AirAsia Philippine Patriots

AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Leagues	ASEAN Basketball League
Founded	2009
History	Philippine Patriots (2009–2010) AirAsia Philippine Patriots (2010–2012)
Arena	Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig (2009–2012) Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan (2012)
Team colors	Red, Blue, Black and White
President	Mikee Romero Tony Boy Cojuangco
Head coach	Glenn Capacio
Championships	1 (2009-10)
Uniforms
Home Away

The AirAsia Philippine Patriots (originally known as the Philippine Patriots) were a professional basketball team that played in the ASEAN Basketball League. It was the first team from the Philippines to play in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) and one of the teams that played in the inaugural season of the ABL.^[1] The team was co-owned by Michael "Mikee" Romero and businessman Antonio O. Cojuangco, Jr.

The Patriots played their home games at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. During its first season, some games were held at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. Both are located in Metro Manila.

The Patriots were the first ABL champions, winning the 2010 ABL Playoffs (playing as the Philippine Patriots). Shortly after, the "AirAsia" name was added to the team after Romero and Cojuangco became investors in Philippines AirAsia airline.

On July 30, 2012, Romero purchased the Powerade Tigers Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) franchise to be rechristened as the GlobalPort Batang Pier.^[2][3] Romero opted to focus on his new PBA team and the Patriots did not return for the 2013 ABL season.^[4]

Season-by-season records

League	Season	Regular season					Playoffs
		GP	W	L	Pts	Pos	Round	Result
ABL	2009–10	15	11	4	26	1st	Semifinals Finals	Philippines 2, Kuala Lumpur 0 Philippines 3, Satria Muda 0
	2010–11	15	9	6	18	2nd	Semifinals Finals	Philippines 2, Kuala Lumpur 0 Thailand 2, Philippines 0
	2012	21	16	5	32	2nd	Semifinals	Indonesia 2, Philippines 0
Total regular season		51	36	15	—	—	3 playoff appearances
Total playoffs		10	6	4	—	—	2 Finals appearances
Overall total		61	42	19	—	—	1 ABL championship

Achievements (2009-10)

Year	ABL Regular Season Position	ABL Grand Finals Position
2009-10	#1 seed	Champions

Final roster

AirAsia Philippine Patriots roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Ybañez, Warren 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 155 lb (70 kg) PSBA C 4 Miller, Nakiea (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Iona G/F 5 Wainwright, Rob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Solano CC G/F 8 Fernandez, Jonathan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) NU G/F 9 Adriano, Francis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) FEU G/F 10 Saldua, Eder 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FEU F 11 Laure, Eddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Adamson F/C 17 Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) FEU PG 18 Arellano, Marcy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UE PG 19 Vergara, Al 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) St. Francis of Assisi G/F 23 Johnson, Anthony (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Louisiana–Lafayette F/C 31 Rodriguez, Erick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Letran F 33 Raymundo, Angelus 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UE SG 38 Juntilla, Reed 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) UV G/F 45 Larong, Ardy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) USJ-R	Head coach Glenn Capacio (FEU) Assistant coach(es) Bogs Adornado (UST) Ryan Dy (Salazar) Allan Gamboa (UP Diliman) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended *(I) = Import Injured

Notable players

Patriots in the PBA

Players that played first for the Patriots before playing in the PBA:

• Nonoy Baclao
• Junjun Cabatu
• Elmer Espiritu
• Jerwin Gaco
• Kelvin Gregorio
• Khasim Mirza

Patriots with prior PBA experience:

• Froilan Baguion
• Egay Billones
• Alex Crisano
• Christian Coronel
• Benedict Fernandez
• Jonathan Fernandez
• Allan Salangsang
• Rob Wainwright
• Warren Ybañez

Imports

• Jason Dixon
• Gabe Freeman
• Brandon Powell
• Steve Thomas
• Rasheim Wright
• Nakiea Miller
• Anthony Johnson
• Chris Alexander

See also

• Harbour Centre Batang Pier (Philippine Basketball League team)
• GlobalPort Batang Pier (Philippine Basketball Association team)

References

1. The Teams at the Asean Basketball League: KL Dragons, Satria Muda BritAma, Brunei Barracudas, Philippines Patriots, Singapore Slingers, Thailand Tigers
2. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/07/30/12/coca-cola-sells-powerade-tigers-romero
3. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/goodbye-tigers-coca-cola-sells-powerade-pba-franchise-to-mikee-romero
4. http://sports.inquirer.net/105119/abl-looking-to-expand-next-year-says-official

External links

• http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com/teams/view/3/airasia-philippine-patriots