Minas Tênis Clube (basketball)

Minas
Leagues	NBB BCL Americas
Founded	1937; 87 years ago (1937) (as basketball team)
Arena	Arena MTC
Capacity	4,000
Location	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Team colors	White and Blue
Head coach	Espiga
Championships	1 South American Club Championship
Website	minastenisclube.com.br/esportes/basquete
Home Away

Minas Tênis Clube, commonly known simply as Minas or the Minas Storm,^[1] is a Brazilian basketball club based in Belo Horizonte. It is part of the Minas Tênis Clube multi-sports club. The team plays in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) under the sponsorship name Decisão Engenharia/Minas. It also plays in the BCL Americas as of the 2021–22 season.^[2]

The team has won one continental title, winning the South American Champions Cup in 2007.

History

Minas was one of the top teams in the first years of Novo Basquete Brasil, reaching the semifinal series two straight years. In both semifinals, the team, led by the center Murilo Becker and the point guard Facundo Sucatzky, was defeated by Brasília. In the 2009–10 NBB season, Minas showed off point guard Raul Togni Neto, better known as Raulzinho. Neto was chosen as the NBB Revelation Player and then moved to the Spanish team Lagun Aro. In the 2011–12 NBB season, Minas had a very bad campaign, finishing in thirteenth place and getting out of the playoffs. For the following season the managers made a great renovation of the cast, hiring young players.

Titles and honors

• Copa Super 8 (1): 2021–22
• Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes (1): 2007
• Amsterdam International Tournament (1): 2007
• Campeonato Metropolitano (5): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994
• Campeonato Interestadual (1): 1986
• Torneio Internacional Mercosul (1): 1993
• Torneio José Bento (1): 1993

Players

Current roster

Minas Tênis Clube roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F Garcia, Alex 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 44 – (1980-03-04)4 March 1980 PG Rossetto, Davi 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 – (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 G/F Deodato, Gui 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 32 – (1991-06-02)2 June 1991 F/C 0 Daniel, Sam 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 PG 4 de Lima, Lucas 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 28 – (1995-06-21)21 June 1995 PG 5 Leão, Augusto 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (1998-11-21)21 November 1998 PF 6 dos Santos, Shilton 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 41 – (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 G/F 7 Campos, Jefferson 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 33 – (1991-02-09)9 February 1991 SF 10 Bob, Che 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-01-01)1 January 1997 SF 12 Ribeiro, Samuel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 22 – (2002-01-24)24 January 2002 PF 13 Dias, Tiago 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (2001-01-04)4 January 2001 PG 19 Chaia, Gegê 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – (1991-02-03)3 February 1991 C 21 Waszkiewicz, Leonardo 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 34 – (1989-05-23)23 May 1989 PF 35 Silva, Marcos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (1999-08-04)4 August 1999	Head coach Flávio Soares "Espiga" Assistant coach(es) Luiz Fernando Nery Leão Bruno Porto Prado e Silva Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 9 July 2019

Notable players

• Leandrinho Barbosa
• Murilo Becker
• Bruno Carneiro
• Raulzinho Neto
• Milton Setrini
• Facundo Sucatzky
• Jermaine Beal

Players at the NBA draft

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
SF	Gui Santos	2022	2nd round	55th	Golden State Warriors

Head coaches

• Che García

References

This page was last edited on 3 March 2024, at 00:39