Aguacateros de Michoacán (English: ''Michoacán Avocado Growers'') is a professional Mexican

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

team, based in

Morelia Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and lar ...

, Michoacán. The Aguacateros are part of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP) is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams. Despite its short history, the LNBP has established itself as the one of the most important ...

, the top professional basketball league in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The team play their home games at the Auditorio de Usos Múltiples de la UMSNH, with a capacity of 3,500 spectators. Aguacateros was founded in 2017, when the Garzas de Plata de la UAEH were moved to

for the 2017–18 season.

History

Professional basketball in Michoacán dates back to 2006, when the Guerreros de Morelia team was established. The team, nevertheless, folded after the 2007–08 season. In 2017, Garzas de Plata de la UAEH, a team that was part of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, had to leave the institution due to financial problems. The franchise then moved to

and was rebranded as Aguacateros, meaning avocado growers. The movement was officially announced on October 11, 2017 by Silvano Aureoles Conejo,

Governor of Michoacán According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, the exercise of the Ejectivo Power of this Mexican organization, it is deposited in a single individual, that denominates Constitutional Governor of ...

, who also stated that team was not being publicly funded by the State's government but privately by a group of businessmen.

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Jerome Meyinsse Jerome Dieu Donne Meyinsse (born December 18, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. At a height of 2.08 m (6' 10") tall, he plays at the center position. Personal lif ...

(born 1988)

References

External links

Official website

Team profile
{{Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Basketball teams in Mexico Basketball teams established in 2017 2017 establishments in Mexico Sports teams in Michoacán Morelia