Cangrejeros de Santurce
Leagues	Baloncesto Superior Nacional BCL Americas
Arena	Roberto Clemente Coliseum
Capacity	12,500
Location	Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team colors	Sunset orange, blue, vivid orange, white
Team manager	René Morales
Ownership	Bad Bunny Noah Assad Jonathan Miranda
Championships	8 (1962, 1968, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)
Retired numbers	7 (4, 5,7, 10,12,13,54)
Website	Official website
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Cangrejeros de Santurce is the name of several franchises sanctioned by the professionalbasketball leagueBaloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) of Puerto Rico. Named afterSanturce, all versions have played out ofSan Juan. The first franchise was founded in 1918 and began active play in the BSN in 1956, winning titles in 1962 and 1968 before folding.

The second iteration of the Cangrejeros played their home games at theRoberto Clemente Coliseum under the ownership of music industry executiveAngelo Medina, winning five championships in a six-year span (including four consecutive) and another in 2007. This version remained active for another decade after winning its last championship. In 2021, a new franchise was approved under the name of Cangrejeros under the ownership of artistBad Bunny and urban music entrepreneurs Noah Assad and Jonathan García. Teams bearing the name of Cangrejeros have won 8 championships and appeared in 14 BSN finals.

Founded in 1918, the team has included name players such as Teófilo Cruz, and Rafael Valle. Cruz, #13, played for 25 seasons beingMVP in 4 seasons and leading the BSN in points per game 2 times. He was the startingcenter of thePR national basketball team in the times whenPuerto Rico andBrazil where the two most dominant teams in theAmericas outside theUSA. Valle, #5, arguably the bestpower forward in BSN history, played actively in 8 seasons finishing MVP and first in points per game in 1956. He was active in 2Olympic games, where he led Puerto Rico in scoring both times. After 2 championships, and several finals, the Santurce Crabbers played their last season in 1976.

On 1998,Angelo Medina acquired the Tiburones de Aguadilla and theCapitalinos de San Juan, merged them and acquired other free agents (in a time where there was no Free Agency in the BSN) to revive the Cangrejeros, who started playing in theRoberto Clemente Coliseum. The team featured players like:Jose "Piculin" Ortiz,Carlos Arroyo, Orlando "Guayacan" Santiago andJeffrey Aubry. Besides those players, Santurce featured as a coachJulio Toro, who was the coach of the national team and had previously won a championship in the league. The team went on to defeat theLeones de Ponce in the final.

Rolando Hourruitiner would join the Cangrejeros in 1999. Santurce won the BSN championship in 1999, 2000, 2001 (completing a rare, back-to-back-to-back-to-back four titles in a row run) and 2003. In all those championships the team was led by Ortiz, Arroyo and Horrutinier, the 3 then members of the national team. In 2007, the Cangrejeros won their eighth league championship.

In 2005, the mayor of San Juan,Jorge Santini, decided that the Cangrejeros could no longer play in the Roberto Clemente Coliseum because the assistance was low and it was not worth playing there and offered them the Pedrín Zorrilla Coliseum, which is used for volleyball. The mayor ofGuaynabo,Héctor O'Neill, offered Medina use of theMario Morales Coliseum, located in Guaynabo, and Medina decided to split home games between there and the recently openedPuerto Rico Coliseum. The games at thePuerto Rico Coliseum averaged an attendance of 10,000. Santini and the municipality of San Juan insisted that the Pedrín Zorrilla Coliseum should be used, and even had a giant billboard in front of the coliseum that read “We want this (the Pedrín Zorrilla) to be the new home of the Cangrejeros”. The use of the "Quijote" Morales Coliseum contributed to the return of theConquistadores de Guaynabo.

In 2007, the Cangrejeros advanced to the league's round robin, following a 73–70 victory over Fajardo.^[1] In this gameRobert Traylor scored the first triple-double in the season with 17 points, 15 rebounds and ten blocks.^[1] This total established a new record in blocks for a single game, breaking the previous record of nine.^[1] With less than a minute remaining Orlando Santiago scored a free throw and subsequently stole a ball to secure a win.^[1] The Cangrejeros would reach the finals and face theCapitanes de Arecibo, defeating them in the series to win the league's championship.^[1]

During this time frame, the team remains played its home games in Guaynabo and the Puerto Rico Coliseum. The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum was used in playoffs and regular season games against teams that attract a large crowd such as the Capitanes,Leones de Ponce andVaqueros de Bayamón.

In 2008, the Cangrejeros advanced to the league's "Super 6" semifinals. They began a series against the Capitanes on June 5, 2008.^[2] Santurce won the first game, but lost the second.^[3] This was followed by a series against the Gigantes de Carolina, winning the first game.^[4]

In 2015, former Cangrejeros player and formerNBA playerCarlos Arroyo returned to the team after ending his music career, an endeavor in which he had briefly engaged.

In 2017, the team recessed.

In 2018, the Cangrejeros were acquired by businessmen Ricardo García and Camilo Domínguez. Ricardo Garcia who is the owner of Havoc Media Group and Camilo Domiguez owner of Reydom Sports and entertainment group both entrepreneurs of Orlando Florida.

After some controversy and some allegedly fraud in the part of Ariel Rodriguez who was the owner previous to Ricardo Garcia and Camilo Dominguez both are no longer owners of the team. During the exchange Rodriguez failed to provided accurate information of the debts owned to vendors, team staff, third parties, agents, coaches and players. After the team was taken over by Mr. Garcia and Mr. Camilo Dominguez many issues came to light. In one of the issues there was some controversy of misuse of money needed to pay debts passed on by Angelo Medina. Now the team has been recessed once again and Ariel Rodriguez continues to be the team owner and liable for over 400k + in debt.

In April 2021, the league approved the return of the Cangrejeros under the ownership of Noah Assad and Jonathan Miranda, who were joined by urban artistBad Bunny the following month.^[5][6] Veteran point guardJosé Juan Barea served as the cornerstone of a roster that had begun construction with the purchase of shooting guard Isaac Sosa’s contract from the Atléticos.^[7][8] The staff was composed byNéstor García, with former playersElías Ayuso andCarla Cortijo as assistants and Daniel Seoane as scout.^[9] More roster acquisitions, including import playersDante Cunningham andThomas Robinson, as well as a return to the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum were announced during the off-season.^[10][11][12]

Throughout the 2021 season the veteran roster of the Cangrejeros faced several difficulties, including recurrent injuries on Barea.^[13] While still in contention García was released from his contract, becoming the new head coach of theArgentina national baseball team.^[14] Assistant Larry Ayuso took over the staff and lead it in a second half that saw the team fell to the fourth place of the B Division to close the regular season.^[15] Before the postseason began, the administration left José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and moved to Roberto Clemente Coliseum.^[16] Cangrejeros faced Capitanes de Arecibo in their first round matchup, being eliminated in the series 2-4.^[17]

During the off-season, Cangrejeros acquired guardGian Clavell in a trade, signed importsSkal Labissière andTyler Hansbrough and free agents forwardsRamón Clemente, Gilberto Clavell and Ángel Matías.^{[18][19][20][21][22]} The team also brought Iván Ríos as an assistant coach, ultimately taking over the full role when Ayuso left to join the Piratas in March 2022, with Luis Armando Cancel and Cortijo completing the staff.^[23][24]

As champions of the 2007 BSN season the Cangrejeros were one of two teams selected to represent Puerto Rico in the first edition of theFIBA Americas League, the other team representing the island in this event were the league's runner-up theCapitanes de Arecibo.^[25] The Cangrejeros qualified to the tournament's second round, finishing the first with a record of 2-1. Santurce lost a one point game toSoles de Mexicali (74:75) and defeated thePBL All-Stars (97:73) andMetros de Santiago (91:62) as part of the Group A games hosted at theMario Morales Coliseum. After advancing they were matched against theMiami Tropics in three game hosted by them atFlorida International University's basketball court. Santurce won the first game of this round with a score of 102:94.^[26] However, they lost the remaining games to the home team with scores of 64:91 and 83:91 and were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

In September 2021, Cangrejeros became the first BSN team to participate in theBasketball Champions League Americas (which replaced the Americas League in 2019) by joining the participating clubs for the2021-22 tournament.^[27] In the first window that took place at Nicaragua, Santurce defeated theEdmonton Stingers 89:68 andReal Estelí Baloncesto 91:88.^[28] The Cangrejeros were selected to host the second stage of its group, with the Roberto Clemente Coliseum serving as their home court.^[29] However, local venue capacity restrictions introduced to curve the proliferation of theSARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant led to the postponement and relocation, with Managua hosting again.^[30] In the second window, Cangrejeros lost to Real Estelí (78:82) and defeated Stingers (93:55).^[31][32] Santurce dropped both of the games in the third window played at Calgary, first to Stingers (93:87) and to Estelí (96:83) in the closer.

By finishing first, the Cangrejeros were matched againstQuimsa in the quarterfinals.

The Cangrejeros are featured in Season 5 ofNBA 2K24’s MyTEAM and MyCareer game modes, in which the team’s court, uniform and owner Benito Martínez are included as part of the Bad Bunny Spotlight challenge.^[33][34] In February 2024, the team announced a collaboration with Santurce Brewery to market a limited edition beer, the Cangrejeros Blonde Ale.^[35] The product was unaffiliated with the BSN and not made available in Roberto Clemente Coliseum during seasonal games, instead being offered as a promotional item in certain San Juan establishments.^[35]

Cangrejeros de Santurce roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 0 Piñeiro, Isaiah 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 30 –(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 PF 1 Clemente, Ramón 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (100 kg) 39 –(1985-12-11)December 11, 1985 G/F 8 Zambrana, Xavier 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 34 –(1991-03-25)March 25, 1991 G 10 Maldonado, Emmanuel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 23 –(2002-07-18)July 18, 2002 G 14 Caratini, Victor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 33 –(1992-06-27)June 27, 1992 PG 15 Hodge, Walter (DC) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 39 –(1986-09-21)September 21, 1986 F 18 Polo, Tyler 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 38 –(1987-06-24)June 24, 1987 SF 21 Clark, Ian (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 34 –(1991-03-07)March 7, 1991 G/F 22 Santiago Jr., Benito 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 36 –(1989-06-22)June 22, 1989 PF 23 Martinez, Jayden 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 25 –(2000-01-09)January 9, 2000 PG 24 Rodríguez, Ángel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 32 –(1992-12-05)December 5, 1992 SG 31 Jenkins, John (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 34 –(1991-03-06)March 6, 1991 SF 35 Matías, Ángel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 33 –(1992-07-16)July 16, 1992 PF 44 Collier, Devon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 34 –(1991-01-20)January 20, 1991	Head coach Nelson Colon Assistant coach(es) Luis Camacho Alex Falcon Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: July 1, 2025

Cangrejeros de Santurce retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
4		José Ortiz	C	1998–2005
7		Carlos Arroyo	PG	1998–2003; 2015
10		René "Chiqui" Dávila	PG	1957–1959
13		Teófilo Cruz	C	1957–1976
54		Robert Traylor	PF /C	2007–2008

• BSN Championship (8):

1962, 1968, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007

• Fufi Santori
• Lou Rossini
• Skip Wilson
• Julio Toro
• Tony Ruiz
• Paco Olmos (2013–2015)
• Eddie Casiano (2016)
• Nestor García (2021)
• Larry Ayuso (2021-2022)
• Iván Ríos (2022-2023)
• Brad Greenberg (2024)
• Nelson Colon (2025-present)

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