Astros de Jalisco

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Astros de Jalisco
Astros de Jalisco logo.png
ConferenceWest
League LNBP
CIBACOPA
Founded2019
HistoryAstros de Jalisco
(2019–present)
ArenaArena Astros
Capacity3,509
Location Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Team colorsBlue, white and sky blue
   
PresidentTeo Zubía
Head coach Leandro García
Championships1 CIBACOPA (2022)

Astros de Jalisco (English: Jalisco Astros) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The Astros are part the CIBACOPA and the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico. [1] The team plays its home games at the Arena Astros, with a capacity of 4,000 spectators. [2]

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History

The Astros were presented in February 2019 as a joint effort between the government of the State of Jalisco and Grupo Multimedios, a media conglomerate. [3]

The Astros were one of the three new teams that debuted in the 2019–20 LNBP season, the other two were the Dorados de Chihuahua and the Plateros de Fresnillo. [4]

On July 12, 2022, Astros won its first CIBACOPA championship in its debut season in the league, after beating Rayos de Hermosillo 91–87 in the sixth game of the final. [5] The Astros' American guard Javion Blake was named the Finals MVP. [6]

Honours

CIBACOPA

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Astros de Jalisco roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 Flag of the United States.svg Sanders, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)27 – (1997-04-17)17 April 1997
PG 7 Flag of Mexico.svg Andriassi, Moisés 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)24 – (2000-03-01)1 March 2000
SF 8 Flag of Mexico.svg Álvarez, Luis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)25 – (1999-01-12)12 January 1999
PG 10 Flag of the United States.svg McKinney, Mikh 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)32 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992
C 13 Flag of Mexico.svg Hernández, Felipe 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)24 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000
PF 14 Flag of Mexico.svg Arroyo, Paulo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)26 – (1998-04-07)7 April 1998
PG 15 Flag of the United States.svg Richardson, Malachi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)28 – (1996-01-05)5 January 1996
C 19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg N'Guessan, Lucas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)27 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997
SF 21 Flag of the United States.svg Loveridge, Jordan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)31 – (1993-11-26)26 November 1993
C 24 Flag of the United States.svg Robinson, Thomas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)33 – (1991-03-17)17 March 1991
SG 26 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Mendoza, Rigoberto 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)32 – (1992-07-06)6 July 1992
C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Maxwell, Du'Vaughn 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)33 – (1991-10-28)28 October 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Saucedo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: 18 February 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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References

  1. ↑ "Astros". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Astros de Jalisco presume su casa". El Informador (in Spanish). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Nacen los Astros de Jalisco en la LNBP". Milenio (in Spanish). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Plateros de Fresnillo: Una nueva historia en la LNBP". Reporte Indigo (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "CIBACOPA: ¡Campeones! Astros de Jalisco conquistan el título". El Informador (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  6. ↑ "Astros de Jalisco: ¡Figura de Astros! Javion Blake, MVP de la Gran Final". El Informador (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
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