 In 2017 and 2018 Guaros de Lara won two consecutive titles.In 2019 the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto was replaced by the Copa LPB, a tournament intended as a preparation to the national team's participation in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.In December 2019 newly elected Federation president Hanthony Coello announced that a new league called "SuperLiga Profesional de Baloncesto" was going to replace the LPB and was scheduled to start on February 28, 2020.