PBL Preview: Bong Tan and the Cobra Energy Drink Warriors
The economic downturn is affecting everyone, and it has hit local amateur commercial basketball particularly hard. The Philippine Basketball League, the traditional breeding ground for Philippine basketball's rising stars, beginning their new tournament while reeling from the departure of two members (Burger King and Toyota Otis), are down to five teams.
It makes sense. Unlike the PBA, the PBL is truly borne out of love: companies pay teams to play in near-empty arenas and there is next to no one watching on television.
This is Fire Quinito's primer for each team, with a different twist: a profile of each team owner. Who are they, and what do they do? And why the hell are they still in the PBL?
On tap, Bong Tan and the Cobra Energy Drink Warriors, formerly the Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders.
Tall, cut, and athletic, with an icy stare and sharp Chinese features, Bong Tan has a look that's straight out of a Hongkong gangster flick. But perhaps more intimidating than his features and his aura is his full name: Lucio Tan, Jr. The son of the controversial taipan has been, true to his name, an infamous figure in the world of Philippine basketball, even though he has stayed out of the limelight in recent years, focusing instead in his activities in his family's numerous businesses.
It makes sense. Unlike the PBA, the PBL is truly borne out of love: companies pay teams to play in near-empty arenas and there is next to no one watching on television.
This is Fire Quinito's primer for each team, with a different twist: a profile of each team owner. Who are they, and what do they do? And why the hell are they still in the PBL?
On tap, Bong Tan and the Cobra Energy Drink Warriors, formerly the Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders.
Tall, cut, and athletic, with an icy stare and sharp Chinese features, Bong Tan has a look that's straight out of a Hongkong gangster flick. But perhaps more intimidating than his features and his aura is his full name: Lucio Tan, Jr. The son of the controversial taipan has been, true to his name, an infamous figure in the world of Philippine basketball, even though he has stayed out of the limelight in recent years, focusing instead in his activities in his family's numerous businesses.
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