Metropolitan Basketball AssociationThe Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), also shortened as Metroball, was a professional basketball league in the Philippines that ran for five seasons from 1998 until 2002. The MBA was established to rival the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The MBA contained between 8 and 15 teams which represented cities and provinces who played at home and away.Negros SlashersThe Negros Slashers, also known as the RCPI-Negros Slashers, were a professional basketball team in the Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998 to 2002. The team enjoyed considerable success, winning the MBA National Championship in 2002, the last season of the league. The team was based in Bacolod, Negros Occidental.
Philippine Basketball AssociationMen's professional basketball league in the PhilippinesThe Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and the second-oldest in the world after the National Basketball Association (NBA).
San Juan KnightsThe San Juan Knights (also abbreviated as SJK) are a Filipino professional basketball team based in San Juan. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. The team plays its home games at Playtime Filoil Centre. The team's first incarnation was established in 1999 as a member of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA) and played there until 2001.
Dondon HontiverosFilipino politician and former basketball player Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977) is a Filipino politician and professional basketball player and coach. He served as vice mayor of Cebu City twice: from 2021 to 2022 and from 2024 to 2025, both stints by virtue of succession. Hontiveros was first elected to the Cebu City Council in 2019, garnering the most votes.Manila MetrostarsThe Manila Metrostars were a professional basketball team in the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998 to 2001. The team was the 1999 MBA National Champions and holds the MBA record of winning 22 consecutive games during the said season. The team was merged with the Batangas Blades in the 2001 season.
Coach (sport)An athletic coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction, and training of a sports team or athlete. HistoryThe original sense of the word Coach is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the Hungarian city of Kocs where such vehicles were first made.
Cebu ColiseumThe Cebu Coliseum is an indoor arena located in Cebu City, Philippines. The arena is operated by the University of Cebu and has a capacity of around 5,000. It the primary venue for the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) and has also hosted games for the Philippine Basketball Association as well as the Cebu Gems of the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA).
BasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players each (excluding substitutes) oppose one another on a rectangular court. Players compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through a hoop (a basket mounted to a backboard) at each end of the court. Teams alternate between offense (when they attempt to score), and defense (when they try to prevent the opposing side from scoring).
Jean Henri LhuillierJean Henri Diago Lhuillier (Tagalog pronunciation:, born 1969) is a Filipino businessman, diplomat and sports patron. He is the president and CEO of the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies, which operates and manages Cebuana Lhuillier. EducationJean Henri Lhuillier was born to Philippe Lhuillier and Edna Diago. He has six other siblings. He attended Colegio de San Agustin and later, at the PAREF Southridge School in Muntinlupa.National Basketball ConferenceThe National Basketball Conference was a regional-based basketball league in the Philippines formed in 2004. The league was sanctioned by the Philippine national sport association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Teams were sponsored by the local government. In 2008, it merged with the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association (MVBA) and Third Force Inc. (TFI) to form the new Liga Pilipinas.
Marc PingrisFilipino basketball player (born 1981) Jean Marc Prado Pingris Jr. (born October 16, 1981) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Biñan Tatak Gel of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Regarded as an all-time great in Philippine basketball, he was named one of the Philippine Basketball Association's 40 Greatest Players.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.