As a passionate fan of Puerto Rican basketball, one must have heard about Carlos Arroyo.

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Arroyo is a talented NBA player that started out undrafted player and eventually worked his way onto the Utah Jazz roster after spending a couple seasons as a third string guard behind Hall-Of-Famer John Stockton.

Once Stockton retired from the NBA, Arroyo was able to display his skills, thus carving out a career for himself in the NBA along with the Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic.

At Florida International University, Carlos was renowned as a four-year letterman. Arroyo was the second player in the history of the school, to have scored 1,600 points.

He averaged 16.0 points and 4.6 assists and in the record of 100 career games for FIU. His 459 assists are an FIU record. He also ranks second with three-point FGs (174), second all-time with 177 steals, third with 562 FGs and third in total free throws with 302.

Arroyo put Puerto Rico on the Basketball Map
The leader and most recognizable member of the Puerto Rican national team. Carlos Arroyo helped his team finish the seventh game during the World Championship of 2002 in Indianapolis. His average was 11.6 points, 6.4 assists in 27.9 minutes and in eight games for Puerto Rico.

In 2004, Arroyo once again represented Puerto Rico, this time famously helping his country in defeating the United States 92-73 at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament. He scored a team-high 24 points and led the team in scoring during that competition with 18 points per game.

Carlos has also played in the Euroleague between stints in the NBA. First with TAU Cerámica in Spain during the 2001-02 season before moving on to the Utah Jazz for the next two years, and then last season when he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2008-09 season.

Currently, the 30-year old point guard is playing a reserve role with the Miami Heat.

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