height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years profile draft_year team number image college name caption high_school weight_lb birth_place position letter league height_in bbr article_title
6 puerto rican 26 june 1984 2001 2001 2007 2011 start -- 2013 end 2014 start -- present -- 2002 2006 2006 start -- 2010 end jose_barea 2006 dallas cangrejeros de santurce -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- dallas mavericks → mavericks fort worth flyers -lrb- d-league -rrb- minnesota timberwolves dallas mavericks indios de mayagüez -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- 5 20140101 jj barea -lrb- 2 -rrb- . jpg northeastern -lrb- 2002 -- 2006 -rrb- josé juan barea barea with the minnesota timberwolves in january 2014 miami christian school -lrb- miami , florida -rrb- 185 mayagüez , puerto rico point guard b nba 0 bareajo01 josé juan barea

josé juan barea

josé juan `` j.j. '' barea mora -lrb- born june 26 , 1984 -rrb- is a puerto rican professional basketball player who currently plays for the dallas mavericks of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .
he played college basketball for northeastern university before joining the mavericks in 2006 and becoming just the seventh puerto rican to play in the nba .
he went on to win an nba championship with the mavericks in 2011 before signing with the minnesota timberwolves where he played for the next three seasons .
he has also played in the nba development league and the baloncesto superior nacional .
barea was a member of the puerto rican national team that won the gold medal in the 2006 and 2010 central american and caribbean games .
he was the starting point guard for puerto rico when they won the gold medal in the 2011 pan american games and the silver medal in the 2007 pan american games .
