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 Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

team, based in

Morelia Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid; Otomi language, Otomi: ) is a city and municipal seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. It is both th ...

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...

. The Aguacateros are part of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP), officially known as the Liga Grupo Caliente, Caliente LNBP for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball sports league, league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 1 ...

, the top professional basketball league in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. 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

dates back to 2006, when the

Guerreros de Morelia Guerreros de Morelia was a team in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Their home arena was Gimnasio Michoacana. The team joined the LNBP in 2006 2006 was designated as the Internat ...

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 Silvano Aureoles Conejo (born 23 August 1965) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and former governor of Michoacán. Career An agricultural engineer and has a Master in Science in Forestry for ...

Governor of Michoacán The Governor of Michoacán is the head of the executive branch of the State of Michoacán in Mexico. According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, the exercise of the executive power is deposited ...

, 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 tall, he plays at the center position. Personal life Because of hi ...

(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 clubs and teams in Michoacán Morelia