Plateros de Fresnillo

Plateros de Fresnillo (English: Fresnillo Silversmiths) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Fresnillo. The Plateros are part Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico.^[1] The team play their home games at the Gimnasio Solidaridad Municipal, with a capacity of 4,000 spectators.^[2]

Plateros de Fresnillo
Conference	East
League	LNBP
Founded	2019
History	Plateros de Fresnillo (2019–present)
Arena	Gimnasio Solidaridad Municipal
Capacity	4,500
Location	Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Team colors	Red, silver, and white
President	Miguel Ángel Romo
Head coach	Sebastián Ginóbili
Home Away

History

The Plateros were founded in 2019 in order to compete in the 2019–20 LNBP season. The team was created by an initiative of the local government of Fresnillo and the state government of Zacatecas in order to promote basketball in the region. Initially, all the investment was made by the State of Zacatecas government, with an estimate amount of 13 million pesos (around US$560,000).^[3]

Plateros joined the three other new teams for the 2019–20: the Astros de Jalisco and the Dorados de Chihuahua.^[4]

Players

Current roster

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

Plateros de Fresnillo roster
Players	Coaches
} Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 1 Boyce III, Ronnie 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) PF 5 Lizárraga, Michael 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) SF 14 Clavel III, Gilberto 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) SF 17 Zesati, Carlos 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) PG 21 Rivera, Filiberto (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) SG 31 Román, Aldo 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 100 kg (220 lb) SG 33 Helton, Michael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) PG 45 Catalayud, Ricardo 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) C 50 Samhan, Omar 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) C 55 Uter, Adrian 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb)	Head coach Sebastián Ginóbili Assistant coach(es) Facundo Murias Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 26 March 2020

Notable players

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.

• Adrian Uter
• Irwin Ávalos
• Gani Lawal
• Jaysean Paige
• Filiberto Rivera
• Jamil Wilson
• Julian Wright

References

1. "Plateros". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
2. "Pega al deporte en Fresnillo instalación de la Marina en el Gimnasio Solidaridad". La Jornada Zacatecas (in Spanish). 14 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
3. "Plateros de Fresnillo, nueva franquicia de basquetbol profesional en El Mineral". La Jornada Zacatecas (in Spanish). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
4. "Plateros de Fresnillo: Una nueva historia en la LNBP". Reporte Indigo (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

External links

• Team profile (in Spanish)