Biñan Tatak Gel

The Biñan Tatak Gel is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Biñan, Laguna. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. They are one of five teams based in the Calabarzon region.

Biñan Tatak Gel
2024 Biñan Tatak Gel season
League	MPBL (2018–present) PSL (2023–present)
Founded	2018 (2018)
History	Laguna Heroes 2018–2019, 2021–2022 Biñan City Heroes 2019 Biñan City Luxxe White 2019–2020 Laguna Krah Asia 2023 Biñan Tatak Gel 2023–present
Arena	Alonte Sports Arena
Location	Biñan, Laguna
Team colors
Main sponsor	Beast Motorcycle Tires GameX Sports
Head coach	Boyet Fernandez
Ownership	Monching Talisayon

The team began play during the 2018–19 season as the Laguna Heroes. The original name references the national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal, who was born in Calamba. The team has also played in the Pilipinas Super League.

As of 2023, Laguna/Biñan is the oldest MPBL team to have yet to make a playoff appearance. They are also tied with the Parañaque Patriots for the longest playoff drought in the league, both having missed the playoffs since 2019.

History

2018–2023: Original franchise

The Laguna Heroes joined the MPBL as one of sixteen expansion teams for the 2018–19 season. The team finished with a 10-15 record, finishing ninth in the South Division.

For the 2019–20 season, the team was renamed as the BIñan City Krah Heroes and later as Biñan City Luxxe White. The team finished in tenth with a 12-18 record, matching their winning percentage from last season.

Entering the 2021 Invitational, the team was renamed as Laguna Heroes Krah Asia, bringing back the team's old name. In the Invitational, the team lost in all of their group stage games. In the 2022 season, the team only won three of their 21 games, giving them the second-worst record in the division and third-worst in the league.

In 2023, the team was renamed to Laguna Krah Asia.

2023–present: Current franchise

In November 2023, the Imus SV Squad relocated to Biñan and renamed the team as Biñan Tatak Gel. The team competed in the Pilipinas Super League for the 2023–24 President's Cup. With a 17–1 record, Biñan held the best regular season record of the season. Despite making through the first two rounds, Biñan would eventually lose to the Quezon Titans in the Semifinals.

Imus' relocation to Biñan is expected to stay for the 2024 MPBL season, while a new team named the Imus Agimat also joined the league. For consistency purposes, Biñan Tatak Gel's records in Imus were transferred to the new Imus team while the records of the previous Laguna/Biñan City team were merged into Biñan Tatak Gel.

Current roster

Biñan Tatak Gel roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 0 Raymundo, Pamboy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1989–05–30 San Sebastian F/C 3 Hayes, Marvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–13 José Rizal G 5 Mallari, Jeymark G/F 7 Peñaredondo, Joseph 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) St. Clare F 8 Lopez, Nathaniel F 9 Canaleta, KG 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982–02–12 UE G/F 10 Actub, Poypoy G/F 11 Grey, Jonathan G/F 12 Chan, Tyron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Centro Escolar G 13 Helterbrand, Jayjay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1976–10–14 Kentucky State F 14 Cuntapay, Dami F/C 15 Pingris, Marc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–10–16 PSBA G/F 17 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981–11–13 De La Salle G/F 18 Maestre, Michael 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G/F 22 Lastimosa, Carlo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1990–09–03 St. Benilde F 23 Nimes, Josan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–11 Mapúa F 24 Hallare, Junjie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) St. Clare F/C 25 Decano, Aron G/F 26 Estrada, John Sherick G 27 Manalang, Robbie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 1993–02–27 Adamson F 29 Peralta, Tonton F 30 Peter, Afaro F/C 31 Gimpayan, Jaymar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum G/F 44 Sual, Ryan G/F 51 Baetiong, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1996–01–26 Lyceum G/F 77 Pido, JJ G 88 Rocacurva, Kenny Roger 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F/C 91 Gaco, Gerwin F – Galang, Megan	Head coach Boyet Fernandez Legend (HG) Homegrown (FF) Filipino-foreigner (SGL) Special Guest Licensee Injured Roster – via Genius Sports

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Ref.
1	Alexander Angeles	2018
2	Nath Gregorio	2018–19
3	Alexander Angeles	2019
4	Denok Miranda	2019–20
5	Victor Escudero	2021
5	Nath Gregorio	2022–2023
6	Boyet Fernandez	2024

Notable players

Biñan Tatak Gel notable players
Player	Position	Tenure	Awards	All-Star
Michael Mabulac		2018–2019	1x All-MPBL Second Team (2019)	1 (2019)
Paolo Pontejos		2018–present	—	1 (2022)
Allan Mangahas		2019–2020	—	1 (2020)

Season-by-season records

	League champions
	Division champions
	Qualified for playoffs
	Best regular season record

Season	Regular season							Playoffs
	Division	Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
Laguna Heroes
2018–19 Datu Cup	South	9th	25	10	15	.400	10	Did not qualify
Biñan City Luxxe White
2019–20 Lakan Season	South	10th	30	12	18	.400	14	Did not qualify
Laguna Heroes
2022	South	10th	21	3	18	.143	15	Did not qualify
Laguna Krah Asia
2023	South	13th	27	4	23	.148	18.5	Did not qualify
Biñan Tatak Gel
2024	South	To be determined
All-time regular season record			103	29	74	.282		0 playoff appearances
All-time playoff record			0	0	0	–		0 Finals appearances
All-time overall record			103	29	74	.282		0 championships

External links

• Official Facebook page