Basketballspieler (Puerto Rico) - Jose Barea, Daniel Santiago, Carlos Arroyo, Joel Jones, Hector Blondet (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Daniel Gregg Santiago (born June 24, 1976 in Lubbock, Texas, U.S.) is a professional Puerto Rican/American basketball player, currently playing at the center position for the Efes Pilsen S.K. of Turkey. Santiago is the fourth player from Puerto Rico to play in a NBA game. He has played in the NBA, NCAA, NAIA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico, and overseas in Italy and Spain. Santiago has also been a member of the Puerto Rico national team since 1998. Santiago's paternal grandfather, Pedro Rodriguez, was a well known baseball player in Puerto Rico and emigrated to the United States to play. Due to his small stature he was nicknamed "Jockey," while grandson Daniel received the "El Gigante" (the giant) moniker. Puerto Rico's Jockey Rodriguez retired from baseball with the Albuquerque Dukes team under the name Pedro Santiago. Santiago was raised in the West Texas area of Lamesa on a cotton farm and later in Albuquerque, New Mexico where his parents, Stan and Diana Santiago, originated. He has two younger brothers, Matthew and Jarrett Santiago. Santiago attended and played Junior College basketball at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico and played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico. He finished up his collegiate career at the NAIA school of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he was named NAIA player of the year. In Puerto Rico, Santiago played professionally on the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with the Vaqueros. He started playing in Bayamon in the mid-1990s, helping the team to various national championships and tournament finals. Between 1998 and 2000, he played for Varese Roosters of the Italian league and, in 2000 and 2001, with the NBA's Phoenix Suns as a back-up center. He was released from the Suns after the 2001 campaign was over. In 2003, Santiago returned to the NBA, with t...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d