Guaiqueríes de Margarita is a professional
basketball
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team based in
La Asunción
La Asunción () is a city in Venezuela. The capital of Nueva Esparta state (made up of three islands), it lies on Margarita Island in the Caribbean Sea, off the South American mainland. It is inland from Porlamar and is in a genuine colonial set ...
,
Venezuela
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. The team currently plays in Venezuela's
Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
The Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, commonly known as the SPB, is the Venezuelan first division national professional basketball league. Founded in 1974 as the Liga Especial de Baloncesto, it adopted the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto i ...
. The team has won the Venezuelan championships nine times.
[History at Latinbasket.com]
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Current rosters
LPB teams can only have three foreigners in the team./Guaiqueríes de Margarita
basketball.latinbasket.com.
Trophies
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Venezuelan Champions: 9
:1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997, 2007, 2021-II
Notable players
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Darius Adams
Darius Anthony Adams (born April 17, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Standing at , he plays at the point guard position.
Professi ...
(2012)
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Josh Davis (2013)
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Renaldo Balkman
Renaldo Miguel Balkman (born July 14, 1984) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player, who most recently played for the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He also represents the Puerto Rican national team.
He p ...
(2013)
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José "Piculín" Ortiz (1997; 1998)
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Antoine Wright (2012; 2013)
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Askia Jones
Askia Rahman Jones (born December 3, 1971) is an American-Venezuelan former professional basketball player. A 6'5" (1.96 m) shooting guard, Jones was not drafted by a National Basketball Association team, but did play in 11 games for the Minnes ...
(1996−2001)
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Carl Herrera
Carl Víctor Herrera Allen (born December 14, 1966) is a retired Trinidadian-born Venezuelan basketball player. A power forward, he was part of the Houston Rockets National Basketball Association championship teams of the mid-1990s. He was the fi ...
(2002−2004)
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Richard Lugo (2012−2016)
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Mike Hackett (1984–1985)
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Harold Keeling
Harold A. Keeling (born September 18, 1963) is an American-born Venezuelan former professional basketball player who briefly played for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the mid-1980s. Born in New Orleans, Louisi ...
(1987)
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Dwayne Jones (2015–2016)
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Damian Cantrell
Damian Heath Cantrell (born May 17, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player.
High school career
Cantrell attended Santa Clara High School, where he was a standout athlete: he was named Athlete of the Year in his senior year in ...
(2003; 2005)
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Fred Vinson
Frederick "Fred" Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th chief justice of the United States from 1946 until his death in 1953. Vinson was one of the few Americans to ...
(2003; 2005)
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Rostin González (1991)
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Armando Becker
Armando Becker (born June 9, 1966 in Caracas) is a retired male basketball player from Venezuela, who played as a forward during his career. He competed for the Venezuela national basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Championship and at ...
(1990–1991; 1993–1994)
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Byron Larkin
Byron K. Larkin (born December 12, 1965)1989-90 CBA Official Guide and Register, page 281 is a retired American basketball player who had spent six seasons playing professionally abroad, although he is best known for his collegiate career at Xavie ...
(1990–1991; 1993–1994)
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Ryan Forehan-Kelly
Ryan Forehan-Kelly (born January 14, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Playing career
Forehan-Kelly played for t ...
(2004)
References
External links
Official WebsiteTeam Profileat Latinbasket.com
Basketball teams established in 1977
Basketball teams in Venezuela
La Asunción
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