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prima:BSN History: “Trust me; trust me!”, the phrase immortalized by Miguelito Mercado to guide San Germán to the 1997 finals

With the game tied 91-91 with 11.8 seconds left in overtime in the seventh semifinal clash against the Pirates, the Athletics’ manager ordered John Cotté to foul, confident that he would miss the free throw and then win the game

June 15, 2024 - 5:00 PM

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With the 1997 Athletics, Miguelito Mercado won the third championship in his history as a manager in the BSN, 10 years before his death. (El Nuevo Día)

He was one of the youth talents that the late coach Miguelito Mercado always admired from the minor categories to the BSN, but an event in which the daring coach publicly revealed one of the weaknesses of the former point guard John Cotté, would become a classic image of Puerto Rican basketball, which was immortalized thanks to the small screen.

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