Abejas de León

Abejas de León
Abejas de León
Conference	West
League	LNBP
Founded	2009
History	Abejas de Guanajuato ; 2009–2016; Abejas de León ; 2016–
Arena	Domo de la Feria
Capacity	4,463
Location	León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Team colors	Green and white;
President	Alejandro Marcocchio Romero
Head coach	Guillermo Narvarte
Championships	1 (2022)
Website	http://abejasdeleon.com

The Abejas de León (English: León Bees) is a Mexican professional basketball team. It has been a member of the LNBP since the 2009-10 season.

History

Foundation

The team was previously known as the Piedras Negras Bravos but the Universidad de Guanajuato bought the team and relocated it to its home town in the city of Guanajuato with the help of the City Hall and several businessmen.

First seasons

During their first season they struggled but managed to make it to the postseason in the second-worst seed. They lost against the Halcones UV Xalapa team who were the eventual champions. In their second season they entered the postseason for the second year in a row, again losing in the first round, this time being swept by the Pioneros de Quintana Roo. The following season they occupied the ninth seed, again classifying to the playoffs, but lost in the first round to the worst-qualified team, the Barreteros de Zacatecas.

Becoming better

At their fourth season the team made it to the postseason in the 9th seed. This time they finally made it past the first-round to the quarter-finals. In the first round the team defeated the Huracanes de Tampico 3 games to 1. They lost in the quarter-finals against the Halcones. This is the best playoff appearance in team history. During the 13-14 season they placed fourth in regular season marking the best regular season by the team but lost in the quarterfinals against Fuerza Regia de Monterrey.

Roster

Current roster

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Abejas de León roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
F	0	Langston, Wayne	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	111 kg (245 lb)
G/F	1	White, Tyrone	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
G	2	Nuno, Tommy	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)
G	3	Thomas, Erik	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
PG	5	Anderson, Jerime	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
SG	7	Contreras, Juan	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
PG	8	Urrutia, Bryan	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
PF	9	Hernandez, Kevin	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	108 kg (238 lb)
G	21	Soto, Daniel	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
SG	22	Smith, Michael	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G	24	Soto, Joseph	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)