Michael Torres Cuevas (born 24 November 1994) is a

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- Dominican professional

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player for

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of the Spanish

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Club career

As a

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, Mike Torres worked his way up all the way from the Spanish fourth division (

Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered ...

) to the internationally highly recognized

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within only a few years. Mike Torres started out his club career with CB Castelldefels in the

2014–15 Liga EBA season The 2014–15 Liga EBA season was the 21st edition of the Liga EBA. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to LEB Plata. The regular season started in October 2014 and finished in March 2015. Promotion playo ...

. For the next season, he joined the competitor CB Villarrobledo. In

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, he joined

Albacete Basket Albacete Basket, also known as Arcos Albacete Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha that currently plays in LEB Oro, the second tier of Spanish basketball. History Albacete Basket was founded ...

, which just got promoted to the

LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated t ...

. In 2019, he made his debut in the silver category of Spanish basketball. With

, during the

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, Mike Torres averaged 19 minutes in which he recorded 9 points and 2.7 assists per game. Torres later signed with Coosur Real Betis of the

for three seasons. On July 30, 2021, he was loaned to Indios de San Francisco of the Dominican Republic League. On September 10, 2021, he has signed with

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of the Belgian

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. On November 1, 2021, Torres signed with Capitanes for the team's first G League season. On January 12, 2022, Torres returned to Coosur Real Betis.

National team

Torres has been a member of the

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References

External links

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at RealGM {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Mike 1994 births Living people Capitanes de Ciudad de México players Dominican Republic men's basketball players Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent Point guards Real Betis Baloncesto players Indios de San Francisco de Macorís players