The Ángeles de la Ciudad de México (English: ''Mexico City Angels'') are a Mexican professional

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team based in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. The Ángeles are members of the

Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico The Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit ( or CIBACOPA), officially known as the Liga Chevron CIBACOPA for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. The matches take place from March to June. History A leag ...

(CIBACOPA) and play their games in the Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera.

History

On 26 September 2023, the team was presented at a press conference as an

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in the

(CIBACOPA). The Ángeles were one of two teams joining the league ahead of its 2024 season, along with the returning Frayles de Guasave, bringing the number of teams to 10. The team president, Francisco José Búrquez, is the nephew of Mexican basketball legend Carlos Quintanar. In December, the Ángeles hired Gustavo Quintero as the team's inaugural head coach and announced DaQuan Bracey as their first signing. The team subsequently signed Luis Andriassi and

Vander Blue Vander Lee Blue II (born July 17, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA). College career Blue, a 6'4" shooting guard from Ma ...

in January 2024. The Ángeles released their inaugural 12-man roster on 20 February.

Players

Current roster

Notable players

References

External links

Team profile
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