St Lucia Realtors
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Wikipedia - Pasig City MCW 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.
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.
St. Lucia Realtors boli založené v roku 2012 a na Filipínach sú považované za jeden z najúspešnejších basketbalových klubov. Vyhrali už tri tituly majstrov, v rokoch 2014, 2016 a 2018. Klub sa tiež trikrát zúčastnil ASEAN Basketball League, kde sa v roku 2016 stal prvým filipínskym klubom, ktorý získal titul.
V zozname St. Lucia Realtors boli mnohí pozoruhodní hráči, vrátane Chrisa Eichhorna, Garyho David, Briana Heruela a Jeana Parea. Klub je známy svojím rýchlym herným štýlom a dôrazom na trojbodové streľby.
St. Lucia Realtors sú jedným z najpopulárnejších basketbalových klubov na Filipínach. Majú silnú fanúšikovskú základňu a ich zápasy často vypredávajú arény. Klub je tiež zapojený do rôznych komunálnych aktivít a je známy svojou podporou miestnych komunít.