Carlos Escalera Explained

Carlos L. Escalera
League:Bsn
Weight:210lb
Position:Shooting guard
Birth Date:June 26, 1979
Birth Place:Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
College:MSSU
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Draft Year:2004(undrafted)
Career Start:2006
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Carlos Escalera (born June 26, 1979 in Mayagüez) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player.[1] Escalera has played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with Mets de Guaynabo, Taínos de Mayagüez, Aguadilla Tiburones, Maratonistas de Coamo, and Vaqueros de Bayamón and Capitanes de Arecibo.[2]

Brief Biography

Escalera studied at the Bayamon Military Academy in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.[3] Escalera played in the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico since 1997. In 2003 he was the Most Valuable Player for the BSN averaging 25.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG, and 2.9 APG for the Coamo Marathon Runners. For the past six years in Puerto Rico, he has averaged over 17 points per game. In four of those seasons, he shot over 50 percent from the field.

Escalera, scored 42 points in the Miami Tropics first-ever game in the ABA.

Escalera is the half-brother of former University of Miami star Guillermo Diaz.

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Notes and References

  1. News: DIAZ DECLARES FOR NBA DRAFT. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106084423/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1012158021.html?dids=1012158021:1012158021&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30,+2006&author=Omar+Kelly+Staff+Writer&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=DIAZ+DECLARES+FOR+NBA+DRAFT&pqatl=google. dead. November 6, 2012. Kelly. Omar. 30 March 2006. South Florida Sun. 4C. 1 April 2011.
  2. Web site: Jugador . Baloncesto Superior Nacional . 1 March 2019 . es . 20 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Wilmes . John . Carlos Escalera Player Profile, Missouri Southern State, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards . RealGM . 19 September 2020 .