Georgie Torres

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George Torres (born 1957), better known as Georgie Torres, is a Puerto Rican who is a well known former BSN basketball player. Torres broke the record for the most points scored in a career at that league, with over 16,000 points scored. He was the first player to reach that number of points. The Puerto Rican professional basketball league only holds 30 to 34 games each year; players who score over 5,000 career points there are usually considered to be among the great Puerto Rican basketball players.

Torres debuted in the BSN in 1975, with the "Cariduros de Fajardo". Torres became a household name in Puerto Rico while with that team. He led the league in points scored from 1984 to 1987. Despite helping the Cariduros to the playoffs multiple times during his era there, the Cariduros failed to win a championship.

Later on, Torres went on to play with the "Guaynabo Mets". alongside Mario Morales. After his stay with the Mets, Torres played for the Bayamon Cowboys with which he won his first two championships in 1995 and 1996, the "Guayama Warlocks", and the "Isabela Bantams", before landing with the "Santurce Crabbers". With the Crabbers, Torres teamed up along with players such as Jose Ortiz, Carlos Arroyo, Rolando Hourruitiner and Sharif Fajardo to win the league's championship in 1999.

Also in 1999, he reached the milestone of 16,000 points.

Torres was a long time member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team. Due to different reasons, however, the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia were the only Olympic Games he was able to attend.