The Puerto Rican pivot marked “a before and after in Spanish basketball”, is reflected in the profile of his former player that appears on the Spanish League“>Real Madrid website
Puerto Rican former basketball player Juan Ramn “Johnny” Bez, 86, A sports legend from the Caribbean island who played for Real Madrid between 1957 and 1960, he died due to health problems, according to what the family reported through social networks.
The son of the deceased Carlos Bez, He notified this Wednesday on his Facebook account of the death of his father, which occurred during the early hours of Tuesday.
Bez was recognized with the Medal of Honor from the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee and inducted into the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame thanks to becoming one of the best players in the island’s league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).
The Puerto Rican center scored “a before and after in Spanish basketball”, It is included in the profile of your former player that appears on the Real Madrid website.
“Fast, coordinated, with a good bounce, endowed with a great jump, with ease in shooting and very elegant. This is how Juan Ramón Bez Mario, Johnny Bez, could be defined, whose game had nothing to do with that of the majority of pvots of the time”, appears in said profile of the one who as a madridista conquered 2 Leagues and a Spanish Cup.
Bez, who grew up in the Río Piedras district of San Juan, was nicknamed “El Indio de la Vía” because of the proximity of his house to the train. After studying at the high school of the University of Puerto Rico, he traveled to Madrid, where he played between 1958 and 1960 in the capital’s team.
bez was twice best scorer in the Spanish League, where his memory lingers.
“Apart from the titles, the Caribbean’s legacy also resides in the new concepts of the game that he brought. He showed that a pvot could do a lot more than just grab rebounds,” remember the file of Real Madrid.
Bez played 17 seasons in the BSN, always with the Cardenales de Río Piedras.
The pvot became the second player in BSN history to reach the 5,000 points, in addition to retiring as the best scorer to date with 5,239 points.
The player was part of the Puerto Rico National Team, with which he won fourth place at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, in addition to being included among the players who participated in the Caribbean territory’s Olympic debut at the 1960 Rome Games.
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