Nicholas Stoodley

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Nicholas Stoodley
CompanyNicholas Stoodley
Head coachJerry Weber
Championships Philippine Basketball Association (1)
1980 Invitational

Nicholas Stoodley was an American basketball team owned by fashion brand of the same name which played and won the 1980 PBA Invitational championship. Consisted of American players, it is the first guest team to won a Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) championship.

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History

In 1980, United States-based fashion brand Nicholas Stoodley formed a basketball team to take part at the 1980 Invitational championship of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). [1] [2] Nicknamed the Fashionmakers, [3] the team consists of twelve American players who are either looking to get scouted in the NBA or earn a new stint as imports for a regular PBA franchise team. [4] [5] The team was coached by Jerry Weber. [4] [6]

They became the first-ever guest team to win a tournament in the PBA. They won 2–0 at the expense of the Toyota Tamaraws team in the best-of-three finals. [2] [7] [8]

Players

Legacy

Nicholas Stoodley is the first-ever guest team to win a PBA championship. Nicholas Stoodley, the fashion brand, later sponsored the South Korean national team's guest participation in the 1982 Invitational championship. [7] The national team playing as Northern Consolidated Cement is the first local guest team and second guest team overall to win a championship when it won the 1985 Reinforced Conference. [3] As of the 2022–23 season, Nicholas Stoodley remains the only foreign guest team to win a conference. [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ Velasco, Bill (March 12, 2012). "Beauty product maker braves D-League". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Mendoza, Al S. (December 27, 2022). "History galore in PBA Finals". BusinessMirror. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Terrado, Reuben (September 27, 2022). "List: Most memorable, and forgettable, guest teams in PBA history". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Birth of a legend: Revisiting Sonny Jaworski's Toyota days". ESPN.com. March 6, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ Clarito, Ariel Ian (December 14, 2022). "The last time a guest team won a PBA title". Rappler. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ Henson, Joaquin (February 16, 2021). "Gilas eligible to win PBA title". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "National teams in the PBA (Part 1): The Ron Jacobs-NCC era". ESPN.com. February 14, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "47 interesting trivia about the PBA". ESPN.com. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 Joble, Rey (August 16, 2022). "This Day in PBA History: League holds second invitational tournament". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ Henson, Joaquin (September 25, 2022). "Com's Cup by numbers". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ "History beckons". Daily Tribune. January 13, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
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