26-695: Juneric "Jong" Davalos Baloria (born June 3, 1990) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 30th overall pick by the Blackwater Elite in the 2014 PBA draft . He was traded to the NLEX Road Warriors along with 2016 and 2017 second round picks for Jason Ballesteros and Sunday Salvacion . Baloria
52-758: A game played at De La Salle Lipa in Lipa , and a game at FPJ Arena in San Jose . Zamboanga and Batangas City have faced each other in the playoffs in three consecutive occasions from 2019 to 2022 , all of which went the full three games. Batangas City won the series in 2019. As of 2023, the two teams have met a total of thirteen times in the MPBL. Finals Most Valuable Player All-MPBL First Team All-MPBL Second Team All-Star selections All-Star Game head coaches Ex-PBA players Drafted to PBA FilBasket AsiaBasket
78-546: A member of the league's South Division . They are one of five active teams based in the Calabarzon region and play their home games at Batangas City Sports Coliseum. The team joined in 2018 as one of the founding teams of the MPBL, backed by Tanduay Distillers as part of the beverage company's athletics program, having previously owned a team in the Philippine Basketball Association . The team first went by
104-735: A trend of MPBL teams taking part in other leagues during the off-season. FilBasket began its first tournament, the Subic Championship , on October 28, 2021, after securing approval from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for a bubble tournament at the Subic Bay Gymnasium. The tournament, however, did get
130-704: Is an Asian men's professional basketball league founded in 2021. The league hosts tournaments mainly consisting of professional and collegiate teams based in Southeast Asia . Originally called the Filipino Basketball League, or FilBasket in short, it initially began as a domestic basketball tournament in the Philippines . Its first tournament was the 2021 Subic Championship held in October 2021. The league began inviting international teams in 2022, marking
156-463: The 2024 International Championship , which will take place at Enderun Colleges in Taguig beginning July 9, 2024. The following teams will compete in the 2024 AsiaBasket International Championship . The following teams competed in previous tournaments since the 2022 FilBasket International Championship , the first to include international teams as regular competitors. The following teams competed in
182-605: The Batangas City Athletics before changing to Batangas City Embassy Chill in 2022 to promote one of Tanduay's own products. The team later changed its name to the Tanduay Rum Masters in 2024. The Batangas City franchise has also played in FilBasket . One of the most successful teams in the MPBL, Batangas City won the inaugural championship in 2018 and has made three division finals appearances. They currently have
208-547: The disputed by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) regarding its amateur status, with the GAB contending that it is a professional league, and later issuing a cease and desist order. Eventually, the GAB didn't go further with the legal action and FilBasket would subsequently begin the transition to professional status after sending a letter of intent to the GAB, which would be competed by February 2022. As FilBasket turned professional,
234-584: The #1 seed San Beda Red Lions . Baloria scored only six points in the game, to see the Altas lose by 19 points to be eliminated. Baloria was named 2013 NCAA Rookie of the Year after finishing 11th in statistical points. After the 2013 NCAA season, Baloria suited up for the Big Chill Super Chargers PBA D-League team, scoring 22 points on his debut game. In the 2013 Philippine Collegiate Championship ,
260-716: The Altas were eliminated by the NU Bulldogs in the Sweet 16 round, with Baloria scoring 24 points; Baloria could've sent the game into overtime but his shot missed the rim completely. As part of the warm-ups for the NCAA Season 90 basketball tournaments , the Altas participated in the 2014 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup . Baloria scored 43 points in a win against the De La Salle Green Archers , but were still eliminated from playoff contention. The Altas wounded up fourth after
286-537: The Batangas City Athletics were founded as one of the league's ten charter teams. With a record of 8-1, Batangas City captured the league's best record and made it to the 2018 MPBL Rajah Cup finals , where they beat the Muntinlupa Cagers , three games to one, to become the inaugural MPBL champions. In the 2018–19 season , Batangas City ended the season with a record of 13-10 to claim the second seed in
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#1732851800300312-674: The Southern Division. The team failed to defend their championship, after they lost to the Davao Occidental Tigers in the division finals in three games. In the 2019–20 season , Batangas City made their third straight playoff appearance with a record of 19-11, but lost to the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines in the First Round in three games. The team opted out of the 2021 Invitational before returning in 2022 , in which
338-456: The Tanduay-backed franchise were among the teams that took part in FilBasket . The team first took part in the 2021 Subic Championship . The Athletics finished 8th, but lost to eventual champions AICC Manila. Right before the 2022 MPBL season, the franchise took part in the succeeding 2022 Summer Championship , marking the franchise's first professional outing. As the Tanduay Rum Masters,
364-471: The elimination round of the 2014 NCAA season to face the San Beda Red Lions in the semifinals, but they lost against them for the second consecutive year, with Baloria scoring 20 points in the semifinal. On August 27, Baloria was picked 30th overall in the 2014 PBA draft by expansion team Blackwater Sports . On September, Blackwater dealt Baloria to fellow expansion club NLEX Road Warriors . Baloria
390-764: The first time the league featured a team based outside of Asia. AsiaBasket then intended to host its first tournament in Visayas with the 2024 Cebu Championship. It was initially announced to start in April at the Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu before moving to the Toledo City Sports Center in Toledo, Cebu , and subsequently postponing it to May. The tournament would eventually not push through and would later be replaced by
416-651: The league began attracting the Asian basketball market with the 2022 Summer Championship , which ran from March until May 2022. The tournament featured the first international team: the Kuala Lumpur Aseel based in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , being invited as a guest team. The following tournament would also be its first international tournament, the 2022 International Championship held in the latter part of 2022 in Malaysia. It
442-793: The league previously stated that the FilBasket name would be retained for local competitions in the Philippines, the AsiaBasket name was still used for the 2023 Las Piñas Championship in July 2023, which featured an all-Filipino roster of teams competing in Las Piñas . The 2023 Dasmariñas Championship then took place in Dasmariñas , Cavite , Philippines in November 2023, and featured United States –based Statham Academy led by Filipino-American Taylor Statham, marking
468-646: The second-highest all-time regular season winning percentage among active teams at .717, only behind the San Juan Knights . To date, they are the only MPBL team to make a playoff appearance in every season of the league's existence. Tanduay's involvement with basketball can be traced back to the Tanduay Rhum Masters that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 to 1987 and again from 1999 to 2001 . In 2018 ,
494-465: The start of the league's international expansion. The league was renamed as AsiaBasket beginning with the 2023 International Championship . Seven teams have won the championship once, with the most recent champions being the NU Bulldogs , who won the 2024 International Championship . FilBasket was established by former UAAP player Jai Reyes and Buddy Encarnado of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League 's Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors in 2021. It
520-430: The team finished the elimination round 11–0, winning every game. During the playoffs, they first beat Muntinlupa in the quarterfinals but would get swept by the fifth-seeded San Juan Knights in the semifinals. The franchise has played most of its home slate at Batangas City Sports Coliseum. The team did play some games at other venues across the province, which includes a few games played at Batangas State University ,
546-481: The team was renamed to Batangas City Embassy Chill. With a 17-4 record, the team made their fourth straight playoff appearance, once again making a run to the division finals, where they would once again fall to Zamboanga in three games. For the 2023 Preseason Invitational , the team was temporarily renamed as the Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters. As the MPBL postponed its fourth season to 2022,
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#1732851800300572-558: Was a member of the UPHSD Altas , the men's varsity basketball team of the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) started at the NCAA Season 89 basketball tournaments in 2013. He was named NCAA Player of the Week after leading the Altas to winning both of their games of the week in July 2013. Perpetual Help finished fourth after the elimination round, scoring a semifinal match-up against
598-505: Was also the first tournament under the current format, replacing the traditional round-robin format of other Philippine basketball leagues with a group-stage format. On March 3, 2023, FilBasket announced their renaming to AsiaBasket to accommodate with the expansion into the Asian basketball market. The first tournament under the AsiaBasket name was the 2023 International Championship , which also took place in Malaysia in April 2023. Although
624-540: Was founded as a means to provide a platform for basketball players whose careers were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines . This includes players of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League which saw its 2019–20 season suspended and the succeeding 2021 season delayed due to COVID-19 measures. Hence, multiple MPBL teams joined the FilBasket tournaments as a way to continue playing competitive games, beginning
650-652: Was prohibited to sign with any PBA team while the NCAA season was ongoing. After the Altas were eliminated, UPHSD coach Aric del Rosario that Baloria is ready for the PBA after he led the NCAA in scoring. Baloria debuted in NLEX's win against the GlobalPort Batang Pier , but scored no points. Baloria scored three points in NLEX's next game, a loss against the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters . He
676-520: Was traded to the Enforcer in a deal that sent Sean Anthony to NLEX (from Meralco via Mahindra) which gave up 2016 and 2017 second round picks. As of the end of 2021 season Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters The Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters are a professional basketball team based in Batangas City , Batangas . The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as
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