Laguneros de La Comarca
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| name = Laguneros de La Comarca
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| logo = Laguneros de La Comarca.png
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| league = LNBP
| founded = 2018
| history = Laguneros de La Comarca
(2018–present)
| arena = Auditorio Municipal
| capacity = 4,363
| colors = Purple, white, black
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| coach = Marcelo Elusich
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Laguneros de la Comarca (English: Comarca Lakers) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Torreón, Coahuila. The Laguneros are part of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico.{{cite web|title=Laguneros|url=http://lnbp.mx/Laguneros/|website=LNBP.mx|access-date=12 February 2019}} The team plays its home games at the Auditorio Municipal de Torreón, with a capacity of 4,363 spectators.{{cite web|title=Estadio|url=http://lnbp.mx/Laguneros/estadio.html|website=LNBP.mx|access-date=12 February 2019}}
History
Laguneros was founded in 2018 and joined the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional for the 2018–19 season, joiningHuracanes de Tampico and Leñadores de Durango as expansion teams.{{cite news|title=Tendrá LNBP 3 equipos más|url=http://www.heraldo.mx/tendra-lnbp-3-equipos-mas/|newspaper=El Heraldo Aguascalientes|agency=Reforma|date=4 July 2018|access-date=12 February 2019|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925195359/http://www.heraldo.mx/tendra-lnbp-3-equipos-mas/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=dead}}
The team chose purple, black and white as their colors and the nickname Laguneros, which is the demonym for people from the Comarca Lagunera, a region in the states of Coahuila and Durango, that would roughly translate into "people from the lagoons".{{cite news|title=Nace equipo de basquetbol Laguneros de Torreón|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/1481957.nace-equipo-de-basquetbol-laguneros-de-torreon.html|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|date=20 July 2018|access-date=12 February 2019|language=Spanish}}
Previously, the Laguna region had professional basketball representation in the LNBP with two teams: Algodoneros de la Comarca and Jefes de Fuerza Lagunera, both teams played in the city of Torreón.{{cite web|title=Equipos que desaparecieron de la LNBP|url=https://www.vivabasquet.com/46349-equipos-que-desaparecieron-de-la-lnbp/|website=VivaBasquet.com|date=20 March 2018|access-date=12 February 2019|language=Spanish}}
Players
=Current roster=
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{{player3| pos = G | num = 6 | nat = MEX | first = Armando | last = Fernández | dab = basketball | m = 1.90 | kgs = 86 }}
{{player3| pos = F | num = 7 | nat = MEX | first = Diego | last = Herrera | dab = basketball | m = 1.99 | kgs = 103 }}
{{player3| pos = F | num = 13 | nat = USA | first = Trenton | last = Steen | m = 2.03 | kgs = 102 }}
{{player3| pos = F | num = 17 | nat = MEX | first = Mauricio | last = Cheda | m = 1.98 | kgs = 93 }}
{{player3| pos = C | num = 20 | nat = MEX | first = José | last = Morón | m = 2.02 | kgs = 102 }}
{{player3| pos = G | num = 24 | nat = USA | first = John | last = Taylor | dab = basketball | m = 1.85 | kgs = 79 }}
{{player3| pos = G | num = 27 | nat = MEX | first = Chase | last = Salazar | m = 1.71 | kgs = 68 }}
{{player3| pos = F | num = 35 | nat = PRI | first = Ángel | last = Matías | dab = basketball | m = 1.95 | kgs = 102 }}
{{player3| pos = G | num = 47 | nat = USA | first = Raven | last = Lee | m = 1.90 | kgs = 84 }}
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| head_coach =
- {{player||ARG|Marcelo Elusich}}
| asst_coach =
- {{player||ARG|Facundo Burgos}}
| roster_url = http://lnbp.mx/Laguneros/team_players.html
| accessdate = October 14, 2020
}}
References
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External links
- [http://lnbp.mx/Laguneros/ Team profile] {{in lang|es}}
{{Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional}}
Category:Basketball teams in Mexico
Category:Basketball teams established in 2018
Category:2018 establishments in Mexico