Philippine Patriots

The Philippine Patriots, known as the AirAsia Philippine Patriots from 2010 to 2012 due to sponsorship reasons with Philippines AirAsia, 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.

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 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

League	Season	Regular season					Playoffs
		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

Year	ABL regular-season position	ABL grand-finals position
2009–10	#1 seed	Champions
2010–11	#2 seed	Runner-up

Final roster

AirAsia Philippine Patriots roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Warren Ybañez 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 155 lb (70 kg) PSBA C 4 Nakiea Miller (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Iona G/F 5 Rob Wainwright 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Solano CC G/F 8 Jonathan Fernandez 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) National-U G/F 9 Francis Adriano 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Far Eastern G/F 10 Eder Saldua 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F 11 Eddie Laure 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Adamson F/C 17 Aldrech Ramos 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern PG 18 Marcy Arellano 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UE PG 19 Al Vergara 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi G/F 23 Anthony Johnson (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Louisiana F/C 31 Erick Rodriguez 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Letran F 33 Bogs Raymundo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UE SG 38 Reed Juntilla 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Visayas G/F 45 Ardy Larong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) USJ–R

Head coach Glenn Capacio (Far Eastern) Assistant(s) Bogs Adornado (UST) Ryan Dy (SCSIT) Allan Gamboa (UP Diliman) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended *(I) = Import Injured

Notable players

Patriots in the PBA

Players that played first for the Patriots before playing in the PBA:

• Nonoy Baclao
• Junjun Cabatu
• Elmer Espiritu
• Jerwin Gaco
• Kelvin Gregorio
• Khasim Mirza

Patriots with prior PBA experience:

• Froilan Baguion
• Egay Billones
• Alex Crisano
• Christian Coronel
• Benedict Fernandez
• Jonathan Fernandez
• Allan Salangsang
• Rob Wainwright
• Warren Ybañez

Imports

• Jason Dixon
• Gabe Freeman
• Brandon Powell
• Steve Thomas
• Rasheim Wright
• Donald Little
• Nakiea Miller
• Anthony Johnson
• Chris Alexander

See also

• Harbour Centre Batang Pier (Philippine Basketball League team)
• GlobalPort Batang Pier (Philippine Basketball Association team)