Jack Michael Martínez
No. 15 – Caciques de Humacao | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | BSN |
Personal information | |
Born | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | October 12, 1981
Nationality | Dominican |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Artesia (Lakewood, California) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Jack Michael Martínez (born October 12, 1981) is a Dominican professional basketball player.
High school career
Jack Martinez attended Artesia High School in Lakewood, California, playing alongside Jason Kapono and Jón Arnór Stefánsson. It later emerged he and other foreign players on the team had been illegally recruited by coach Wayne Merino.[1][2]
Professional career
His career took him to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Italy - where he was the Lega Basket Serie A top rebounder in 2006, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
National team career
Martínez made his debut for the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2001. He was named MVP at the 2004 Centrobasket in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where his team claimed the gold medal by defeating Puerto Rico in the final.
References
- ^ Los Angeles Times (2000-06-02). "Artesia Forfeits Titles; Merino Won't Return". Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ The Dallas Morning News. "CIF finds eight abuses". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
External links
Template:Dominican Republic Squad 2006 Centrobasket
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Caciques de Humacao players
- Centers (basketball)
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Club San Martín de Corrientes basketball players
- Dominican Republic men's basketball players
- Dominican Republic expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Dominican Republic expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Dominican Republic expatriate basketball people in Mexico
- Dominican Republic expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico
- Dominican Republic expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- Expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Halcones de Xalapa players
- Halcones Rojos Veracruz players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic
- People from Lakewood, California
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Santo Domingo
- Teramo Basket players
- 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in basketball
- Dominican Republic sportspeople stubs
- Central American and Caribbean basketball biography stubs