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Flamengo hosts the first phase of the Basketball Development League

Check out the Mais Querido squad for the country's main youth competition, which starts next Saturday

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Flamengo is preparing to debut in the country's premier youth basketball competition. The Basketball Development League (LDB) begins next Saturday (October 21.10st) and is based in Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. The stage in the Rio de Janeiro capital will be held at the Hélio Maurício gymnasium, and the Mais Querido will play all of its first-round matches in the best possible venue: its home. Seeking the best development of the sport's emerging talents, Flamengo basketball, the LDB's biggest winner, is seeking its third title. 

The red-black team will start the tournament facing Pinheiros, in the second round they will face São José dos Campos, followed by Minas Tênis Clube and closing against the traditional Franca Basquete. 

The red-black squad will feature João Vitor, Danilo and Vitor Amorim, frequent names in the main FlaBasquete group. 

Check out the list of players who will compete in the Basketball Development League below.

#4 -
João Vitor França - Pivot
#5 - Danilo Monteiro - Wing
#6 - Gabriel Assunção - Wing
#7 - Guilherme Perini - Shipowner
#8 - André Miguel - Power Forward
#9 - Gabriel Gomes - Wing
#10 - João Matheus - Shipowner
#11 - Yuri Almeida - Point Guard
#12 - Iago Vieira - Power Forward
#13 - Thiago Batista "Smile" - Power Forward
#14 - Vitor Amorim - Wing
#21 - Leonardo Monteiro "Leo" - Shooting Guard

The technical committee will be formed by Rodrigo Carlos (coach), Fernando Pereira (assistant coach), Domingos Trece (physiotherapist), Rafael Bernardelli (physical trainer) and André Guimarães (supervisor). 

The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo receive funding from their sponsors – Estácio, AmBev, Rede D'or, IRB Brasil RE, CSN, Brasil Plural, and EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR) and the State Incentive Law/Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Sports, Recreation, and Youth (Seelje), in addition to support from the Brazilian Club Committee (CBC) resulting from the decentralization of resources generated by the Pelé Law. The Anjo da Guarda Rubro-Negro Project, a personal tax transfer, benefits all Olympic sports of the Most Beloved.