| Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | |||
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| League | CIBACOPA | ||
| Founded | 2016 | ||
| History | Halcones de Ciudad Obregón (2016–present) | ||
| Arena | Arena ITSON | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Location | Ciudad Obregón,Sonora,Mexico | ||
| Team colors | Orange, grey and white | ||
| President | Rafael Lira Valenzuela | ||
| Head coach | Manu Gelpi | ||
| Championships | 1 (2017) | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
TheHalcones de Ciudad Obregón (English:Ciudad Obregón Falcons) are a Mexican professionalbasketball team based inCiudad Obregón,Sonora. The Halcones are members of theCircuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) and play their games in theArena ITSON.
TheTrigueros de Ciudad Obregón were founding members of CIBACOPA in 2001, and won three championships until the issue of poor attendance forced the club to abandon the league in 2013.[1] The Halcones were founded in 2016 by a group of local businessmen looking to bring professional basketball back to the city to develop and promote the sport.[2] The team joined theCircuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) as anexpansion team for the 2016 season, where they had a seventh-place regular-season finish before getting swept 4–0 by the eventual champions Nauticos de Mazatlán in the first round of the playoffs.
Ahead of the 2017 season, the Halcones signed American importsKevin Capers,[3]Mike Glover[4] andGlen Rice Jr.[5] That year in the playoffs, they defeated the Nauticos in seven games before dispatching thePioneros de Los Mochis in five. In the finals, they defeatedRayos de Hermosillo 4–2 to win their first-ever championship.[6] Rice Jr. was named Finals MVP after averaging a near-30-point triple double in the series.[7]
In 2018, the team addedIsaiah Wilkerson,J. R. Giddens and former HalcónGeron Johnson. The Halcones had a poor regular season showing, barely clinching a playoff spot with an eighth-place finish. The team again reached the finals, falling to theTijuana Zonkeys in a six-game series.[8]
In February 2019, SpaniardPedro Carrillo was hired as head coach, having previously coached theÁngeles de Puebla in theLNBP.[9] He also won a LNBP championship withFuerza Regia de Monterrey in2016–17 as an assistant.[10] Although he was selected to coach the North squad at the 2019 CIBACOPA All-Star Game inGuadalajara,[11] Carrillo left the team in June for personal reasons.[12] In the postseason, the Halcones lost in the semi-finals to theMantarrayas de La Paz in seven games.[13] The Halcones lost game seven at home by a score of 105–92 despite 29 points from José Estrada.[14]
American former top high school recruitTony Farmer joined the team in 2020, as didJarvis Summers andReggie Holmes.[15] The Halcones played two games of the 2020 season, losses toRayos de Hermosillo andOstioneros de Guaymas, before the league announced the season was suspended due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[16]
Ahead of the 2022 season, the Halcones hired Ariel Rearte as head coach and announced they were moving their home arena from the Gimnasio Municipal Manuel Lira García to theArena ITSON.[17][18]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Eduardo Opezzo (2017)
Ronald Guillen (2018)
Pedro Carrillo (2019)
Martin Knezevic (2020, 2023–present)[19] Ariel Rearte (2022)Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Israel GutiérrezIdris Ibn IdrisOmar Quintero
Timajh Parker-Rivera
J. R. GiddensGlen Rice Jr.Greg Whittington
