Thanks to former LSU basketball standout [autotag]Tremont Waters[/autotag], the Puerto Rican national basketball team is heading back to the Olympics for the first time since 2004.
Puerto Rico advanced to win one of the qualifying tournaments, beating Lithuania 79-68 in the championship game to punch its spot. Waters scored 18 points in the win.
A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Waters spent two seasons at LSU from 2017-19. He started 61 of 66 appearances in that span, averaging 15.6 points, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals during his college career. Waters earned First Team All-SEC honors as part of LSU’s SEC champion 2019 squad, and he was also named SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year that season.
Tremont Waters: Olympian 🇵🇷
The former Tiger helped lead Puerto Rico to its first Olympic berth since 2004!
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A second-round pick for the Celtics in 2019, Waters was named G League Rookie of the Year in 2020 but has played internationally since 2022 and is currently a member of Gigantes de Carolina in Puerto Rico.
He was a member of the Puerto Rican national team for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, in which he led the event in steals.
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