DALLAS – Born and raised on a tropical island, Dallas veteran point guard J.J. Barea knows a bit more about hurricanes than he did about the threat of blizzards and tornadoes during the three seasons he played for the Timberwolves upon a time.
He was in the ninth grade when Hurricane Georges hit his native Puerto Rico in September 1998, becoming the first such storm in 66 years to cross the entire island from east to west on its path toward causing $2 billion in damage at the time.
“I remember, it was really bad,” he said.