José Juan Barea (born June 26, 1984 in Mayagüez) is
a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who
plays point guard for the National Basketball
Association (NBA)'s Dallas Mavericks.
Professionally, Barea has played in the NBA, NBA
Development League, National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) and the National Superior
Basketball (BSN) with Mayaguez Indios and the
Santurce Crabbers. He participated in the 2006 NBA
Draft but was undrafted, and he was subsequently
signed by the Dallas Mavericks following his
participation in the NBA Vegas Summer league,
becoming the seventh Puerto Rican to play in the
NBA. He was a member of the Puerto Rican team that
won the gold medal in the 2006 Central American and
Caribbean Games. Barea was the starting point guard
of the Puerto Rican national team's second squad
that won the silver medal in the 2007 Pan American
Games.
