Osos de Manatí

Osos de Manatí
Osos de Manatí
Leagues	BSN
Founded	2014
History	Atenienses de Manatí; 2014–2017 ; Osos de Manatí ; 2023–present
Arena	Juan Cruz Abreu Coliseum
Capacity	8,000
Location	Manatí, Puerto Rico
Team colors	Blue, Yellow, Red;
Head coach	Ivan Rios
Ownership	Ozuna ; Félix Rivera
Championships	0
Website	https://www.bsnpr.com/team/osos/

The Osos de Manatí are a professional basketball team based in Manatí, Puerto Rico. They play in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), the top division basketball league in Puerto Rico. Prior to 2017, the team was named Atenienses de Manatí.^[1] In October 2022 they returned from a hiatus, when Puerto Rican singer Ozuna purchased the Brujos de Guayama, and relocated the team to Manatí.^[2]^[3] The team reached its first ever BSN finals in 2024,^[4] but lost in seven games to the Criollos de Caguas.

Home arenas

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Osos de Manatí roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
G	1	Howard, Jordan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	29 – (1996-01-06)6 January 1996
SG	2	Morales, Alex	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	27 – (1997-11-21)21 November 1997
G	4	Soto, Joseph	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	31 – (1993-05-01)1 May 1993
F	6	Ortiz, Chris	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	31 – (1993-04-02)2 April 1993
PG	8	Lugo, Wilmer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	25 – (1999-05-02)2 May 1999
PG	11	Gines, Jose	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	25 – (1999-06-14)14 June 1999
PF	17	Guitian, Jose	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	38 – (1987-01-03)3 January 1987
PF	21	Spalding, Ray	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	27 – (1997-03-11)11 March 1997
SG	22	Sosa, Isaac	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	34 – (1990-02-16)16 February 1990
PG	30	Cole, Norris (I)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	36 – (1988-10-13)13 October 1988
C	33	Diallo, Cheick (I)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	28 – (1996-09-13)13 September 1996
C	50	Penn, Kleon	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	38 – (1986-09-01)1 September 1986
G	56	Jackson, Jhivvan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	26 – (1998-08-27)27 August 1998
F	99	Wilson, Jamil (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	34 – (1990-11-21)21 November 1990

Updated: September 20, 2024

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Cheick Diallo	Ray Spalding	Kleon Penn
PF	Chris Ortiz	Jose Guitian	Joseph Soto
SF	Alex Morales	Jamil Wilson	Jose Gines
SG	Isaac Sosa	Ethan Thompson	Wilmer Lugo
PG	Norris Cole	Jhivvan Jackson	Jordan Howard