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Ramses "RJ" Meléndez Vega (born December 3, 2002) is a Puerto Rican college basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference.

Early life
Meléndez was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico to Omar Meléndez and Mariel Vega.

Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2021 NBA draft, Meléndez was named a member of the Sacramento Kings for the 2019 NBA Summer League season.

On July 30, 2019, Meléndez signed with the Sacramento Kings.

National team career
Meléndez represented the Puerto Rican under-18 national team at the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship. Conditt averaged 11.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and a tournament-leading 3.3 blocks per game in the tournament.

On June 5, 2021, C Meléndez was named to the senior Puerto Rican national team preliminary 20-man roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. On July 3, 2021, Meléndez scored 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in a 102–84 loss to Serbia