Pasig City MCW Sports is a
Filipino
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professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
team representing
Pasig
Pasig, officially the City of Pasig ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people.
It is located along t ...
. It was originally known as the Pasig Pirates, the Pasig Blue Pirates and the Pasig-Rizal Pirates from 1998 to 2000 in the now-defunct
Metropolitan Basketball Association
The Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), or Metroball, was a professional basketball league in the Philippines that ran from March 7, 1998, to July 26, 2002.
History
The MBA played its first game on March 7, 1998, at the Don Narciso Ramos ...
.
Since the
2022 MPBL Playoffs the team has been sponsored by MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines.
Notable players
MBA
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Paul Alvarez
Paul Beleno "Bong" Alvarez (born June 15, 1968) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. Dubbed as "Mr. Excitement" because of his high-leaping, slam-dunking acts.
Basketball career
At the ...
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Bong Ravena
Ferdinand "Bong" Ravena II (born May 22, 1970) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was nicknamed The Raven during his playin ...
* Jonathan De Guzman
* Jay Magat
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Dorian Peña
* John Dumont
MPBL
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Francis Adriano
Francis Adriano (born September 24, 1975) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. Drafted 6th overall by Sta. Lucia Realtors, Sta. Lucia in 2001 PBA draft, 2001, he started his pro career with the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball ...
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Matthew Aquino
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Early life and education
Aquino was born on September 28, 1996, to M ...
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Boyet Bautista
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Nic Belasco
Nicholas M. Bayaca Belasco (born December 10, 1973) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 2nd overall by Sunkis ...
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Ronjay Enrile
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Josan Nimes
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Jeric Teng
Jeric Allen Uy Teng (born March 18, 1991) is a Filipino basketball player. He was drafted 12th overall by Rain or Shine in the 2013 PBA draft. He played college ball for the UST Growling Tigers in the UAAP.
College career
Rookie season
Teng ...
Team roster
Head coaches
* James Machate (2018-2019)
* Ronjay Enrile (2019–2020)
* Bong Dela Cruz (2020–2022)
* Ogie Gumatay (2022–present)
Season-by-season records
:''Records from the
2022-23 MPBL season
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See also
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Sta. Lucia Realtors
The Sta. Lucia Realtors were a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1993 to 2010. Prior to joining the PBA, it played in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) from 1987 to 1992.
In 2015, a new Sta. ...
(PBA)
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Sta. Lucia Realtors
The Sta. Lucia Realtors were a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1993 to 2010. Prior to joining the PBA, it played in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) from 1987 to 1992.
In 2015, a new Sta. ...
(PCBL)
References
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Basketball teams established in 1998
1998 establishments in the Philippines
Sports teams in Metro Manila
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League teams
Metropolitan Basketball Association teams