Pasig City MCW Sports

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Pasig City MCW Sports
Pasig City MCW Sports logo.png
League MBA (1998–2000)
MPBL (2018–present)
FilBasket (2021–2022)
Founded1998;26 years ago (1998) (first incarnation)
2018;6 years ago (2018) (second incarnation)
HistoryPasig Blue Pirates
1998
Pasig-Rizal Pirates
1999–2000
Pasig Pirates
2018–2019
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors
2019–2021
Pasig City
2022
Pasig City MCW Sports
2022–2023
Arena Ynares Sports Arena
Location Pasig
Team colors   
Main sponsorMCW 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.

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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. [1] Since the 2022 MPBL playoffs, the team has been sponsored by MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines. [2]

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.

Current roster

Head coaches

Notable players

Metropolitan Basketball Association

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

Pasig City MCW Sports notable players
PlayerPositionTenureAwardsAll-Star
Mark Andaya 2018–20191 (2019)
Jeric Teng 2019–20201x All-MPBL First Team (2020)1 (2020)
Carlo Lastimosa 20221 (2022)
Jason Ballesteros 2022–20231x Defensive Player of the Year (2023)1 (2023)
Ryan Costelo2022–20231x All-MPBL Second Team (2023)1 (2023)

Season-by-season records

League champions
Division champions
Qualified for playoffs
Best regular season record

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

SeasonRegular seasonPlayoffs
DivisionFinishGPWLPCTGBStageResults
Pasig Pirates
2018–19
Datu Cup
North13th25421.16019Did not qualify
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors
2019–20
Lakan Season
North7th301812.6008First Roundlost vs. Manila, 0–2
Pasig City MCW Sports
2022 North2nd21147.6677First Round
Division Semifinals
won vs. Quezon City, 2–0
lost vs. San Juan, 0–2
2023 North5th28199.6797First Roundlost vs. Caloocan, 1–2
2024 Did not participate
All-time regular season record1045549.5293 playoff appearances
All-time playoff record936.3330 Finals appearances
All-time overall record1135855.5130 championships

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References

  1. "Laguna, Pasig pormal nang kabilang sa MPBL" [Laguna and Pasig, formally part of the MPBL]. ABS-CBN News. April 6, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  2. "MCW Sports inks sponsorship deal with Pasig City Basketball team". MCW Sports Philippines. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. "Alvarez staying with Pasig Pirates". Philstar. January 20, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2018.