St Lucia Realtors
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Wikipedia - Pasig City MCW Sports
Pasig City MCW Sports was a Filipino professional basketball team based in Pasig. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and played their home games at both Pasig Sports Center and Ynares Sports Arena.
The team's first incarnation was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), which ran until 2000. The Pirates would later be revived with an MPBL expansion team for the 2018–19 season. Since the 2022 MPBL playoffs, the team has been sponsored by MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines.
The Pasig-based franchise also took part in FilBasket and in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.
History
First incarnation (1998–2000)
Pasig's basketball franchise was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. In 1999, the team was renamed as the Pasig-Rizal Pirates and would remain in the league until 2000.
Second incarnation (2018–present)
The Pasig Pirates were revived in 2018, when they became one of sixteen teams that were part of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's national expansion for its 2018–19 season. The Mark Andaya-led Pirates finished with a league-worst 4–21 record.
In the 2019–20 season, Sta. Lucia Land became the title sponsors of the Pasig franchise, becoming the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors, reviving the Realtors moniker used in the Philippine Basketball Association and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League.
La squadra è allenata da Boyet Fernandez. I giocatori di spicco della squadra includono Allein Maliksi, CJ Perez, e Rashawn McCarthy.
I Realtors hanno vinto il loro primo campionato PBA nel 2019. Hanno sconfitto i Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in quattro partite per vincere il titolo.
I Realtors sono una delle squadre più popolari della PBA. Hanno una base di fan fedele e sono noti per il loro stile di gioco aggressivo.
Ecco alcuni fatti interessanti sui St Lucia Realtors:
* Sono l'unica squadra della PBA a non avere un proprietario-giocatore.
* Sono l'unica squadra della PBA ad avere un allenatore straniero.
* Sono l'unica squadra della PBA a vincere un campionato nel loro anno di debutto.
* Sono l'unica squadra della PBA ad avere vinto un campionato senza perdere una partita.