Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
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The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (National Professional Basketball league) (LNBP) is the top professional basketball
league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 11 teams, expanding to 24 as of 2008. Despite its short history, in contrast with other national leagues, the LNBP has established itself as one of the most important basketball leagues in Latin America
.
Famous basketball players who have played in the league include Jamario Moon
, Dennis Rodman
, Sun Ming Ming
, Horacio Llamas
and many others.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 11 teams, expanding to 24 as of 2008. Despite its short history, in contrast with other national leagues, the LNBP has established itself as one of the most important basketball leagues in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
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Famous basketball players who have played in the league include Jamario Moon
Jamario Moon
Jamario Raman Moon is an American professional basketball player. Moon played college basketball for one season at Meridian Community College and began his professional career with teams in the United States Basketball League and NBA Development League, the Harlem Globetrotters, and Mexican...
, Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Keith Rodman is a retired American Hall of Fame professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he was nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" and "The...
, Sun Ming Ming
Sun Ming Ming
Sun Mingming is a Chinese basketball player. He is one of the tallest players to ever play professional basketball, standing 7 ft 9 in and weighing 370 lb . Ming wears size 20 sneakers. He also makes occasional appearances as an actor.-Early life:He was born in a small town near in...
, Horacio Llamas
Horacio Llamas
Horacio Llamas Grey , known in non-Spanish-speaking countries as Horacio Llamas, is a Mexican professional basketball player. He is a 7'0" and 250 lb center....
and many others.
Current Teams
- Aguilas Rojas de San Juan del Río (San Juan del Rio Red Eagles) San Juan del Rio
- Barreteros de Zacatecas (Zacatecas Miners) Zacatecas, MexicoZacatecas, MexicoZacatecas, Mexico, may refer to:*The state of Zacatecas, one of the 32 component federal entities of the United Mexican States.*Zacatecas, Zacatecas, capital city of that state....
- Correcaminos UAT Victoria (UAT Victoria Roadrunners)
- Volcanes de Toluca (Toluca Vulcans) (Toluca, Mexico)
- Fuerza RegiaFuerza RegiaThe Fuerza Regia is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional...
(Regia Force) MonterreyMonterreyMonterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
, Nuevo LeónNuevo LeónNuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
) - Huracanes De Tampico (Tampico Hurricanes) Teampico, Tamaulipas
- Lobos Grises UAD (UAD Gray Wolves) (Durango, DurangoDurango, Durango-Climate:The city of Durango has a semi-arid climate, classified as Bsk in the Koppen system. The climate is temperate in the western portion , with the average annual temperature being 15 °C and consisting of an average annual rainfall of 1,600 millimeters. In the eastern region, the average...
) - Soles de MexicaliSoles de MexicaliThe Soles de Mexicali is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . The team was founded in 2005, and has established as one of Mexico's youngest and most successful basketball...
(Mexicali Suns) (MexicaliMexicaliMexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California, seat of the Municipality of Mexicali, and 2nd largest city in Baja California. The City of Mexicali has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the population of the entire metropolitan area reaches 936,826.The city...
, Baja CaliforniaBaja CaliforniaBaja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
) - Abejas De Guanajuato (Guanajuato Bees) Guanajuato, GuanajuatoGuanajuato, GuanajuatoGuanajuato is a city and municipality in central Mexico and the capital of the state of the same name. It is located in a narrow valley, which makes the streets of the city narrow and winding. Most are alleys that cars cannot pass through, and some are long sets of stairs up the mountainsides....
- Toros De Laredo (Laredo Bulls) (Nuevo LaredoNuevo LaredoNuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Río Grande, across from the United States city of Laredo, Texas. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo...
, TamaulipasTamaulipasTamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
) - Halcones Rojos Veracruz (Veracruz Red Hawks) (Veracruz, VeracruzVeracruz, VeracruzVeracruz, officially known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located in the central part of the state. It is located along Federal Highway 140 from the state capital Xalapa, and is the state's most...
) - Halcones UV XalapaHalcones UV XalapaHalcones UV Xalapa is a basketball club based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that plays in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . Their home games are played at Gimnasio Universitario de la Unidad Deportiva....
(UV Xalapa Falcons) (XalapaXalapaXalapa-Enríquez, commonly Xalapa or Jalapa, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the year 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of...
, VeracruzVeracruzVeracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
) - Lechugueros de LeonLechugueros de LeónThe Lechugueros de León is a Mexican professional basketball team based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico playing in the Southern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . Lechugueros played in the classic Circuito Mexicano de Basquetbol in the early 70's, and joined the LNBP in 2004....
(Leon Lettuceman) ( (León, GuanajuatoLeón, GuanajuatoThe city of León, formally León de los Aldama is the sixth most populous city in Mexico and the first in the state of Guanajuato. It is also the seat of the municipality of León...
) - Panteras de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes Panthers) (Aguascalientes, AguascalientesAguascalientes, AguascalientesThe city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. It stands on the banks of the Río Aguascalientes, 1880 meters above sea level, at...
) - Pioneros de CancúnPioneros de CancúnPioneros de Cancún is Mexican football team who resides in Cancún, México and is affiliated to Club Atlante..- History :The name Pioneros com es from a local branch of hotels in Cancún, México.The club was founded in 1984 when they join the Tercera División de México and still holds its name which...
(Cancun Pioneers) (CancúnCancúnCancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of...
, Quintana RooQuintana RooQuintana Roo officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 10 municipalities and its capital city is Chetumal....
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Defunct teams
- Algodoneros de Torreon (Torreon Cottonmen) TorreonTorreónTorreón is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2010, the city's population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango,...
, CoahuilaCoahuilaCoahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...
) - Potros ITSON (ITSON Colts) (Ciudad ObregónCiudad ObregónCiudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :...
, SonoraSonoraSonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
) - Saltillo (SaltilloSaltilloSaltillo is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. The city is located about 400 km south of the U.S. state of Texas, and 90 km west of Monterrey, Nuevo León....
, CoahuilaCoahuilaCoahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...
) - Angeles de PueblaÁngeles de Puebla (basketball)Ángeles de Puebla is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional...
(Puebla Angels) (Puebla, PueblaPuebla, PueblaThe city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...
) - Titanes Distrito Federal, (Distrito Federal Titans) Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
- Ola Verde de Poza Rica (Poza Rica Green Wave) (Poza Rica, Veracruz)
- Jaguares de la Bahia (Bahia Jaguars)
- Venados de LaredoVenados de Nuevo LaredoThe Toros de Nuevo Laredo are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . The Correcaminos UAT Matamoros were transferred to Nuevo Laredo in 2007 and were renamed Venados de...
(Nuevo Laredo Deer) (renamed Toros de Nuevo Laredo) (Nuevo Laredo Bulls) - Bravos de Piedras Negras (Piedras Negras Braves)
- Union Zacatecas (Zacatecas Union)
- Barreteros de ZacatecasBarreteros de ZacatecasThe Barreteros de Zacatecas was a Mexican professional basketball team based in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico playing in the Southern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional .- History :...
(Zacatecas Miners) - Guerreros Del Norte (North Warriors)
- Lobos Grises UAD (UAD Gray Wolves)
- Lobos UADeC (UADeC Wolves)
- Galgos de Tijuana (Tijuana Greyhounds)
- Cimarrones de Ensenada (Ensenada Rams)
- Astros de Tecate (Tecate Astros)
- Mayas de Mérida (Merida Mayas)
- Guerreros de MoreliaGuerreros de MoreliaGuerreros de Morelia is a team in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . Their home arena is Gimnasio Michoacana....
(Morelia Warriors) - Caballeros de CuliacanCaballeros de CuliacánCaballeros de Culiacán is a professional basketball club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The team currently plays in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico...
(Culiacan Knights) - Estrellas INDEBASQUET (INDEBASQUET Stars)
- Pilares Distrito Federal (Distrito Federal Pillars)
- Loros UCol (UCol Parrots)
- Correcaminos UAT Tampico (UAT Tampico Roadrunners)
- Correcaminos UAT Matamoros (UAT Matamoros Roadrunners)
- Correcaminos UAT Reynosa (UAT Roadrunners)
- Dorados de ChihuahuaDorados de Chihuahua (LNBP)The Dorados de Chihuahua was a Mexican professional basketball team based in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . Their home arena was the Gymnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo.-External links:**...
(Chihuahua Golden) - Garzas de Plata UAEH (UAEH Silver Herons)
- Garzas Guerreras UATX (UATX War Herons)
- Gambusinos de Fresnillo (Fresnillo Goldseekers)
- Leñadores de Durango (Durango Lumberjacks)
- Tuberos de Colima (Colima Tubemakers)
- Zorros UMNSNH (UMNSNH Foxes)
- Cometas de QueretaroCometas de QuerétaroCometas de Querétaro is a team in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . Their home arena is Auditorio General Arteaga....
(Queretaro Comets) - Libertadores de Queretaro (Queretaro Liberators)
- Santos Reales San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosi Royal Saints)
- Bucaneros de Campeche (Campeche Buccaneers)
- Halcones UV Cordoba (UV Cordoba Falcons)
- Indios de Juarez (Juarez Indians)
League Champions
| Season | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Correcaminos UAT Tampico | Correcaminos UAT Victoria |
| 2001 | Gallos de Pelea de Cd. Juárez | Lobos de la U.A. de C. |
| 2002 | Correcaminos UAT Victoria | Correcaminos UAT Matamoros Venados de Nuevo Laredo The Toros de Nuevo Laredo are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . The Correcaminos UAT Matamoros were transferred to Nuevo Laredo in 2007 and were renamed Venados de... |
| 2003 | Panteras de Aguascalientes | La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal |
| 2004 | Santos Reales de San Luis | Halcones UV Xalapa |
| 2005 | Halcones UV Xalapa | Lobos de la U.A. de C. |
| 2006 | Soles de Mexicali Soles de Mexicali The Soles de Mexicali is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . The team was founded in 2005, and has established as one of Mexico's youngest and most successful basketball... |
Halcones UV Xalapa |
| 2007-08 | Halcones UV Xalapa | Soles de Mexicali |
| 2008-09 | Halcones UV Xalapa | Soles de Mexicali |
| 2009-10 | Halcones UV Xalapa | Halcones Rojos |
| 2010-11 | Toros de Nuevo Laredo | Pioneros de Quintana Roo |
Copa Independencia winners
The Copa Independencia (Independence Cup) was a pre-season tournament created by the LNBP.| Season | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Lobos de la U.A. de C. | Lechugueros de León |
| 2005 | Lobos de la U.A. de C. | Correcaminos UAT Victoria |
| 2006 | Lobos Grises UAD | Halcones UV Xalapa |
| 2007-08 | Lobos Grises UAD | Halcones Rojos |