Luis Flores (basketball)

Luis Flores
Personal information
Born	April 11, 1981 (age 43); San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Nationality	Dominican
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Norman Thomas; (New York City, New York)
College	Rutgers (1999–2000); Manhattan (2001–2004);
NBA draft	2004: 2nd round, 55th overall pick
	Selected by the Houston Rockets
Playing career	2004–2020
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
2004–2005	Golden State Warriors
2005	Denver Nuggets
2005–2006	BT Roseto
2006–2007	Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia
2007	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís
2007	Olympias Patras
2008	Indesit Fabriano
2008–2009	Hapoel Holon
2009	Marinos de Anzoátegui
2009–2010	Krasnye Krylia
2010–2011	Donetsk
2011	Leones de Santo Domingo
2011–2012	Estudiantes
2012	Budivelnyk Kyiv
2012	Titanes del Licey
2013	Hapoel Eliat
2013	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2013	Titanes del Licey
2015	Guaros de Lara
2016	BC Nokia
2016	Ostioneros de Guaymas
2016	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís
2017	Capitanes de Ciudad de México
2018	Náuticos de Mazatlán
2018	Club Huellas Del Siglo
2018	Metros de Santiago
2019	Venados de Mazatlán
2019	Plaza Fernando Valerio
Career highlights and awards
	Israeli Cup winner (2009); Israeli League Top Scorer (2009); 2× MAAC Player of the Year (2003, 2004); 3× First-team All-MAAC (2002–2004); 2× Haggerty Award (2003, 2004);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Representing Dominican Republic
Men's Basketball
Centrobasket
Pan American Games
FIBA AmeriCup

Luis Alberto Flores (born April 11, 1981) is a Dominican former professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall point guard-shooting guard. He grew up in the United States, in the predominantly Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights, in New York City, and attended Norman Thomas High School. Flores is a member of the senior Dominican Republic national basketball team. He was the 2009 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

High school

Flores attended Norman Thomas High School, in New York City, where he played high school basketball.

College career

Flores played his freshman college basketball season with Rutgers University, but he really showed all his potential during his three years with Manhattan College. He finished his career as Manhattan's all-time leading scorer, averaging 22.7 points per game. He was named All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Tournament Most Valuable Player, both in his junior and senior season. He also was selected to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team, during his three seasons in Manhattan, and was the 2003 and 2004 recipient of the Haggerty Award, being named the top player in the NYC area - only the eighth player to win the award multiple times, in the 70+ year history of the honor.

Professional career

Flores was drafted by the Houston Rockets, in the 2nd round (55th pick) of the 2004 NBA draft. His draft rights were traded to the Dallas Mavericks, along with $300,000 cash, in exchange for the draft rights to Vassilis Spanoulis, before being traded to the Golden State Warriors, on August 24, 2004. He played in 15 games with the Warriors (4.9 min per game), before being traded to the Denver Nuggets, on February 24, 2005. He appeared only in one game with the Nuggets, playing 4 minutes, and was waived on August 30. Flores played three preseason games for the New Orleans Hornets in 2006. After not making the Hornets regular season roster, Flores left for Europe.

Overseas, Flores first played in Italy, for BT Roseto (November 2005–2006), and Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia (December 2006–2007). On August 8, 2007, he signed with Greek League team Olympias Patras.^[1] In January, 2008, Flores returned to Italy, where he signed with Italian 2nd Division team Indesit Fabriano.

2008–2009 saw Flores in Israel, playing impressively for Ligat HaAl's defending champion, Hapoel Holon. Flores helped Holon to their first Israeli State Cup title. He was the 2009 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League. He left the team in the summer of 2009, to sign in Russia, for Krasnye Krylya Samara.

In 2011, he signed with Asefa Estudiantes in Spain; he later left for the birth of his child. Then he signed with Budivelnyk Kyiv of Ukraine.^[2] After ending the season, Flores joined the Titanes del Licey of the Dominican Republic,^[3] where he made the playoffs, before being eliminated in the 1st round.

National team career

As a member of the senior Dominican Republic national basketball team, Flores played at the following tournaments: the 2003 Centrobasket, where he won a silver medal, the 2003 Pan American Games, where he won a silver medal, the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, where he won a bronze medal, and the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.^[4]

References

^ "Basket - EUROPA - Campionati Esteri - Grecia: Patras firma Luis Flores - Basketground". September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
^ "Luis Flores firma con el Budivelnyk Kyiv de Ucrania. | BASKETDOMINICANO.COM :: El Basket nos Une". Basketdominicano.blogspot.com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ Luis Flores Latin Basket
^ "archive.fiba.com: Players".

External links

[1] "Basket - EUROPA - Campionati Esteri - Grecia: Patras firma Luis Flores - Basketground". September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.

[2] "Luis Flores firma con el Budivelnyk Kyiv de Ucrania. | BASKETDOMINICANO.COM :: El Basket nos Une". Basketdominicano.blogspot.com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[3] Luis Flores Latin Basket

[4] "archive.fiba.com: Players".

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