real Betis
2021→Indios de San Francisco
2021Mons-Hainaut
2021Capitanes de Ciudad de México
2022Coosur Real Betis
2022–presentCB Ciudad de Valladolid
Career highlights and awards

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 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 El Coosur Betis ficha a Mike Torres por tres años Mundo Deportivo, 1 August 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021.(in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Equipe 2021-22: Le Renfort Michael Torres Cuevas Arrive À Mons". monshainaut.be (in French). September 10, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mexico City Capitanes announce opening night roster for 2021-22 season". NBA.com. November 5, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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.
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