Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional

National Professional Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 LNBP season
SportBasketball
FoundedMarch 11, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-11)
DirectorSergio Velázquez
MottoCree en tu juego
(Believe in your game)
No. of teams16
CountryMexico
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
ContinentFIBA Americas
Most recent
champion(s)
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
(5th title)
Most titlesFuerza Regia de Monterrey (5 titles)
TV partner(s)Caliente TV
Canal 26
Canal 66
Capital 21
Hi Sports
Multimedios[1]
TV4
TVC Deportes[2]
Official websiteLNBP.mx

The National Professional Basketball League (Spanish: Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional or LNBP), officially known as the Liga Caliente LNBP for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams.

Famous basketball players who have played in the league include Jamario Moon,[3] Dennis Rodman,[4] Sun Mingming,[5] Horacio Llamas[6] and many others.

  1. ^ includes Canal 6
  2. ^ includes TVC Deportes 2
  3. ^ Se impone Fuerza Regia a Selección Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. June 24, 2006. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  4. ^ Rodman comes back, first in Mexico. October 12, 2004. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  5. ^ Fuerza Regia le quitó lo invicto a Halcones UV. October 28, 2007. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  6. ^ Mexicali o Saltillo van contra Fuerza Regia en la LNBP. November 1, 2005. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.