Diablos Rojos del México (basketball)

Diablos Rojos del México
Diablos Rojos del México
Conference	West
League	LNBP
Founded	2024
Arena	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera
Capacity	5,242
Location	Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Mexico
Team colors	Red, black and white;
Head coach	Nicolás Casalánguida
Ownership	Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú
Website	diablosrojosbasquetbol.com.mx

The Diablos Rojos del México (English: Mexico Red Devils) are a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Mexico City, Mexico. The Diablos Rojos compete in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP), the top professional basketball league in Mexico.

History

The team was established in May 2024, owned by the Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú, that also owns the Diablos Rojos baseball team of the Mexican League. The club was officially presented on 22 May 2024 as an expansion team ahead of the 2024 LNBP season and Argentine Nicolás Casalánguida was announced as manager of the club.^[1]^[2]

The club initially disclosed its intentions to play in the Palacio de los Deportes, that hosted the basketball tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics and has a capacity of 20,000 spectators.^[3] However, on 11 May 2024, the team announced that they would be playing in the smaller Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera that can seat 5,242 spectators and was previously used by Capitanes de Ciudad de México from 2017 to 2020.^[4]

The Diablos Rojos made their debut on 22 July 2024 losing against Santos de San Luis 88–89 in the Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera.^[5] The team finished the season third with a 21–11 record and qualified for the playoffs. On 16 November 2024, the team won the West Zone Championship defeating Soles de Mexicali 4 games to 2, qualifying for the LNBP Championship Series, where they will face Halcones de Xalapa.^[6]^[7]

Players

Current roster

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Diablos Rojos del México roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	2	Gael, Bonilla	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	21 – (2003-02-26)26 February 2003
G	6	Scala, Santiago	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	33 – (1991-02-06)6 February 1991
G	7	Cruz, José	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G	8	González, Luciano	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	34 – (1990-01-01)1 January 1990
G	10	Dime, Malik	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	32 – (1992-10-06)6 October 1992
G	12	Holmes, Avry	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	30 – (1994-02-20)20 February 1994
G	22	Smith, Michael	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	29 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995
F	24	Carrera, Michael	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	31 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993
SG	27	Girón, Daniel	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	34 – (1989-12-19)19 December 1989
C	28	Martínez, Irving	2.19 m (7 ft 2 in)	25 – (1999-11-12)12 November 1999
PF	31	Avila, J. J.	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1991-10-11)11 October 1991
C	44	Ibarra, Joshua	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	29 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995