Comunicaciones Mercedes with a full roster

- August 16, 2024
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Damian Tintorelli
Damian Tintorelli

After 8 year in LNB Comunicaciones Mercedes will play in Argentina's second division after been relegated last season. Comunicaciones started confirming the signing of new Coach Eduardo "Chiche" Japez, a very experienced coach who spent most of his career in Argentina's LNB and most recently coached Hispano Americano in 2023-2024 and Piratas de Bogota in Colombia's Liga WPlay.

So after confirming the coach, the team dove in into the market to sign as many good players they can, having signed most players with a vast experience in Liga Nacional de Basquet. Here is the full list:

- Damian Tintorelli (205-C-1981): One of the most experienced players in Argentina,who has spent most of his career playing in Argentina's biggest teams such as Quimsa, Ben Hur and Regatas, having won several national and international Championships. Last season he also played in Ferrocarril del Oeste averaging 10.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 0.8apg in 31 games.

- Santiago Arese (196-F-1987): The Swingman originally from Cordoba, is coming of his 5th straight season playing in LNB, this will his return to second division formerly know as TNA since the 2018-2019 season. On his last season Arese played in Riachuelo de la Rioja and Gimnasia de Comodoro.

- Matias Eidintas (186-SG-1995): Combo guard who has spent most of his career playing for Deportivo Viedma, he even became Viedma's highest scoring player in Liga Argentina. He recently played in La Union Formosa and Asociacion Basquetbol Ancud.

- Cristian Zenclussen (186-PG-1997, agency: BIG): Cristian has already played for Comunicaciones last year, and has also spent 4 seasons on Liga Argentina the years prior. Zenclussen joins Comunicaciones after a short stint in Chile.

- Fabian Martinez (194-PF-2000): The Chilean player will make his abroad debut playing in Argentina for the first time. Fabian has spent all his professioanl career playing for Club deportivo Valdivia.

- Nicolas Burgos (207-C-2003): A young center product of 9 de Julio de Rio Tercero youth Team, a classic 5 who has played for Boca Juniors and San Martin de Corrientes joins Comunicaciones taking a spot as U21.

- Tomas Pereyra (198-F-2000, agency: BIG): The dual nationality player returns to Comunicaciones after a good individual 23-24 season where he averaged 2.8 ppg and 2.3 rpg in 34 games.

- Juan Bejar: Juan returns after playing last year for Comunicaciones in LNB, San Isidro in Liga Argentina and then returning to Comunicaciones again.

- Franco Maeso: This will be Maeso's second experience in Liga Argentina since last season he played for GEPU before returning to Comunicaciones by the end of the season.

- Francisco Llanos: A player product of Comunicaciones Youth system will play his 5th season as a professional for Comunicaciones.

- Marcos Panozzo: A player product of Comunicaciones Youth system will play his 3rd season in a row for Comunicaciones taking a U21 spot.




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Authors
Super Standings
Conferencia Norte 1
1
5-2
2
5-2
3
4-3
4
3-4
Conferencia Norte 2
2
4-3
3
3-4
5
1-6
Conferencia Sur 1
1
5-2
2
4-3
3
4-3
4
4-3
Conferencia Sur 2
1
7-0
2
4-3
3
2-5
4
1-6
Full Standings
Last Updated: 3/3/2025
Standings
1
24-12
2
24-12
3
23-13
4
23-13
5
23-15
6
21-16
7
21-16
8
20-15
9
20-16
10
20-17
11
19-17
12
17-19
13
15-21
14
14-22
15
13-22
16
13-22
17
13-23
18
13-23
19
7-29
Full Standings
Last Updated: 5/13/2026
Standings
Conferencia Norte
1
23-9
2
23-9
4
20-12
5
19-13
7
18-14
8
17-15
11
15-17
12
14-18
13
13-19
14
11-21
15
11-21
16
11-21
17
6-26
Conferencia Sur
1
24-8
3
21-11
4
21-11
5
21-11
6
20-12
7
19-13
8
18-14
10
16-16
11
14-18
12
13-19
14
10-22
15
9-23
16
9-23
17
7-25
Full Standings
Last Updated: 4/15/2026
Finals Standings
Standings
1
31-5
2
30-6
3
29-7
4
27-9
5
24-12
6
23-13
7
20-16
8
20-16
9
18-18
10
18-18
11
16-20
12
15-21
13
13-23
14
13-23
15
11-25
16
11-25
17
10-26
18
9-27
19
4-32
Full Standings
Last Updated: 5/25/2026
Standings
Group E
1
3-0
Group F
1
3-0
Full Standings
Last Updated: 12/7/2025
Standings
Group A
1
6-0
2
3-3
Group B
3
1-5
Group C
2
4-2
3
1-5
Group D
Full Standings
Last Updated: 2/13/2026
Stats Leaders
PPG
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
White_Tyrone_1

Gimnasia
(201-G-1990)
Avg: 23.0

23.0
17.0
Stats Leaders
PPG
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
Sabin_Ty_1

Obras
(190-G-1994)
Avg: 17.8

17.8
15.8
15.6
15.4
Stats Leaders
PPG
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
Ponce_Hans

Colon SF
(192-G/F-1999)
Avg: 22.6

22.6
17.7
16.8
16.8
16.5
Stats Leaders
PPG
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
Tomatis_Tiago_1

Atenas
(--)
Avg: 22.4

21.4
Stats Leaders
PPG
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
Thomas_Davaunta

Corinthians
(196-G-1995)
Avg: 20.7

20.7
17.3
Stats Leaders
PPG
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
Maxwell_Stephen_1

Univ.
(201-F-1993)
Avg: 23.0

19.3
17.7
Player of the Week: Round 50(RS)
Francisco Caffaro

Boca Juniors
(216-C-00)

Player of the Week: Round 58(RS)
Joe Hampton

Estudiantes T.
(203-F-98)

Player of the Week: Round 47(RS)
Edwin Niebles

Obera
(178-PG-05)