The 2018 Baloncesto Superior Nacional season was the 89th season of the

Baloncesto Superior Nacional The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. The Baloncesto Superior Nac ...

(BSN).

Piratas de Quebradillas The Piratas de Quebradillas is a Puerto Rican basketball team, part of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional league. Founded in the mid 1920s, it is one of the original teams of the league. The club enjoyed its most successful era during the 1970s, ...

was the defending champion.

League news

On September 1, the league announced it will not control the

Atléticos de San Germán Atléticos de San Germán is a basketball club of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) based in San Germán, Puerto Rico. Founded in the 1930s after the amalgamation of the old San Germán team and the Farmacia Martín team, the team is one of ...

for the upcoming 2018 BSN season, after activating the team last season. There was a commitment to run the team under receivership for a single year until a new owner was found. The good performance of the team has raised the interest of several groups to buy the franchise with a view to the 2018 tournament. On September 14, league president Fernando Quiñones was hopeful that both the A's and Indians' franchise will see action next season under their own administrations although talks are still in preliminary stages. In the coming weeks will know the future of the

and the

Indios de Mayagüez The Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians) are a baseball team in Puerto Rico's Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League, in Spanish). Based in Mayagüez, the ''Indios'' have won 18 national ...

(BSN). On October 31, league president Fernando Quiñones, announced the tournament could begin in late April or early May. The league held its first meeting since

Hurricane Maria Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affec ...

on November 16, 2017. The meeting was also attended with the representation of the franchises of Arecibo, Aguada, Bayamón, Guayama, Fajardo, Isabela, Santurce, San Germán, Ponce, Mayagüez and Quebradillas.

Teams

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Regular season

Stage 1

Stage 2

Group A

Group B

Individual statistics

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Playoffs

Awards

Finals MVP

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

Reyshawn Terry Reyshawn Antonio Terry Sr. (born April 7, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for Vaqueros de Bayamon of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for North Carolina. College career At the ...

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Rookie of the Year

* Ángel Rodríguez (

Vaqueros de Bayamón The Vaqueros de Bayamón are a Puerto Rican basketball team of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The Vaqueros play their home games at Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum, a venue shared with the Liga de Voleibol Superior F ...

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Coach of the Year

Nelson Colón Nelson Edgardo Colón Santiago (January 24, 1983) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach for Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) and the Puerto Rican national team.

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Owner of the Year

* Alfredo Gotay (

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Sixth Man of the Year

* Chris Gastón (

Santeros de Aguada Santeros de Aguada was a Puerto Rican professional basketball team of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. The team was based in Aguada, Puerto Rico. The team moved to Fajardo in 2021, changing their name and re-branding to Cariduros de Fajardo wit ...

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Most Improved Player

* Jonathan Rodríguez (

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Comeback of the Year

Jezreel De Jesús Jezreel De Jesús (born 5 May 1991) is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He is also a member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team. De Jesús has played for several teams in Pue ...

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Player movements

NBA

List of players that have played in the 2017 BSN season to have been selected to play in the

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United ...

in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

References

External links

Official site

2018 BSN
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