Parañaque Patriots Explained

The Parañaque Patriots are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Parañaque. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. They are one of three teams based in Metro Manila's Southern District and play their home games at Olivarez College.

The team is one of the MPBL's charter teams during the league's 2018 season. The team is currently owned by the City Government of Parañaque and its vice mayor Joan Villafuerte.

Despite a successful inaugural season where the Patriots reached the semifinals as the seventh seed, the Parañaque-based franchise wouldn't make the playoffs in the next four seasons from 2019 to 2023, which is tied with the Biñan Tatak Gel for the longest playoff drought in the MPBL including non-playing seasons.

History

The Patriots were one of the ten charter teams in the MPBL as part of the 2018 season. On January 25, 2018, Parañaque played in the inaugural game against the Caloocan Supremos, where they won, 70-60.^[1] Despite finishing the season with a losing record, Parañaque made the playoffs as the seventh seed. They went against the second-seeded Bulacan Kuyas in the Quarterfinals where they would pull off an upset, beating Bulacan in three games. In the Semifinals against the Muntinlupa Cagers, Parañaque won game 1, but fell in the next 2 games to be eliminated.

Despite the Cinderella run, Parañaque would not perform well in the next three seasons, finishing 9-16 (10th) and 8-22 (14th) in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons, respectively. When the team then returned in 2023 after taking a hiatus the previous season, they missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season with an 11th place finish and an 11–17 record.

In 2024, the team acquired former Finals MVP Mark Yee from the departing Bacoor City Strikers, but was later released during the free agency window in June.

Home venues

In every season the team took part in, the Parañaque Patriots have always played their home games in Olivarez College. In 2024, the Patriots played a home game at Villar Coliseum, which is located in the adjacent Las Piñas.

Venue	Location	2018	2018–19	2019–20	2022	2023	2024
align=left	Olivarez College	align=left	Parañaque
align=left	Villar Coliseum	align=left	Las Piñas

Current roster

Head coaches

	Name	Term	Ref.
align=center	1	Aric del Rosario	2018	[2]
align=center	2	Eric Samson	2018
align=center	3	Richie Melencio	2018
align=center	4	Monel Kallos	2018–19
align=center	5	Michael Saguiguit	2019–20–present

Notable players

Parañaque Patriots notable players
Player	Position	Tenure	Awards	All-Star
Paolo Castro		2018–2019 2023–present	—	align=left	1 (2019)
Jayboy Solis		2019–2020 2023	—	align=left	1 (2020)
Jielo Razon		2023–present	—	align=left	1 (2024)
JP Sarao		2024–present	—	align=left	1 (2024)

Season-by-season records

	League champions
	Division champions
	Qualified for playoffs
	Best regular season record

Season	Regular season							Playoffs
	Division	Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
Parañaque Patriots
2018	None	7th	9	4	5		4	Quarterfinals Semifinals	won vs. Bulacan, 2–1
2018–19 Datu Cup		12th	25	8	17		12	Did not qualify
2019–20		14th	30	8	22		18	Did not qualify
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	North	11th	28	11	17		15	Did not qualify
	South	To be determined						Qualified for playoffs
All-time regular season record				31	61			2 playoff appearances
All-time playoff record				3	3			0 finals appearances
All-time overall record				34	64			0 championships

Notes and References

1. News: Patriots score MPBL opening-day win. Escarlote. Mark. January 25, 2018. sports.abs-cbn.com. January 27, 2018.
2. News: Two decades after winning an MBA title, Tatay Aric wants to do the same in MPBL. Jacinto. Christian. January 27, 2018. Spin.ph. February 8, 2018.