Jesse Pellot-Rosa (born July 4, 1984) is an American former professional
basketball
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player.
College career
He went to
George Wythe High School
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and college at
Virginia Commonwealth University
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(VCU) (2003-2007).
Professional career
After going undrafted at the
2007 NBA draft, Pellot-Rosa has been active with different teams in Argentina's
Liga Nacional de Básquet, Puerto Rico's
Baloncesto Superior Nacional, and other European leagues. In 2009, he won both the BSN Most Improved Player and the
BSN Most Valuable Player Award
The BSN Most Valuable Player (''Jugador Más Valioso'') is an annual most valuable player award of Puerto Rico's top-tier level professional basketball league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), that is given to the best performing player of ...
.
He was also named as part of the league All-Star Team.
In May 2017,
Úrvalsdeild karla club
Þór Þorlákshöfn announced it had signed Pellot-Rosa for the upcoming
2017–18 season. On October 1, he helped Þór win the
Icelandic Supercup by defeating the defending national champions
KR 90-86. In the game he had 37 points and 11 rebounds. Pellot-Rosa left the club in November due to injury after averaging 20.8 points and 7.2 rebounds.
The Basketball Tournament
In 2017, Pellot-Rosa participated in
The Basketball Tournament
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for Ram Nation, a team of VCU alumni. The team made it to the Elite 8 where they lost to eventual tournament champs
Overseas Elite
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. The Basketball Tournament is an annual $2 million winner-take-all tournament broadcast on
ESPN
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.
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See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
References
External links
BSNPR.com profileESPN profileÚrvalsdeild statistics
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1984 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Atléticos de San Germán players
Baloncesto Superior Nacional players
Basketball players from Richmond, Virginia
Forwards (basketball)
KeflavÃk men's basketball players
Piratas de Quebradillas players
Puerto Rican men's basketball players
SISU BK players
Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
VCU Rams men's basketball players
Þór Þorlákshöfn (basketball club) players
Vaqueros de Bayamón basketball players