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José Juan "J.J." Barea Mora (born June 26, 1984) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He also played for the 2011 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks from 2006to 2011. Barea has played in the NBA, NBA Development League, NCAA and the BSN with Indios de Mayagüez and the Cangrejeros de Santurce. After playing college basketball at Northeastern University, heparticipated 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 PuertoRican to play in the NBA. He was a member of the Puerto Rican team that won the gold medal in the 2006 and 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Barea was the starting point guard of the PuertoRican national team's squad that won the gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games and the silver medal in the 2007 Pan American Games. In June 2010, the Mavericks used Barea's team option ($1.8 million)and signed him for the 2010–11 NBA season. Barea averaged 9.5 points and 3.9 assists coming from the bench. He also scored a new career-high of 29 points on 11–21 shooting from the floor on New YearsDay against the Milwaukee Bucks. He also finished the month of February with an average of 13.6 ppg along with 5 assists. In the playoffs, the Mavericks faced the defending champions Los AngelesLakers in the second round. In the second game of the series, Barea scored 12 points from the bench to lead a fourth-quarter rally which resulted in a 93–81 win for Dallas. With the game already decidedand 24 seconds remaining, Barea was clotheslined by Lakers' forward Ron Artest, which led to a suspension. After the game, the Lakers praised Barea's game with Phil Jackson even comparing him to ChrisPaul while Kobe Bryant said that "Barea kicked our asses.In the last game of the series, the Mavericks defeated the Lakers, eliminating them. Barea was the second-leading scorer for his team with 22...