St Lucia Realtors
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Wikipedia - Pasig City MCW Sports
Pasig City MCW Sports is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Pasig. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. They are one of four teams based in Metro Manila's Eastern District and play their home games at 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.
Die St. Lucia Realtors haben in ihrer Geschichte noch keine Meisterschaft gewonnen, aber sie waren zweimal im Finale vertreten. Im Jahr 1994 verloren sie gegen die San Miguel Beermen und im Jahr 1998 gegen die Alaska Aces.
Die bekanntesten Spieler der St. Lucia Realtors sind:
* Jojo Lastimosa
* Allan Caidic
* Dondon Hontiveros
* Marlou Aquino
* Danny Seigle
Die St. Lucia Realtors sind eine der beliebtesten Mannschaften in der PBA und haben eine große Fangemeinde. Die Mannschaft ist bekannt für ihren schnellen und offensiven Spielstil.