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Bicolandia Oragons
The Bicol Volcanoes were a Filipino professional basketball team based in Legazpi, Albay. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2024. The team played its home games at Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and Albay Astrodome. The team was known as the Bicolandia Oragons during its final season. The team was founded as one of six expansion teams for the league's 2019–20 MPBL season, 2019–20 season. As of 2025, the Volcanoes/Oragons are only team in the league's history to be based in the Bicol Region. History Founded in 2019, the Bicol franchise joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as an expansion team for its 2019–20 MPBL season, 2019–20 season. The franchise was originally going to named the Albay Volcanoes, but changed its location identifier to Bicol to represent the entire region. Led by ex-PBA cager Ronjay Buenafe, the Volcanoes finished with a 16–14 record, clinching the eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's regional professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 30 teams. Founded in 2017 by eight-division boxing world champion and then-Senator Manny Pacquiao, the MPBL is not intended to be a competitor to the top-flight Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), but rather to provide a gateway for local, homegrown talents to showcase their skills. The league uses a home-and-away format, similar to the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. The MPBL started an amateur league before being granted professional status by the Games and Amusements Board. Due to Pacquiao's role in the league, it has also been referred to as Manny Pacquiao's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. The MPBL is the first in a series of leagues which bear the ''Maharlika Pilipinas'' name. It is followed by the Junior MPBL and Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA) in 2023, and the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MPBL All-Star Game
The MPBL All-Star Game is an exhibition game hosted by the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and showcases 30 of the league's star players. It is the main event of the greater MPBL All-Star Day, held during the latter part of the regular season alongside a series of pre-game events within the same day. The first All-Star Game was played at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on March 2, 2019. The two teams, representing the two divisions (North Division (MPBL), North and South Division (MPBL), South), are composed of fifteen players from the representing division. The head coaches of the team with the best record in each division leading up to All-Star gameday are chosen to coach their respective teams. Background The MPBL All-Star Game was introduced during the league's second season, the 2018–19 MPBL season, 2018–19 season. The first edition of the event took place on March 2, 2019, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. Two teams from each division, with fifteen players (thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Establishments In The Philippines
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MPBL Former Teams
The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's regional professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 30 teams. Founded in 2017 by eight-division boxing world champion and then-Senator Manny Pacquiao, the MPBL is not intended to be a competitor to the top-flight Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), but rather to provide a gateway for local, homegrown talents to showcase their skills. The league uses a home-and-away format, similar to the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. The MPBL started an amateur league before being granted professional status by the Games and Amusements Board. Due to Pacquiao's role in the league, it has also been referred to as Manny Pacquiao's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. The MPBL is the first in a series of leagues which bear the ''Maharlika Pilipinas'' name. It is followed by the Junior MPBL and Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA) in 2023, and the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicolandia Oragons
The Bicol Volcanoes were a Filipino professional basketball team based in Legazpi, Albay. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2024. The team played its home games at Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and Albay Astrodome. The team was known as the Bicolandia Oragons during its final season. The team was founded as one of six expansion teams for the league's 2019–20 MPBL season, 2019–20 season. As of 2025, the Volcanoes/Oragons are only team in the league's history to be based in the Bicol Region. History Founded in 2019, the Bicol franchise joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as an expansion team for its 2019–20 MPBL season, 2019–20 season. The franchise was originally going to named the Albay Volcanoes, but changed its location identifier to Bicol to represent the entire region. Led by ex-PBA cager Ronjay Buenafe, the Volcanoes finished with a 16–14 record, clinching the eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Yee
Mark Yee (born January 4, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Abra Solid North Weavers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). A two-time Philippine Basketball Association champion, Yee has seen much success after joining the MPBL in 2018, where he won Finals MVP with the Davao Occidental Tigers in 2021. He is also the only player in MPBL history to notch two Defensive Player of the Year awards. He also has three all-star selections on top of his two appearances in the All-MPBL First Team. PBA career Mark Yee declared for the PBA draft in 2008, but wasn't picked. He would still take part in PBA action after joining the Burger King Whoppers. He would continue to play in the PBA until 2018 where he last played with the Columbian Dyip. Post-PBA career Davao Occidental Tigers (2018–2021) In 2018, Yee joining the Davao Occidental Tigers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), and immediately became a key player for the team i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Tallo
Mark Jayven "Mac" Tallo (born January 2, 1994) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Pangasinan Heatwaves franchise of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and Pilipinas Super League (PSL). Career First PBA stint Tallo started his professional career with the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA, having been selected 10th overall by TNT KaTropa in the 2017 PBA draft. but later played for the NLEX Road Warriors. First MPBL stint Tallo has played in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) specifically for the Bacolod Master Sardines, Manila Stars, and the Bicol Volcanoes. Chooks-to-Go 3x3 Tallo is also a 3x3 basketball player and has suited up for Chooks-to-Go's 3x3 pro circuit teams. until 2023. Second PBA stint He has played for the Converge FiberXers in a pre-season tournament in a lead up to the 2023–24 PBA season. He later signed a two-year contract with the team. On February 7, 2024, his contract was terminated by the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphy Reyes
Raphael Carlo "Raphy" Reyes is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Bicolandia Oragons of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He is a former UE Red Warrior and the point guard for the Big Chill Super Chargers in the PBA D-League. He was drafted 19th overall in the 2012 PBA draft by the Alaska Aces. PBA career statistics Season-by-season averages , - , align=left , , align=left , Alaska , 34 , , 7.9 , , .469 , , .312 , , .857 , , .4 , , .7 , , .3 , , .0 , , 2.4 , - , align=left , , align=left , Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ... , 14 , , 5.0 , , .533 , , .000 , , .500 , , .4 , , .4 , , .3 , , .0 , , 1.2 , - , align=left , , align=left , Blackwater , 21 , , 16.5 , , .396 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Nuyles
Alexander Nuyles (born July 25, 1989) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who last played for the Bicol Volcanoes of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 9th overall by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the 2013 PBA draft. He was left unprotected by Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the 2014 PBA Expansion Draft. He was then selected by the Blackwater Elite with their third pick in the expansion draft. In March 2015, Nuyles was traded to Kia (now Mahindra) for Reil Cervantes. UAAP career statistics PBA career statistics ''Correct as of July 18, 2015'' at PBA-Online! ;Season-by-season averages , - , align="left" , , align="left" , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Martinez (basketball)
James Vincent R. Martinez (born January 31, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Ho Chi Minh City Wings of the Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA). Career Philippine Basketball Association He was drafted with the 18th overall pick by the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the 2011 PBA Draft and was later signed by the Powerade Tigers before the start of the upcoming season that time. During his short tenure in the PBA, he played both the point guard and the shooting guard positions. He played a season with the Powerade Tigers on the 2011–12 PBA season. On July 30, 2012, Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. announced that their PBA team, the Powerade Tigers, was sold to Sultan 900, Inc. which is owned and represented by its chairman and CEO Michael Romero. The Board of Governors unanimously approved the purchase on a special board meeting on August 17. PBA D-League and MPBL After his PBA stint, Martinez played for AMA Online Education of the PBA D-League in 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Javier
Christopher Joyce Fernando Javier (born December 6, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Bataan Risers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 5th overall by Star in the 2016 PBA draft. Early life The young Javier learned the rudiments of the game of basketball when he participated in a camp held by former PBA player Ed Cordero sometime in 2005. A year later, he was recruited by the San Beda Red Cubs, which he helped win more championships in the high school division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. When it was time for him to move to college, he planned to enroll at De La Salle University with fellow Red Cub Alfonzo Gotladera but was advised to play elsewhere to avoid playing in the shadow of his teammate. Collegiate career Javier played his entire five-year collegiate career for the UE Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. He posted career averages of 7.1 points and 5.1 rebo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Ilad
Brian Ilad (born June 13, 1985) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Bicol Volcanoes of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He previously played for the Air21 Express of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 16th overall in 2011 by the B-Meg Llamados. He was traded to the Clickers for Mark Barroca. College career Ilad played for the De La Salle Green Archers. In 2007, He was one of the members of the team which won the title against the UE Red Warriors who finished 14–0 in the elimination round gaining an outright finals berth in a sweep 2-0. On that last game where the Red Warriors were gunning for a 14–0 sweep, Ilad, who was on the bench, punched UE's Mark Fampulme on the back of the head. Ilad was then issued a disqualifying foul, and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines suspended Ilad for five games; as the Green Archers could only play five games or less, Ilad was effectively suspended f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
