Peter John Ramos

Men’s basketball
Competitor for Puerto Rico
FIBA Americas Championship
	2007 United States	National team
	2009 Puerto Rico	National team
Pan American Games
	2007 Brazil	National team
Centrobasket
	2004 Dominican Republic	National team
	2010 Dominican Republic	National team
FIBA CBC Championship
	2007 Puerto Rico	National team
FIBA Americas U20 Championship
	2004 Canada	National team

Peter John Ramos (born May 23, 1985) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He is the sixth player from Puerto Rico to play in an NBA game and the third Puerto Rican drafted by the NBA. Ramos has played in the NBA, the D-League, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) of Puerto Rico, and elsewhere. Ramos has been a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team since 2004. He was a member of the 2004 Puerto Rican National Team that defeated the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games. Ramos was selected as a NBDL All Star and earned All-NBA Development League Honorable Mention during the 2006-2007 season.

Biography

Early life

Ramos' father abandoned their home when he was five years old. He would then travel to New York with his mother and siblings.^[1] Early in his life, Ramos' unusual height made him victim to verbal harassment.^[1] In 1999 when he was fourteen years old, already seven feet tall, Ramos was noticed by former basketball player Santiago Gotay in a clothing store.^[1] When Gotay learned that Ramos was born in Puerto Rico he contacted Felix Rivera, owner of the Criollos de Caguas (basketball) in the National Superior Basketball (BSN).^[1]

Rivera decided to recruit Ramos and bring him to the BSN, and traveled to New York to offer him a contract, despite the fact he had not seen him play basketball.^[1] Ramos met members of his family when he came to Caguas and he began studies at the Colegio Bautista. Under the guidance of coach Leonel Arril, Ramos began learning the techniques of the basketball game. Ramos continued getting taller, and by 2004 he was already 7'3". He led his high school to two National Championships. In the Puerto Rican Basketball League, Ramos developed quickly and in 2002, he won the Most Improved Player Award. In 2003 he earned a spot in the Puerto Rico national basketball team and participated in the Pan American Games.

National Basketball Association

Ramos participated in the 2004 season of the BSN, finishing with averages of 20.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.^[1] In April Ramos announced he would enter the 2004 NBA Draft, hinting that he would withdraw if not a top 15 selection. On draft night, he was picked as the 32nd selection in the draft's second round, by the Washington Wizards. Frustrated with himself, Ramos abandoned the ceremony once the first round concluded.^[1]

During summer of 2004, Ramos participated with the Wizards during the NBA Summer Pro League, and was a member of the 2004 Puerto Rican National Basketball Team which defeated the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games.

During the 2004-2005 NBA season Ramos played in six games scoring 11 points with 4 rebounds and 1 block. Ramos spent most of the year on the inactive/injured reserve list.

During the summer of 2005, Ramos participated with the Wizards during the NBA Summer Pro League for a second straight year.

At the start of the 2005-06 season Ramos was assigned to the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA Development League. He was called up by the Wizards on January 19, 2006, and reassigned back to Roanoke on 21 January. Ramos finished the season in the NBA D-League second in blocks with 78.

In 2006 Ramos participated with the Wizards during the NBA Summer Pro League for a third straight year. And again represented Puerto Rico in the Basketball World Championship 2006. Ramos was waived by the Washington Wizards during 2006 Pre-Season Training Camp. On November 2, 2006, Ramos was drafted by the Idaho Stampede with the 9th pick of the first round of the 2006 NBA Development League draft. That season Ramos was selected as a participant for the NBDL All-Star Game, but did not participate in All Star game due to injury. On February 28, 2007, Ramos was waived by the Idaho Stampede due to injury. Ramos earned All-NBA Development League Honorable Mention for his 2006-2007 performance.

Puerto Rico and Europe

In 2007 Ramos returned to the Criollos de Caguas of the National Superior Basketball after a two-year absence. He finished with an average of 17.5 points per game.^[1]

In 2007, Ramos represented Puerto Rico as a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team during the 2007 Pan-American Games winning the Silver Medal.

Ramos signed with Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada to play in the 2007-08 season of the Spanish Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto league.^[2] Ramos played the 2008 BSN season with averages of 17.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. He was selected as a starter in the 2008 BSN All-Star Game, where he was selected the game'smost valuable player and scored twenty-two points and nine rebounds.^[3] While Caguas participated in the BSN "Super-6" round, Ramos claimed that he had matured since traveling to Spain, which helped him in his game.^[1] Ramos later played for the Piratas de Quebradillas, Capitanes de Arecibo and currently is playing with Los Brujos de Guayama in Puerto Rico.

Asia

In 2011, Ramos signed with the Seoul Samsung Thunders in South Korea. On November 7, 2011 he was released from Seoul Samsung Thunders after averaging 18.1 pts. and 9.9 reb. In December 2014, Ramos signed with the Kia Carnival at the Philippine Basketball Association and will play as an import for the team at the 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup.^[4] Ramos was chosen by Kia head coach Manny Pacquiao for his shot blocking skills.^[5] Kia is banking on Ramos to turn its fortunes around after finishing its maiden PBA conference with a woeful 1-10 win-loss record.

Career stats

Ramos's NBA stats in 6 games are 11 points with a 1.8 PPG, 4 rebounds with a 0.7 RPG, 1 block with a 0.2 BPG, a .500 field goal and .500 free throw percentage.
His NBA Development League stats in 76 games with 73 starts, 1,075 points with a 14.1 PPG, 80 assists with a 1.1 APG, 541 rebounds with a 7.1 RPG, 123 blocks with a 1.6 BPG, 23 steals with a 0.3 SPG, .574 field goal percentage and .606 free-throw percentage.

Domestic leagues

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001	Criollos de Caguas	Puerto Rico BSN	4	?	.000	--	.000	.5	.3	?	?	.0
2002			23	?	.410	--	.400	2.6	.3	?	?	2.4
2003			30	?	.530	--	.600	8.6	1.0	?	?	12.3
2004			29	?	.510	.000	.580	9.4	2.8	?	?	20.1
2005-06	Roanoke Dazzle	D-League	44	29.3	.594	.000	.603	7.7	1.0	.3	1.9	14.9
2006-07	Idaho Stampede	D-League	33	27.2	.554	--	.617	6.3	1.2	.2	1.4	13.2
2007	Criollos de Caguas	Puerto Rico BSN	30	?	.550	.000	.570	11.2	1.7	?	?	16.2
2007-08	Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada	Liga ACB	20	14.8	.557	.000	.739	4.2	.1	.4	1.1	6.3
2008	Criollos de Caguas	Puerto Rico BSN	32	?	.570	.333	.710	9.8	1.7	?	?	17.6
2008-09	Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada	Liga ACB	26	15.0	.612	--	.560	4.0	.2	.2	.5	6.0
2009	Piratas de Quebradillas	Puerto Rico BSN	28	?	.660	.250	.530	10.9	1.4	?	?	16.5
2009-10	Zhejiang Lions	China CBA	38	30.7	.682	.000	.677	13.0	1.5	.3	1.1	17.5
2010	Piratas de Quebradillas	Puerto Rico BSN	16	?	.570	.000	.570	11.6	1.7	?	?	18.8
2010-11	Zhejiang Lions	China CBA	35	37.6	.644	.000	.738	13.9	1.9	.7	1.2	24.8
2011	Piratas de Quebradillas	Puerto Rico BSN	29	?	.550	.220	.700	10.8	2.2	?	?	23.3
2011-12	Seoul Samsung Thunders	South Korea KBL	15	36.7	.614	.000	.611	9.8	3.2	.4	1.2	21.5
2011-12	Zhejiang Lions	China CBA	30	34.6	.632	.000	.670	13.3	1.8	.3	.9	21.9
2012	Piratas de Quebradillas	Puerto Rico BSN	40	30.4	.599	.250	.652	8.8	1.6	.3	1.2	17.1
2012-13	Zhejiang Lions	China CBA	35	34.0	.655	--	.652	11.0	1.5	.4	.9	22.7
2013	Capitanes de Arecibo	Puerto Rico BSN	36	30.0	.548	.250	.647	8.8	1.4	.1	.5	14.6
2013-14	Qingdao DoubleStar	China CBA	32	31.7	.625	.000	.755	9.5	1.5	.3	.7	20.5
2014	Brujos de Guayama	Puerto Rico BSN	40	27.6	.564	.273	.621	7.8	1.4	.2	1.0	13.0
2014	Kia Carnival	Philippines PBA	11	43.1	.540	.208	.618	21.2	3.0	.0	1.2	35.9
2015	Brujos de Guayama	Puerto Rico BSN	38	35.6	.609	.250	.640	11.8	1.6	.1	.9	22.7
2015	Metros de Santiago	Dominican LNB	3	27.3	.643	--	.727	10.7	.3	.0	3.0	20.7
2014-15	Jilin Northeast Tigers	China CBA	34	27.4	.584	--	.584	10.0	.9	.3	.6	19.1

Career accomplishments

He became the third ever Puerto Rican player to be drafted by an NBA team
2002 BSN Most Improved Player Award
2006-2007 NBDL All-Star
2006-2007 All-NBDL Honorable Mention

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Noel Piñero Planas (2008-06-02). "Deportes". No soy el mismo de antes (in Spanish). Puerto Rico: El Nuevo Día.
↑ Ramos winging his way to Fuenlabrada
↑ Baloncesto Superior Nacional de Puerto Rico
↑ http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/pba/78781-7-foot-3-pj-ramos-excited-kia
↑ http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/peter-john-ramos-kia-import-commissioners-cup-basketball-pba-40th-season-puerto-rico

External links

2004 NBA draft

First round	Dwight Howard Emeka Okafor Ben Gordon Shaun Livingston Devin Harris Josh Childress Luol Deng Rafael Araújo Andre Iguodala Luke Jackson Andris Biedriņš Robert Swift Sebastian Telfair Kris Humphries Al Jefferson Kirk Snyder Josh Smith J. R. Smith Dorell Wright Jameer Nelson Pavel Podkolzin Victor Khryapa Sergei Monia Delonte West Tony Allen Kevin Martin Sasha Vujačić Beno Udrih David Harrison

Second round	Anderson Varejão Jackson Vroman Peter John Ramos Lionel Chalmers Donta Smith Andre Emmett Antonio Burks Royal Ivey Chris Duhon Albert Miralles Justin Reed David Young Viktor Sanikidze Trevor Ariza Tim Pickett Bernard Robinson Ha Seung-jin Pape Sow Ricky Minard Serhiy Lishchuk Vassilis Spanoulis Christian Drejer Romain Sato Matt Freije Rickey Paulding Luis Flores Marcus Douthit Sergei Karaulov Blake Stepp Rashad Wright

Puerto Rico squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 6th place

4 Ortiz 5 Casiano 6 Hatton 7 Arroyo 8 Apodaca 9 Dalmau 10 Ayuso 11 Ramos 12 Hourruitiner 13 Fajardo 14 Rivera 15 Santiago Coach: Toro

Puerto Rico squad – 2006 FIBA World Championship – 17th place

4 Ramos 5 Reyes 6 Hatton 7 Arroyo 8 Apodaca 9 Dalmau 10 Ayuso 11 Latimer 12 Rivera 13 Narvaez 14 Lee 15 Santiago Coach: Toro

Puerto Rico squad – 2009 FIBA Americas Championship – Silver medal

4 Ramos 5 Diaz 6 Rivera 7 Arroyo 8 Vassalo 9 Dalmau 10 Ayuso 11 Sanchez 12 Villafañe 13 Reyes 14 Lee 15 Santiago Coach: Cintron

Puerto Rico squad – 2010 FIBA World Championship – 18th place

4 Ramos 5 Barea 6 Rivera 7 Arroyo 8 Vassallo 9 Diaz 10 Huertas 11 Sánchez 12 Peavy 13 Balkman 14 Lee 15 Santiago Coach: Cintron

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