Michael Torres Cuevas (born 24 November 1994) is a

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- Dominican professional

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player for

CB Ciudad de Valladolid Real Valladolid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league Liga Española de Baloncesto, LEB Oro. History CB Ciudad de Valladolid was founded in June 2015 by th ...

of the Spanish

LEB Oro The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categorie ...

Club career

As a Late bloomer, Mike Torres worked his way up all the way from the Spanish fourth division (

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

) to the internationally highly recognized

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...

within only a few years. Mike Torres started out his club career with CB Castelldefels in the

2014–15 Liga EBA season The 2014–15 Liga EBA season was the 21st edition of the Liga EBA. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to LEB Plata. The regular season started in October 2014 and finished in March 2015. Promotion playo ...

. For the next season, he joined the competitor

CB Villarrobledo Club Baloncesto Villarrobledo is a professional basketball club based in Villarrobledo, Castilla-La Mancha, that currently plays in LEB Plata, the third tier of Spanish basketball. History Founded on 15 July 1992, CB Villarrobledo started playin ...

. In

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, he joined

Albacete Basket Albacete Basket, also known as Arcos Albacete Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha that currently plays in LEB Oro, the second tier of Spanish basketball. History Albacete Basket was founded ...

, which just got promoted to the

LEB Plata The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...

. In 2019, he made his debut in the silver category of Spanish basketball. With

, 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

for three seasons. On July 30, 2021, he was loaned to Indios de San Francisco of the Dominican Republic League. On September 10, 2021, he has signed with

Belfius Mons-Hainaut Union Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country, the BNXT League. The club's home arena is the Mons Arena. Founded as Quaregnon in 1959, the c ...

of the Belgian

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. On November 1, 2021, Torres signed with

Mexico City Capitanes The Mexico City Capitanes () are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexico City. The Capitanes competed as a member club in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) for its first three seasons and the franchise is currently ...

for the team's first G League season. On January 12, 2022, Torres returned to Coosur Real Betis.

National team

Torres has been a member of the Dominican Republic men's national basketball team.

References

External links

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at RealGM {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Mike 1994 births Living people Dominican Republic men's basketball players Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent Indios de San Francisco de Macorís players Mexico City Capitanes players Point guards Real Betis Baloncesto players 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen