Astros de Jalisco

Astros de Jalisco
Conference	West
League	LNBP CIBACOPA
Founded	2019
History	Astros de Jalisco (2019–present)
Arena	Arena Astros
Capacity	3,509
Location	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Team colors	Blue, white and sky blue
President	Teo Zubía
Head coach	Iván Déniz
Ownership	Roberto Hemuda Jr. [1]
Championships	1 CIBACOPA (2022)
Home Away

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. ^[2] The team plays its home games at the Arena Astros, with a capacity of 4,000 spectators. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6] The Astros' American guard Javion Blake was named the Finals MVP. ^[7]

Honours

CIBACOPA

• Champions (2): 2022, 2023, 2025

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Rodriguez, Karim 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 C 3 Upson, Devonte 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 PG 6 Hodge, Walter 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 39 – (1986-09-21)21 September 1986 PG 7 Andriassi, Moisés 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (2000-03-01)1 March 2000 SF 8 Álvarez, Luis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1999-01-12)12 January 1999 PG 9 Willis, Diego 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1999-05-11)11 May 1999 PF 10 Jefferson, Bryan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1994-12-11)11 December 1994 PG 11 Chaney, Armani 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1997-04-26)26 April 1997 PG 12 Cooper, D.J. 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990 PF 15 Davis, Devin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 C 25 Gordon, Wesley 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1994-07-14)14 July 1994 SG 26 Mendoza, Rigoberto 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1992-07-06)6 July 1992 PF 32 Olalde, Raúl 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1996-02-21)21 February 1996 C 33 Akonobi, Olisa 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 25 – (2000-01-11)11 January 2000 SG 40 Lewis, Chavaughn 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1993-02-01)1 February 1993 C 50 Matute, Karl 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2001-03-06)6 March 2001	Head coach Iván Déniz Assistant coach(es) Antonio Herrera Federico Corbaz Mario Saucedo Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster 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.

• Rigoberto Mendoza
• Kavell Bigby-Williams
• Jarrid Famous
• Moisés Andriassi
• Irwin Ávalos
• Gustavo Ayón
• Jorge Gutiérrez
• Israel Gutiérrez
• Héctor Hernández
• Ike Diogu
• Ernesto Oglivie
• Ramón Clemente
• Timajh Parker-Rivera
• Ángel Daniel Vassallo
• Jordan Loveridge
• Toure' Murry
• Shamorie Ponds
• Craig Sword
• Heissler Guillent

References

1. "Astros de Jalisco: el método para ser competitivo en dos ligas". El Economista (in Spanish). 30 May 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
2. "Astros". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
3. "Astros de Jalisco presume su casa". El Informador (in Spanish). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
4. "Nacen los Astros de Jalisco en la LNBP". Milenio (in Spanish). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
5. "Plateros de Fresnillo: Una nueva historia en la LNBP". Reporte Indigo (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
6. "CIBACOPA: ¡Campeones! Astros de Jalisco conquistan el título". El Informador (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
7. "Astros de Jalisco: ¡Figura de Astros! Javion Blake, MVP de la Gran Final". El Informador (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.

External links

• Team profile (in Spanish)