Christopher Mauricio Flores (born May 10, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the 2012–13 Great West Conference Player of the Year as a senior after leading the NJIT Highlanders to the school's first ever Great West Conference regular season championship.[1] He is NJIT's all-time leading scorer in the Division I era after finishing his career with 1,726 points.[2][3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 10, 1990 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College | NJIT (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–2015 |
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2015 | Uni-Riesen Leipzig |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Family
editJulian Flores (8). Marco Banegas-Flores
High school
editFlores spent his traditional four-year high school career at John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science in Roxbury, Massachusetts.[4] In 2008–09, he spent one additional year at Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson, Connecticut.[4] Flores averaged 17 points per game during that postgraduate year while shooting greater than 40 percent from three-point range.[4] In the 2009 New England Class B Prep championship he scored 35 points.[4] The New England Recruiting Report tabbed him as the 18th-best prospect from the state of Connecticut.[4]
College
editFlores suited up for the NJIT Highlanders from 2009–10 through 2012–13.[3] In all four seasons he averaged between 12.6 and 16.9 points per game.[3] From his freshman through his junior years, Flores was named to the All-Great West Conference Second Team, and in his freshman season he was also named to the All-GWC Newcomer Team as well as its Freshman of the Year.[4] Heading into his senior season, the Great West Conference media selected Flores as the preseason player of the year.[5] The media's prediction came true after Flores was named its player of the year by leading the Highlanders to their first ever conference regular season championship.[6]
Professional
editFlores went unselected in the 2013 NBA draft. The Brooklyn Nets were the only NBA team to give him a pre-draft workout, and when no other teams showed interest he began his professional career overseas.[7] In August 2013 he signed with Uni-Riesen Leipzig, a team in Germany's Bundesliga Pro-B.[7] He played there for two seasons before returning to the United States to pursue a business career.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NJIT's Chris Flores Named GWC Player of the Week". Great West Conference. March 4, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "Flores scores 32, becomes NJIT's career scoring leader in 108-69 rout of Fisher". Fox News. January 31, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Chris Flores stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chris Flores biography". NJIThighlanders.com. New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "Chris Flores Selected GWC Preseason Player of the Year". NJIThighlanders.com. New Jersey Institute of Technology. November 12, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "NJIT's Chris Flores Headlines All-Great West Conference Men's Basketball Team". Great West Conference. March 13, 2013. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ a b Korff, Moritz (August 14, 2013). "Christopher Flores signs with Uni-Riesen Leipzig". Eurobasket, Inc. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
- ^ "#FollowtheLite May Feature: Chris Flores". Lite Work Ecents. 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
External links
edit- Chris Flores' NJIT profile
- Chris Flores @ sports-reference.com