Santo Domingo DR .- The former basketball player passed away this Tuesday afternoon, at the age of 53 José -Bombo- Abreu a prolific top basketball scorer from Santiago, his native province.
A heart attack was the reason for his death, according to reports from Santiago.
He was recognized as a good scorer, in addition to his admirable humility.
According to the first reports, the former player was training in the surroundings of the Cibao Oscar Gobaira Arena, a facility in which he shone so much as to be the all-time leader in points scored with the figure of 4,530, which gives him an average of 15.51%. according to data from santiago basketball.
The magazine Los 50 Traviesos, who played at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, places it as number 43.
In the district he played with the team of Club Calero and Club Arroyo Hondo.
A profile made by the also former player Martín Lajara highlights that he was part of the Pueblo Nuevo championships in the years 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994 and 2000.
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He played for the Pueblo Nuevo de Santiago team, in whose event he leads in career points scored, a total of 4,530 points and an average of 15.5 points per game.
He grabbed 1,189 rebounds for 4.0 and had 447 assists.
In the National District, he played 13 seasons with the jersey of the Arroyo Hondo, Los Mina and Villa Duarte teams, with which he scored 1,781 points, for an average of 11 points per game and grabbed 774 rebounds.
In the country he played in tournaments in San Francisco de Macoris, La Romana, San Pedro, Moca, San Cristóbal, La Vega, Barahona, and Puerto Plata, among others.
