Basilan-BRT Peace Riders are a professional

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team in the

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History

The Basilan Steel was the fifth expansion team of the

from Visayas and Mindanao. Then known as the Basilan Shooters Their application was accepted by the league in May 2018 who reasoned that they want to show the beauty of the team's home locality,

Basilan Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan ( cbk, Provincia de Basilan; yka, Wilayah Basilanin; tsg, Wilaya' sin Basilan; fil, Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Re ...

, "thru basketball". They formally joined the MPBL on May 19, 2018, after the team entered into a contract with the league. They changed their name to the Basilan Steel by May 25, 2018. The team make their debut in 2018 Anta Datu Cup. In the 2019–20 MPBL Lakan season, the Basilan Steel reached the Division Finals. However the games were postponed due to the

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with the league resuming under a bubble format. Basilan defaulted its games due to its players testing positive for COVID-19 with Davao Occidental advancing to the finals. Disagreements on how the bubble tournament was organized led to Basilan leaving the MPBL altogether. In 2021, Basilan moved from the MPBL to the

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changing their name to the Peace Riders. Consequentially, the team became a professional team. The core of Basilan would also form part of the AICC Manila team which clinched the FilBasket Subic Championship in late 2021.

All-time roster

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(MPBL 2018–2019) * Ashrafh Abdullah (MPBL 2018–2019) * Mark Anthony “Macky” Acosta (MPBL 2018–2019) * Shaq Alanes (MPBL 2019–2021, VisMin 2021 1st) *

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(FilBasket 2021) * Jayvee Ansaldo (MPBL 2018, VisMin 2021 2nd) *

Juneric Baloria Juneric "Jong" Davalos Baloria (born June 3, 1990) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Batangas City Embassy Chill of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 30th overall pick by the Blackwater Elite in ...

(VisMin 2021 1st, FilBasket 2021) * Bobby Balucanag (MPBL 2019–2020, VisMin 2021 1st, FilBasket 2021) *

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(MPBL 2018–2019) * Jhapz Bautista (MPBL 2018–2020) *

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Jonathan Belorio Jonathan may refer to: * Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

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Chris Bitoon Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...

(VisMin 2021 1st, FilBasket 2021) *

Jong Bondoc Jong may refer to: Surname *Chung (Korean surname), spelled Jong in North Korea * Zhong (surname), spelled Jong in the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system *Common Dutch surname "de Jong"; see ** De Jong ** De Jonge ** De Jongh * Erica Jong (born 1942), Americ ...

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Mark Anthony Bringas Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

(MPBL 2019–2021, VisMin 2021 1st, FilBasket 2021) *

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(MPBL 2019–2020) *

April Jay Butallid April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with ...

(VisMin 2021 2nd) *

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(VisMin 2021 2nd) * Francis Camacho (MPBL 2018) * Jessie James “Jay” Collado (MPBL 2019–2021, VisMin 2021 1st, FilBasket 2021) * Ferdinand Dennis Daa (MPBL 2018–2020, VisMin 2021 2nd) *

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