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El Calor de Cancún
El Calor de Cancún
League	Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
Founded	29 February 2024; 10 months ago
Arena	Polifórum Benito Juárez
Capacity	4,800
Location	Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Team colors	Red, Yellow, and Gray ;
President	Roberto Alvarado
Head coach	Juan José Pidal
Home	Away

El Calor de Cancún (English: The Cancún Heat) are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Cancún, Quintana Roo. The Calor are members of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) and play their games in the Polifórum Benito Juárez.

History

On 29 February 2024, the team was presented at a press conference as an expansion team in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP), with Roberto Alvarado serving as team president.^[1]^[2] It was also announced by Mara Lezama, the Governor of Quintana Roo, that the Calor would be playing at the recently renovated Polifórum Benito Juárez.^[1]^[2] They would also be the first professional basketball team to play in the state since the Pioneros de Quintana Roo in 2016.^[2]

The Calor hired Argentine coach Fernando Duró [es] as the team's inaugural head coach in late April before announcing Mexican guard Raúl Delgado as their first signing in late May.^[3]^[4]

The Calor played its first official game on 12 July 2024, suffering an 86–79 defeat to the Mineros de Zacatecas.^[5] They achieved their first-ever victory the following day, beating the Mineros 83–75.^[6]

Players

Current roster

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El Calor de Cancún roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
PG	0	Blue, Vander	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
PG	4	Guerra, Luciano	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
C	7	Ramírez, José	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
SF	8	Fernández, Martín	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
PG	10	Ramírez, Miguel	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
C	11	Želionis, Edgaras	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	97 kg (214 lb)
SG	16	Delgado, Raúl	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
SF	17	Zesati, Carlos	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
PG	19	Guillent, Heissler	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
PF	22	Chidom, Arinze	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
C	24	Lawson, Joe	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
PG	76	Zamora, Jhornan	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)

Head coach

Juan José Pidal

Assistant coach(es)

Lucas Zurita

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 7, 2019

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.