The new championship conditions in the Professional Basketball Super League (SPB) forced the champion, Trotamundos de Carabobo, to leave several of its stars. But it was not the case of Néstor Colmenares, “The Beast” stays.
The announcement was made this Friday through the “Expreso Azul” social networks, thus confirming that Néstor Colmenares and Jhornan Zamora will be the elite players of the team.
A week ago it was learned that David Cubillán will play with Guaiqueríes de Margarita and Miguel Ruíz with Panteras de Miranda. All this following the league decided that a team can only have a maximum of two elite players.
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Last year, in the 18 regular round games, Néstor Colmenares averaged 16.1 points with 9.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals in 30:55 minutes of play.
He was key for the “Express” throughout the postseason, first once morest Brillantes and later once morest Centauros and Cocodrilos. Overall he averaged 14.9 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists.
This Friday he just arrived in the country to join the Venezuelan squad, which is preparing for the sixth and final qualifying window for the FIBA World Cup 2023.