Carlos Escalera

Carlos L. Escalera
Personal information
Born	June 26, 1979; Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	MSSU
NBA draft	2004(undrafted) / Undrafted
Playing career	2006–present
Position	Shooting guard
Career highlights and awards
	BSN Most Valuable Player (2003);

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.

References

Kelly, Omar (30 March 2006). "DIAZ DECLARES FOR NBA DRAFT". South Florida Sun. p. 4C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
"Jugador". Baloncesto Superior Nacional (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
Wilmes, John (19 September 2020). "Carlos Escalera Player Profile, Missouri Southern State, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards". RealGM.

External links

Carlos Escalera stats at BSN

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[1] Kelly, Omar (30 March 2006). "DIAZ DECLARES FOR NBA DRAFT". South Florida Sun. p. 4C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[2] "Jugador". Baloncesto Superior Nacional (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[3] Wilmes, John (19 September 2020). "Carlos Escalera Player Profile, Missouri Southern State, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards". RealGM.