as runners-up of the 2007 bsn season, the capitanes were selected to represent puerto rico in the first edition of the fiba americas league, along with the bsn-champion santurce crabbers. before the competition began, the capitanes' coach, david rosario, stated that the team's preparation was intense so that they would be able to adapt in order to match the advantage expected to be presented by fuerza regia and halcones xalapa, since the tournament occurred in the middle of the "liga nacional de baloncesto profesional" season.