Jack Michael Martínez (born October 12, 1981) is a Dominican professional basketball player.
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Position | Power forward / Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | BSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1981-10-12) October 12, 1981 (age 41) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dominican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Artesia (Lakewood, California) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Martinez attended Artesia High School in Lakewood, California, playing alongside Jason Kapono and Jón Arnór Stefánsson. It later emerged he and other foreign players on the team had been illegally recruited by coach Wayne Merino.[1][2]
Martinez's career took him to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Italy where he was the Lega Basket Serie A top rebounder in 2006, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
Martínez made his debut for the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2001. He was named MVP at the 2004 Centrobasket in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where his team claimed the gold medal by defeating Puerto Rico in the final.
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