Angelo Reyes (born September 18, 1981) is a Puerto Rican professional

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player. Reyes was born in New York he has played in the United States

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, the

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, the Dominican Republic

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, the Mexico

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, the Uruguayan Federacion Uruguaya de Basquetbol FUBB, the Australian National Basketball League, and the Puerto Rican

Baloncesto Superior Nacional The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. T ...

. Reyes has been a member of the Puerto Rican National Team since 2006.

Professional career

Reyes played junior-college ball at Neosho County Community College in Kansas. He has since played in the

(BSN) with Titanes de Morovis (2002), Criollos de Caguas (2004)

Caciques de Humacao Caciques de Humacao was a professional basketball team based in Humacao, Puerto Rico Humacao () is a Humacao barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north ...

(2005), Criollos de Caguas (2006) Reyes led Caguas to the 2006 Puerto Rican championship and led the league in rebound, Gigantes de Carolina, (2007-2009) Reyes won the 2007 Most Valuable Player (MVP) 2008 lost the championship in 7 games,

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, (2010) Reyes won the 2010 Puerto Rican championship with Arecibo, Cangrejeros de Santurce. (2011),

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(2013-2015) Reyes won the 2013 Puerto Rican championship with Quebradillas, Leones de Ponce (2016). Reyes has led the BSN in rebounding. He is currently rank #6 in All-Time offensive rebounds leaders in BSN history. Reyes was selected Most Valuable Player of the league in 2007 while playing with the Gigantes de Carolina after averaging 19.7 PPG and 11.9 RPG. Reyes was a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team in 2006, participating in the

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earning the Gold Medal, and at the

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in Japan. Due to Reyes' outstanding play during the

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, he earned an invitation to the

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preseason training camp. Reyes was excluded from the roster of the

and released because of failing his physical due to injury. Reyes signed with the

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for the NBL season, In August 2008, he signed with Hebraica y Macabi in

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National team career

During the summer of 2007, Reyes represented Puerto Rico as a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team during the

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winning the Silver Medal, CaribeBasket 2007 winning the Gold Medal, and the

winning the Bronze Medal. On this tournament, Reyes was second in rebounds per game averaging 9.5, outrebounding players like

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and

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. He is represented by agent, Ralph Menar. On October 2, 2007, Reyes was excluded from the roster of the

and released because of failing his physical due to injury. Reyes signed with the

for the

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References

External links

Profile
at Eurobasket.com
BSN Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes, Angelo 1981 births Living people Baloncesto Superior Nacional players Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Caciques de Humacao players Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Leones de Ponce basketball players Neosho County Panthers men's basketball players Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games basketball players for Puerto Rico Pan American Games silver medalists in basketball Piratas de Quebradillas players Puerto Rican men's basketball players Puerto Rico men's national basketball team players 2006 FIBA World Championship players Power forwards Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Criollos de Caguas basketball players Gigantes de Carolina (men's basketball) players