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.
^The Teams at the Asean Basketball League: KL Dragons, Satria Muda BritAma, Brunei Barracudas, Philippines Patriots, Singapore Slingers, Thailand Tigers 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
^"Coca-Cola sells Powerade Tigers to Romero". 30 July 2012.
^. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
^"ABL looking to expand next year, says official". 16 June 2013.
airasia, philippine, patriots, originally, known, philippine, patriots, were, professional, basketball, team, that, played, asean, basketball, league, first, team, from, philippines, play, asean, basketball, league, teams, that, played, inaugural, season, team. The AirAsia Philippine Patriots originally known as the Philippine Patriots 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 AirAsia Philippine PatriotsLeaguesASEAN Basketball LeagueFounded2009Withdrew2012HistoryPhilippine Patriots 2009 2010 AirAsia Philippine Patriots 2010 2012 ArenaYnares Sports Arena Pasig 2009 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan 2012 Team colorsRed Blue Black and White PresidentMikee RomeroTony Boy CojuangcoHead coachGlenn CapacioChampionships1 2009 10 HomeAwayThe 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 Contents 1 Season by season records 2 Achievements 2009 10 3 Final roster 4 Notable players 4 1 Patriots in the PBA 4 2 Imports 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksSeason by season records EditLeague Season Regular season PlayoffsGP W L Pts Pos Round ResultABL 2009 10 15 11 4 26 1st SemifinalsFinals Philippines 2 Kuala Lumpur 0Philippines 3 Satria Muda 02010 11 15 9 6 18 2nd SemifinalsFinals Philippines 2 Kuala Lumpur 0Thailand 2 Philippines 02012 21 16 5 32 2nd Semifinals Indonesia 2 Philippines 0Total regular season 51 36 15 3 playoff appearancesTotal playoffs 10 6 4 2 Finals appearancesOverall total 61 42 19 1 ABL championshipAchievements 2009 10 EditYear ABL Regular Season Position ABL Grand Finals Position2009 10 1 seed ChampionsFinal roster EditAirAsia Philippine Patriots rosterPlayers CoachesPos POB Name Height Weight DOB YYYY MM DD FromG 3 Ybanez Warren 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m 155 lb 70 kg PSBAC 4 Miller Nakiea I 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 238 lb 108 kg IonaG F 5 Wainwright Rob 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 200 lb 91 kg Solano CCG F 8 Fernandez Jonathan 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 205 lb 93 kg National UG F 9 Adriano Francis 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 185 lb 84 kg Far EasternG F 10 Saldua Eder 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m Far EasternF 11 Laure Eddie 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 195 lb 88 kg AdamsonF C 17 Ramos Aldrech 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 170 lb 77 kg Far EasternPG 18 Arellano Marcy 5 ft 9 in 1 75 m 175 lb 79 kg UEPG 19 Vergara Al 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m 165 lb 75 kg St Francis of AssisiG F 23 Johnson Anthony I 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 225 lb 102 kg LouisianaF C 31 Rodriguez Erick 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 198 lb 90 kg LetranF 33 Raymundo Angelus 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 215 lb 98 kg UESG 38 Juntilla Reed 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 180 lb 82 kg VisayasG F 45 Larong Ardy 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 185 lb 84 kg USJ R Head coach Glenn Capacio Far Eastern Assistant coach es Bogs Adornado UST Ryan Dy SCSIT Allan Gamboa UP Diliman Legend C Team captain DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended I Import InjuredNotable players EditPatriots in the PBA Edit Players that played first for the Patriots before playing in the PBA Nonoy Baclao Junjun Cabatu Elmer Espiritu Jerwin Gaco Kelvin Gregorio Khasim MirzaPatriots with prior PBA experience Froilan Baguion Egay Billones Alex Crisano Christian Coronel Benedict Fernandez Jonathan Fernandez Allan Salangsang Rob Wainwright Warren YbanezImports Edit Jason Dixon Gabe Freeman Brandon Powell Steve Thomas Rasheim Wright Nakiea Miller Anthony Johnson Chris AlexanderSee also EditHarbour Centre Batang Pier Philippine Basketball League team GlobalPort Batang Pier Philippine Basketball Association team References Edit The Teams at the Asean Basketball League KL Dragons Satria Muda BritAma Brunei Barracudas Philippines Patriots Singapore Slingers Thailand Tigers Archived 2009 11 24 at the Wayback Machine Coca Cola sells Powerade Tigers to Romero 30 July 2012 Goodbye Tigers Coca Cola sells Powerade PBA franchise to Mikee Romero InterAKTV Archived from the original on 2012 09 01 Retrieved 2012 08 20 ABL looking to expand next year says official 16 June 2013 External links Edithttp www aseanbasketballleague com teams view 3 airasia philippine patriots Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AirAsia Philippine Patriots amp oldid 1106245532, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
