{{short description|Basketball team based in Isabela, Puerto Rico}} {{Infobox Basketball club | color1 = #FFFFFF | color2 = #009900 | color3 = #FFDD00 | name = Gallitos de Isabela | nickname = | logo = Gallitoslogo.jpg | imagesize = 260px | leagues = [[Liga de Baloncesto Puertorriqueña]] | founded = 1969 | folded = | history = '''Gallitos de Isabela'''<br>(1969–2005; 2010–2011; 2017–present) | arena = [[José Abreu Coliseum]] | capacity = 5,000 | location = [[Isabela, Puerto Rico]] | colors = Green, yellow <br /> {{color box|#00AA00}} {{color box|#FFDD00}}| | owner = N/A | coach = Omar González | championships = | website = | h_body = 006600 | h_pattern_b = _bb_trimnumbersonwhite | h_shorts = FFFFFF | h_pattern_s = _greensides | a_body = 006600 | a_pattern_b = _bb_goldtrimnumbers | a_shorts = 006600 | a_pattern_s = _whitesides }}
'''Gallitos de Isabela''' are a professional [[basketball]] team based in [[Isabela, Puerto Rico]], currently competing in the [[Liga de Baloncesto Puertorriqueña]], the second tier of professional basketball in [[Puerto Rico]]. They play their home games at the [[José Abreu Coliseum]], refurbished in 2023 in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Maria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bsnpr.com/equipos/index.asp?e=8&serie=4&liga=1&anio=2010|title=Baloncesto Superior Nacional|website=bsnpr.com}}</ref> The team was managed by legendary [[Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] coach [[Phil Jackson]] between 1984 and 1986.
==History== In 1984, the Gallitos reached the BSN Finals, during that year known as the Copa Olimpica, due to a scandal concerning the playing eligibility of a Leones de Ponce player named [[David Ponce]]. They lost to the defending champions, [[Indios de Canovanas]], in six games. This was during the franchise's "golden era", when players like [[Edwin Pellot]] and [[Frankie Torruellas]] played for the Gallitos. That team was coached by American [[Phil Jackson]], who coached the team from 1984 to 1986, leading them to the playoffs in 1984, 1985 and 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ar.nba.com/news/phil-jackson-dennis-rodman-tex-winder-puerto-rico/1srsaxguyd9ov15g31au3pahyf|title = Phil Jackson, Dennis Rodman y Tex Winter, con otra coincidencia en su currículum: La liga de Puerto Rico}}</ref>
==Current roster== {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header | age = y | wt = n | | team = Gallitos de Isabela | bg1 = #007700 | color1 = #FFFFFF | bg2 = #FFFFFF | color2 = #007700}} <!-- list of players --> {{player3 | pos = SG | num = 31 | nat = PUR | first = Jeremy | last = Altreche | ft = 6 | in = 3 | year = 1998 | month = 8 | date = 24 }} {{player3 | pos = G | num = 24 | nat = PUR | first = Yahir | last = Cordero | ft = 6 | in = 2 | year = 2004 | month = 4 | date = 2 }} {{player3 | pos = GF | num = 81 | nat = PUR | first = Leroy | last = Crispin | ft = 6 | in = 3 | year = 2004 | month = 7 | date = 18 }} {{player3 | pos = G | num = 5 | nat = PUR | first = Janiel | last = Deliz | ft = 6 | in = 1 | year = 2005 | month = 12 | date = 9 }} {{player3 | pos = SG | num = 20 | nat = PUR | first = Joseph | last = Dimaio | ft = 6 | in = 3 | year = 2000 | month = 4 | date = 4 }} {{player3 | pos = PG | num = 17 | nat = PUR | first = Joel | last = López | ft = 5 | in = 11 | year = 2001 | month = 12 | date = 17 | dab = basketball }} {{player3 | pos = PF | num = 45 | nat = PUR | first = Marvin | last = Mantilla | ft = 6 | in = 7 | year = 2005 | month = 6 | date = 10 }} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 9 | nat = PUR | first = Daniel | last = Pérez | ft = 6 | in = 3 | year = 1998 | month = 6 | date = 23 | dab = basketball, Puerto Rico }} {{player3 | pos = G | num = 7 | nat = PUR | first = Javier | last = Quiñones | ft = 6 | in = 3 | year = 1999 | month = 10 | date = 5 }} {{player3 | pos = GF | num = 1 | nat = PUR | first = Jan | last = Rodríguez | ft = 6 | in = 4 | year = 1999 | month = 8 | date = 24 }} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 13 | nat = PUR | first = Gabriel | last = Rosario | ft = 6 | in = 3 | year = 2001 | month = 5 | date = 31 }} {{player3 | pos = PG | num = 33 | nat = PUR | first = Jonathan | last = Segui | ft = 5 | in = 11 | year = 1993 | month = 9 | date = 6 }} {{player3 | pos = GF | num = 2 | nat = PUR | first = Khalil | last = Stevenson | ft = 6 | in = 3 | year = 1997 | month = 6 | date = 15 }} {{player3 | pos = G | num = 30 | nat = PUR | first = Gilbert | last = Vargas | ft = 6 | in = 1 | year = 2005 | month = 12 | date = 12 }} {{player3 | pos = GF | num = 99 | nat = PUR | first = Isaac | last = Vélez | ft = 6 | in = 1 | year = 1999 | month = 9 | date = 22 }} <!-- end list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = *{{flagicon|PUR}} Omar González | asst_coach = *{{player||PUR|TBA}} | str_cond = | ath_train = | C = y | I = y | roster_url = | transaction_url = | accessdate = 10 March 2026 }}
==Notable players== {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * {{flagicon|PUR}} José Abreu * {{flagicon|PUR}} Mickey Coll * {{flagicon|PUR}} Edwin Pellot * {{flagicon|PUR}} Jimmy Thordsen * {{flagicon|PUR}} Frankie Torruellas {{div col end}}
==Head coaches== * {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Flor Meléndez]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Jackson]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.bsnpr.com bsnpr.com] - Official site of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). {{in lang|es}}
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