The legendary basketball player from Santiago José (Bombo) Abreu died this Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack while walking in the Gran Arena del Cibao.
Bombo Abreu was considered the idol in Superior basketball in Santiago and for months he had been afflicted with health problems.
He was tireless and in the local basketball he played in 292 games, with 8,776 minutes running around on the court, he stole 640 balls, blocked 103, with 601 lost balls and grabbed 1,189 rebounds.
Bombo is player number 43 of Virgilio’s 50 Naughties, with 1,671 points in the capital and averaging 10.2.
He is the leader in points scored all time in the Superior Basketball of Santiago, with a whopping 4,530, averaging 15.51%.
More than 20 years of a brilliant career as a basketball player for José Abreu, a basketball player from Santiago, whom many would not recognize at a simple reading, but if he writes “El Bombo” he is immediately identified as one of the best scorers in national basketball and in his town. Santiago.
José -Bombo- Abreu is the leader in points scored for life in the Basketball of Santiago
