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Bucaneros De La Guaira
The Piratas de La Guaira are a professional basketball team based in Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela. Founded in 2008 in San Cristóbal, Táchira as the basketball section of football club Deportivo Táchira, they rellocated to Vargas state in 2010 and changed its name to Bucaneros de La Guaira. The team was re-founded as the Piratas in 2022. The team currently plays in the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, the top division of the Venezuelan basketball pyramid. The club also has a women's basketball team, volleyball and futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ... teams. Current roster Notable alumni Players :To appear in this section a player must have either: - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. - Played at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Venezuelan SuperLiga
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 in the 1993 season, and the name SuperLiga in 2019. Marinos are the team with most championships with 11. The winners and runners-up of each LPB season qualify for the FIBA Americas League regular season. The 2018 season was the last played with the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto: in 2019 a new competition called Copa LPB was played. In late 2019 the president of the Venezuelan Basketball Federation Hanthony Coello announced the creation of a new league called SuperLiga Profesional de Baloncesto. History Liga Especial de Baloncesto (1974–1992) In 1974 the league was founded as ''Liga Especial de Baloncesto'' (Special Basketball League). The initiative came from Leonardo Rodríguez, who had come back from the United States in Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Windi Graterol
Windi Manuel Graterol Clemente (born September 10, 1986) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for the Guaiqueríes de Margarita of the Venezuelan SuperLiga. Professional career Graterol won both the 2016 edition of the FIBA Americas League, and the 2016 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. National team career While playing with the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team, Graterol won the silver medal at the 2012 South American Championship, the gold medal at the 2014 South American Championship, and the gold medal at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. He also represented Venezuela at the men's basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... References External linksLatinbasket.com Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Basketball Teams Established In 2009
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Iván Déniz
Iván Eduardo Déniz O'Donnell (born 21 May 1973) is a Spanish basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Astros de Jalisco . Coaching career Déniz grew up in sports under the guidance of José Carlos Hernández Rizo and Paco García on the Tenerife CB's bench. It was precisely after García's dismissal in the 2003/04 season when he got his first big opportunity, taking the reins of the team and coaching the last games of the ACB (since March 4). It was a good season in which the team tied for the last playoff spot but was eliminated after losing the final game. His next opportunity as a head coach came with UCAM Murcia CB in the LEB league, and then CB Plasencia in LEB-2 would be his next destination (he replaced Dani García on the Plasencia bench during the final stretch of the previous LEB-1 season, failing to maintain their position but continuing the next season). However, in June 2007, Déniz surprised with an unusual signing by the Soles de Mexicali, a team that hir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
