Carlos Arroyo, a small NBA character with a gorgeous style

Does anyone remember Carlos Arroyo? That little NBA character with gorgeous style.

Carlos Arroyo, Carlos Arroyo, 6-foot-2 (188 cm) tall, plays as a point guard (PG). He was born in Fajado, northeastern Puerto Rico in July 1979. He was produced by Florida International University. He was defeated in the 2001 NBA Draft and signed with the Toronto Raptors as a free agent. He entered the NBA. His NBA career has played for seven teams, namely the Raptors, Nuggets, Jazz, Pistons, Magic, Heat, and Celtics. In his NBA career for less than 9 seasons, Carlos Arroyo played 569 games in the regular season, including 190 starts, averaging 18.7 minutes per game, scoring 6.6 points, 1.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.05 blocks. In the playoffs, they played 34 games, including 5 starts, averaging 10.6 minutes per game, scoring 2.7 points, 0.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.2 steals, and 0.1 blocks.

Carlos Arroyo has a gorgeous ball style, excellent ball control, balanced left and right hands, and has a variety of skilled footwork. He dribbled in a calm manner or breakthrough. He can complete difficult movements such as dribbling behind the high speed and turning around. He has keen insight, can read and defend well, has a good vision of passing, has accurate passing timing, has strong pick-and-roll ability, and has sharp breakthroughs. Although the speed is absolutely not fast, the first step is very confusing, and the change direction is rich when breaking through, and the fake movements are realistic. However, due to height and strength, his defensive ability is weak, his three-point ability is insufficient, lacks absolute explosive power and bounce, he relies too much on pick-and-roll, and his independent offensive ability is limited.

Although Carlos Arroyo performed well in the international arena, he is an absolute little figure in the NBA, but he also has some outstanding performances. On November 14, 2003, local time in the Utah Jazz defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 85:77 away game, Carlos Arroyo started for 39 minutes, made 11 of 16 shots and 8 of 9 free throws, scoring the highest single-game 30 points in NBA career, plus 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. On November 28, 2007, local time, in the Orlando Magic's away game against the Seattle Supersonics (now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder), Carlos Arroyo played for 24 minutes on the bench, scored 2 points and 2 rebounds, and also sent the highest 14 assists in a single game in the NBA career. In the offseason in 2011, Arroyo, who left the Celtics, went to Europe to compete. He played for Turkey and Spanish Leagues. In May 2019, Carlos Arroyo announced his retirement and joined the retired players' league - the American BIG3 League. He also served as the general manager of the Puerto Rico Men's Basketball Team. With his efforts, the Puerto Rico Men's Basketball Team broke the Olympic drought that had been blocked for 20 years and qualified for the Olympic Games. In addition, he has also devoted himself to the music field. Arroyo is quite talented in music. In March 2020, he and the music group Zion&Lennox completed the release of his work "Baila Reggaeton", which was played on YouTube for more than 4.6 million times. The song "SeVaConmigo" he co-produced with Miami singer Yomo has climbed to No. 45 on Billboard's "Latin Digital Songs" rankings, becoming a well-known singer in the industry. You can find it and listen to it.