Fuerza Regia de Monterrey

Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
Conference	East
League	LNBP
Founded	2001
History	Fuerza Regia de Monterrey; (2001–present)
Arena	Gimnasio Nuevo León
Capacity	5,000
Location	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Team colors	Black, yellow and white;
President	Sergio Ganem Velázquez
Head coach	Pablo García
Championships	5 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
Website	Official site
Home	Away

The Fuerza Regia de Monterrey (Monterrey Royal Force in English) 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 Gimnasio Nuevo León.

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.

2016–2017

Fuerza Regia finished first on the league table and qualified to the playoffs. The team won its first championship by defeating Soles de Mexicali 4–2 in the finals.^[1]

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.

Honours

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional: (5)

2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

Logos

Fuerza Regia former logo (2001–2015)

Home arenas

Arena Monterrey (2003–2008)
Nuevo Leon Gimnasium (2008–2013)
Gimnasio Nuevo León Independiente (2013–present)

Players

Current roster

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Fuerza Regia de Monterrey roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PF	0	Langston, Wayne	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	31 – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993
PG	3	Faggiano, Lucas	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	35 – (1989-03-21)21 March 1989
PG	4	Speight, Micah	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	26 – (1998-06-26)26 June 1998
PG	5	Paige, Jaysean	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	30 – (1994-07-30)30 July 1994
PG	9	Willis, Diego	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1999-05-11)11 May 1999
PF	10	Machado, Jonatan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	31 – (1993-10-22)22 October 1993
SG	12	Dunn, Jhonathan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-02-17)17 February 1998
SF	22	Hesson, Myles	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	34 – (1990-06-05)5 June 1990
PF	32	Olalde, Raúl	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	28 – (1996-02-21)21 February 1996
SG	33	Adaway, Jalen	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	26 – (1998-07-09)9 July 1998
C	45	Grant, Jerai	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	35 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989
PF	99	Reynoso, Sebastián	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	24 – (2000-01-12)12 January 2000

Head coach

Pablo García

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Toledo

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 1 January 2023

Notable former players

Chicago Bulls superstar Dennis Rodman^[2] was signed for three games and played for at least thirty minutes.

Fuerza Regia's Jamario Moon was signed by the NBA's Toronto Raptors for the 2007–08 and 2008–2009 season, and later played for other NBA teams. Altogether, he played more than 300 NBA games.

On April 25, 2007, Fuerza Regia signed Sun Mingming, the world's tallest active player at 7' 9".^[3]

List

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.