Marvin Cairo's double-double lands him Player of the Week award among Cubans playing currently abroad:

Traditionally, every week we bring you a list of the top performances of Cubans who are currently playing abroad.

Marvin Cairo

   #1. This week's number one is an international swingman Marvin Cairo (201-91, currently plays in Bolivia). Cairo could not help Penarol (1-4) in their last game on Wednesday. Despite his very good performance the fifth-placed Penarol (1-4) was crushed 101-70 on the road by the leading Rubair in the Group B. Cairo recorded a double-double by scoring 31 points and getting 11 rebounds. His team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical. Cairo has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages: 26.2ppg, 9.6rpg, 1.4bpg, 2FGP: 53.1%, 3FGP: 35.3% and FT: 80.6%. Former Capitalinos Azules de La Habana starter played for the Cuban senior national team one years ago.

Jordanis Jaca

   #2. Second place goes to an experienced former international power forward Jordanis Jaca (195-83, currently plays in Bolivia) faced previously mentioned Marvin Cairo in the Bolivian Libobasque last game. Jaca led Rubair to an easy victory against the fifth-ranked Penarol (1-4) crushing them 101-70. He scored 12 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in a mere 17 minutes. The Regular Season already ended. This year Jaca's overall stats are: 8.7ppg, 4.7rpg, 2FGP: 64.3%(18-28) and FT: 64.0% in six games he played so far. Former Tigres de Camaguey starter played for the Cuban national team in 2016.

Lisvan Valdes

   #3. The Cuban player who performed third best last week abroad was an international power forward Lisvan Valdes (196-88, currently plays in El Salvador). He led Santa Tecla to a victory over the league outsider Halcones (6-12) crushing them 105-78 in the Salvadorean Liga MB (second division) in Thursday night's game. Valdes was MVP of the game. He recorded 39 points (!!!), 3 assists and 5 steals. Santa Tecla BC (16-2) is placed first in the Liga MB. It was his team's ninth consecutive victory in a row. This season Valdes has very high stats. He averages: 21.9ppg, 4.9rpg, 2.0apg, 2.0spg, 2FGP: 56.5%(104-184), 3FGP: 38.8% and FT: 73.0%. Ex-Capitalinos Azules de La Habana player is also a member of the Cuban senior national team.

Yuniskel Molina

   #4. Power forward Yuniskel Molina (177-93, currently plays in El Salvador) is a teammate of previously mentioned Lisvan Valdes. But that was another game of his team in Salvadorean Liga MB which we would like to mention. Molina was the major contributor in a Santa Tecla's victory against the league outsider Halcones (6-12) crushing them 113-76. He scored 29 points (!!!) in 26 minutes. Santa Tecla BC (16-2) is placed first in the Liga MB. It was his team's ninth consecutive victory in a row. Molina has very impressive stats this year: 17.0ppg, 4.9rpg, 2.4apg and 2.3spg in 21 games. He is also Cuban national team player.

Freddy Marin

   #5. International forward Freddy Marin (202-92, currently plays in Bolivia) contributed to an AND1 La Paz's victory against the sixth-ranked La Salle CBBA (1-6) 85-77 in the Bolivian Libobasquet on Tuesday night. Marin scored 19 points and grabbed 4 rebounds. AND1 La Paz (1-6) is placed sixth in Group A. His team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And now that game is very crucial. Marin has relatively good stats this season: 13.6ppg and 6.0rpg. He plays currently for the Cuban national team.

Eliecer Quintana

   #6. Center Eliecer Quintana (205-91, currently plays in Bolivia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Marvin Cairo and both played together in the last Bolivian Libobasquet game. Quintana was not able to help Penarol in their game against Rubair (5-1). He scored 6 points. It was his first game for Penarol this season. Penarol (#5) was crushed 101-70 by the leading Rubair in the Group B. Quintana is a former international player as he played for the Cuban senior team two years ago.


The list of other players, who all have Cuban passport but never been selected to any of Cuban national teams:

   #1. Ismael Romero (203-C-91, currently plays in Puerto Rico) led Vaqueros to a victory over the league leader Leones (21-15) 102-86 in the Puerto Rican BSN in Sunday night's game. He was MVP of the game. Romero had a double-double by scoring 26 points and getting 10 rebounds in 24 minutes. It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Vaqueros de Bayamon (20-16) is placed third in the BSN. Romero has individually a very good year with high stats. He averages: 18.1ppg, 7.4rpg, 2.3apg and 1.4spg in 30 games he played so far.

   #2. Dariel Maza (C-91, currently plays in Bolivia) contributed to an AND1 La Paz's victory against the sixth-ranked La Salle CBBA (1-6) 85-77 in the Bolivian Libobasquet in Tuesday night's game. Maza scored 15 points in 24 minutes. AND1 La Paz (1-6) is placed sixth in Group A. His team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical. This year Maza has relatively solid stats: 12.0ppg, 5.7rpg and 1.1apg in seven games.


Other top Cuban players, who play abroad:

Howard Sant-Roos (200-F-91) plays for AEK in Greek A1
Javier Justiz (205-C-92) plays for Zaragoza in Spanish Liga Endesa
Yoanki Mensia (197-F-97) plays for Gimnasia in Argentinian La Liga
Pedro Bombino (206-C-0) plays for Gimnasia in Argentinian La Liga
Yorman Polas Bartolo (191-G/F-85) plays for Telekom Baskets in German BBL
Jasiel Rivero (204-C/F-93) plays for Boca Juniors in Argentinian La Liga
Karel Guzman (188-SG-95) plays for Olimpico de La Banda in Argentinian La Liga
Darol Hernandez (206-F-89) plays for COR-Borisfen in Belarusian Premier League
Adrian Diaz (209-F/C-93) plays for Joensuun Kataja in Finnish Korisliiga
Enrique Ramos (202-C-89) plays for Cariduros in Puerto Rican BSN
Juan Pineiro (193-G-90) plays for Brujos in Puerto Rican BSN
Yunio Barrueta (193-F/G-93) plays for Sluc Nancy in French ProB
Sigfredo Casero-Ortiz (185-PG-97) plays for Okapi Aalstar in Belgian Euromillions League
Juaquin Duarte (192-G-88) plays for Santos in Mexican LNBP

Notice: The list above includes only some of the Cuban playing currently abroad. Go to Cuban Abroad Page to see completed list.