Bobby Ríos

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Roberto "Bobby" Ríos Osorio (born August 14, 1957) is a retired Puerto Rican basketball player. Ríos played as a point guard and shooting guard for five different teams during his career, and won three championships. He is currently 5th in assists and 7th in scoring of all-time in the league.

Bobby Ríos
Personal information
Born (1957-08-14) August 14, 1957 (age 67)
Santurce, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career1978–2001
PositionGuard
Career history
1978–1980Vaqueros de Bayamón
1981–1985Leones de Ponce
1985–1990Atléticos de San Germán
1991–1998Leones de Ponce
1999–2000Brujos de Guayama
2001Maratonistas de Coamo
Career highlights and awards

Career

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Ríos was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico on August 14, 1957. He debuted with the Vaqueros de Bayamón in 1978.

In 1981, Ríos was traded to the Leones de Ponce where he became the starting point guard. He ended up averaging 17.7 points per game in his first season and remained a consistent scorer during this first stint with the team. However, in the middle of the 1985 season, Ríos was traded to the Atléticos de San Germán. He averaged 15 points per game during 23 games with San Germán, and won his first championship. During the next five seasons with the team, Ríos averaged over 20 points per game in every season.

He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 1991, Ríos returned to Ponce and remained with them for 8 seasons. During those seasons, he continued to be a prolific scorer, winning 2 more championships and the Most Valuable Player award in 1995. Ríos was the first player in the history of the BSN to reach the platform of 1,000 3 point baskets made and was arguably one of the best 3 point shooters of all-times in the league. In 1999 Ríos went to the Brujos de Guayama and played with them for two seasons. He retired in 2001 as a member of the Maratonistas de Coamo.[2]

Personal life

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Roberto "Bobby" Ríos at an early age had excelled in a variety of sports before playing basketball including track and field where he was a prospect at Central High School in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He started his semi-pro basketball career in 1977 with the San Juan Moderno team that at the time was head coached by the legendary Julio Toro. That led him to be invited by the Vaqueros de Bayamón's then star Rubén Montañez to the team practices and eventually Ríos was signed by then Bayamón owner Hetin Reyes in 1978.

Ríos moved to Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1981, after he was traded to the Leonés De Ponce. He also has three daughters that are his # 1 fans. Ríos worked for the city of Ponce for 20 years and is currently retired and enjoying his life. He also lives very grateful to the sport of basketball.

Statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Denotes seasons in which Ríos won a BSN championship
Year Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1978 Bayamón 32 .527 .000 .776 1.5 0.8 9.3
1979 Bayamón 30 .512 .000 .800 2.1 1.9 8.6
1980 Ponce 28 .446 .000 .822 3.0 2.3 8.6
1981 Ponce 33 .504 .222 .796 3.2 5.3 17.8
1982 Ponce 32 .469 .167 .694 3.2 3.3 16.8
1983 Ponce 33 .470 .381 .810 2.8 3.5 13.5
1984 Ponce 24 .454 .418 .852 3.6 3.3 15.5
1985 Ponce 9 .467 .538 .839 2.6 1.8 13.0
1985 San Germán 23 .500 .382 .825 3.0 3.6 15.1
1986 San Germán 33 .475 .448 .819 2.4 5.8 22.3
1987 San Germán 30 .509 .412 .898 2.1 5.1 24.7
1988 San Germán 31 .459 .364 .808 2.8 6.4 20.1
1989 San Germán 30 .488 .435 .894 3.2 6.2 21.7
1990 San Germán 30 .460 .374 .855 3.5 4.4 21.2
1991 Ponce 22 .523 .469 .781 2.5 3.0 16.5
1992 Ponce 33 .485 .422 .871 3.6 7.1 19.0
1993 Ponce 34 .457 .396 .891 2.8 5.3 17.1
1994 Ponce 30 .490 .413 .864 2.0 2.2 20.4
1995 Ponce 32 .443 .376 .864 2.9 4.3 20.8
1996 Ponce 34 .442 .401 .752 2.6 2.5 20.3
1997 Ponce 28 .465 .485 .883 1.2 2.2 15.3
1998 Ponce 30 .455 .414 .814 1.4 2.6 16.1
1999 Guayama 21 .467 .424 .886 1.1 1.0 11.3
2000 Guayama 19 .217 .136 .929 0.8 0.4 1.9
Career 681 .466 .337 .834 2.5 3.3 16.1

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roberto Ríos Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Rubén (September 9, 2017). "Bobby Ríos: "Vivo agradecido del baloncesto"". El Nuevo Día.
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