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El Calor de Cancún
League Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
Founded29 February 2024; 4 months ago (29 February 2024)
Arena Polifórum Benito Juárez
Capacity4,800
Location Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
PresidentRoberto Alvarado
Head coach Fernando Duró [ es]

El Calor de Cancún (English: The Cancún Heat) are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Cancún, Quintana Roo. The Calor are members of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) and play their games in the Polifórum Benito Juárez.

History

On 29 February 2024, the team was presented at a press conference as an expansion team in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP), with Roberto Alvarado serving as team president. [1] [2] It was also announced by Mara Lezama, the Governor of Quintana Roo, that the Calor would be playing at the recently renovated Polifórum Benito Juárez. [1] [2] They would also be the first professional basketball team to play in the state since the Pioneros de Quintana Roo in 2016. [2]

The Calor hired Argentine coach Fernando Duró [ es] as the team's inaugural head coach in late April before announcing Mexican guard Raúl Delgado as their first signing in late May. [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mara Lezama presenta "El Calor de Cancún", nuevo equipo de básquetbol profesional de Quintana Roo". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Presenta Mara Lezama "El Calor de Cancún", nuevo equipo de básquetbol profesional de Quintana Roo". El Quintanarroense. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ Canul, Cintia (26 April 2024). "El Calor de Cancún será dirigido por Fernando Duró en la LNBP". MegaNews Quintana Roo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. ^ Marín, Francis (31 May 2024). "Comienza el Armado de El Calor de Cancún". Diario Cambio22 (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2024.