AirAsia Philippine Patriots

AirAsia Philippine Patriots
AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Leagues	ASEAN Basketball League
Founded	2009
Withdrew	2012
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)
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 edit

League	Season	Regular season					Playoffs
League	Season	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 edit

Year	ABL Regular Season Position	ABL Grand Finals Position
2009–10	#1 seed	Champions
2010–11	#2 seed	Runner-up

Final roster edit

AirAsia Philippine Patriots roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	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)	National-U
G/F	9	Adriano, Francis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Far Eastern
G/F	10	Saldua, Eder	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)		Far Eastern
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)	Far Eastern
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)	Saint Francis of Assisi
G/F	23	Johnson, Anthony (I)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Louisiana
F/C	31	Rodriguez, Erick	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Letran
F	33	Raymundo, Bogs	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)	Visayas
G/F	45	Larong, Ardy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	USJ–R