Fuerza Regia

Fuerza Regia
Leagues	LNBP
Founded	2001
Arena	Gimnasio Nuevo León Unido
Arena Capacity	5,000
Location	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
President	Sergio Ganem
Head coach	Reggie Jordan
Championships	None
Website	Official site
Uniforms
Home Away

The Fuerza Regia is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). They currently play their home games in the Nuevo Leon Gimnasium

Franchise history

2007-2008

The team finished second in the 2007-08 LNBP Northern Zone division standings only behind Lobos Grises UAD, but failed to advance to the Northern Zone Finals after losing to the Soles de Mexicali which advanced to the LNBP final.

Fuerza Regia former logo (2001-2015)

International tournaments

On December 4, 2007, Fuerza Regia was one of the 16 teams to participate in the first annual FIBA Americas League in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico that ended on February 9, 2008. Argentina's Peñarol Mar del Plata won the competition and LNBP's Soles de Mexicali were the runner-up, while Fuerza Regia finished in 9th place.

Notable former players

NBA Chicago Bulls superstar Dennis Rodman was signed for three games and played for at least thirty minutes. Former George Washington University star T.J. Thompson played for the team as well.[1]

Fuerza Regia's Jamario Moon was signed by the NBA's Toronto Raptors for the 2007-08 and 2008-2009 season, but is now a part of the Los Angeles Clippers

On April 25, 2007, Fuerza Regia signed Chinese basketball player Sun Ming Ming, the world's tallest active basketballer at 7'9.

Current squad 2010/2011

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.fuerzaregia.com and www.lnbp.com.mx

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Fuerza Regia 2010-2011
Current roster
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight College G/F 55 Bowie, Samuel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Southeastern Louisiana G 10 De León, Adrián 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Centro de Estudios Universitarios G/F 14 Del Ángel, Fernando 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Centro de Estudios Universitarios G/F 23 Girón, Gabriel 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Centro de Estudios Universitarios F/C 45 Habel, Jerome 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 203 lb (92 kg) San Diego State F 7 Izaguirre, Alonso 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey SF 1 Johnson, Mitchell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) University of Idaho PG 6 Joseph, Andre 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) University of Oregon PG 2 Mitchell, Mike 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 197 lb (89 kg) New Mexico State University C 24 Richards, Ja Ja 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Loyola University Chicago PF 32 Smith, Jeremis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 236 lb (107 kg) Georgia Tech SF 8 Stanley, Osmand 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Universidad Regiomontana PG 50 Malpica, Yahir 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) N/a PF 44 Strobbe, Michael 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m) 230 lb (104 kg) McKendree University

Notable players

• Michael Strobbe

See also

• Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
• FIBA Americas League

External links

• Fuerza Regia official site
• Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Prefessional
• FIBA Americas League