Timajh Parker-Rivera

Timajh Parker-Rivera

No. 45 – Santeros de Aguada
Position	Power forward
League	BSN
Personal information
Born	(1994-02-09) February 9, 1994 Milford, Connecticut
Nationality	American / Puerto Rican
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Joseph's High School (Trumbull, Connecticut)
College	Towson (2012–2016)
NBA draft	2016: undrafted
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	SSV Lokomotive Bernau
2017–2018	S.C. Lusitâni
2018–2019	Huracanes de Tampico
2019	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
2019	Laguneros de La Comarca
2019	Leñadores de Durango
2020–2021	Cariduros de Fajardo
2021	Caballos de Coclé
2021	Gigantes de Carolina
2021	Astros de Jalisco
2022	Grises de Humacao
2022–2023	Urunani
2023–2024	Grises de Humacao
2024–present	Santeros de Aguada

Timajh Parker-Rivera (born February 9, 1994) is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball at Towson University, and was selected by Cariduros de Fajardo with the fourth overall pick in the 2020 BSN draft. Internationally he represents the Puerto Rico national team.

Early life

Parker-Rivera was rated by ESPN as the second-best player in Connecticut for the 2012 high school class. He won two consecutive state championships, and earned two all-state selections. He was named MVP in 2010 after averaging 17.2 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game and was invited to the Reebok All-American camp in 2011.

College career

As a freshman in 2012-2013, Parker-Rivera averaged 2.8 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game in 15.3 minutes per game. As a sophomore he started all 36 games, averaging 6.2 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game. As a junior, Parker-Rivera started 31 of 32 games, offering a senior a chance to start on Senior Night. He averaged 7.1 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game.

As a senior, he started all 33 games. He averaged 6.7 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game, along with 1.2 blocks per game. He was named to the Colonial Athletic Association All-Defensive team.

During his senior season, Parker-Rivera became the all-time program leader in victories (75) and games played (132). He is also sixth all-time in blocked shots (128) and seventh in rebounding (687).

Professional career

As a rookie with Fajardo, Parker-Rivera played in five games, and averaged 6.6 points per game and 9.6 rebounds per game in 27 minutes per game. The following year, the team was relocated to Carolina under the same management. In his second season he played in 30 games and averaged 10.8 points per game and 9.3 rebounds per game in 29 minutes per game.

In the off-season, he was traded to Grises de Humacao for the first overall pick in the 2022 BSN draft, which became Tremont Waters.

In November 2022, Parker-Rivera was on the roster of Burundian club Urunani in the 2023 Road to BAL.

National team career

Parker-Rivera has represented Puerto Rico internationally. In the pre-trials for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, he was selected for the team in Serbia. He averaged 1.5 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game in 16.9 minutes per game.

In the 2022 FIBA World Cup qualifiers, Parker-Rivera played all three games, averaging 16.3 minutes per game. He contributed 2.7 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per game.

External links

• Timajh Parker-Rivera at RealGM