Wikipedia - Manila Stars

The Manila Stars are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Manila. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. They are the lone representative of Metro Manila's Capital District and play their home games at San Andres Sports Complex.

The team was founded as an expansion team for the 2018–19 MPBL season. The team has also competed in the Pilipinas Super League since 2022 under the name Manila CityStars.

History

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

The nation's capital joined the MPBL for the 2018–19 season, and in its first season, made an instant impact. The team finished 20–5, tying with San Juan and Davao Occidental for the league's third-best record, as the Stars clinch the fourth seed in the 2019 playoffs. After getting past Caloocan in the First Round, they met with the league-leading Bataan Risers in the North Division Semifinals. Although Bataan won game 1, Manila pushed through the next two games to finish the upset and advance to the North Division Finals against San Juan. The series went in a similar way but in the opposite manner, as Manila won game 1 but with San Juan winning the next two to advance to the National Finals and eventually win the championship.

Manila came back stronger for the 2019–20 season, finishing 25–5, clinching the second seed in the 2020 playoffs. The team first beat Pasig in the First Round, but feel short in the Division Semifinals against Makati. Once again, Manila won game 1, yet Makati won the rest of the series.

For the 2021 Invitational, Manila tapped Cholo Villanueva as their head coach, but only finished third in Group D, failing to make the playoffs. Villanueva would later depart for the Batangas City Embassy Chill.

In 2022, the team missed the playoffs for the first time, only getting six wins out of 21 games in the season, finishing 10th of 11 in the North.

Pilipinas Super League

The Stars came to the PSL for the 2022 DUMPER Cup during the MPBL's off-season. Finishing 9–6 in the conference, Manila tied with Boracay and Bulacan for seventh. The team managed to settle for eighth but lost to the San Juan Kings in the Quarterfinals.

馬尼拉全明星(英語:Manila All-Stars)是一支菲律賓職業籃球隊,成立於2017年,並於2018年首次參加東南亞職業籃球聯賽(ABL)。該隊的主場位於馬尼拉的黎剎紀念體育館。

馬尼拉全明星隊由菲律賓籃球傳奇人物布萊恩·哥利果(英语:Bryan Gligorijević)執教,陣容中包括多名菲律賓國家隊球員,例如:

* 阿倫·布雷爾(英语:Allen Durham)
* 阿爾文·波蒂耶(英语:Alvin Abundo Putifer)
* 馬庫斯·迪奧普(英语:Marcus Douthit)
* 安德魯·史考特(英语:Andray Blatche)
* 雷蒙·阿爾弗雷多(英语:Raymond Almazan)
* 保羅·戴維斯(英语:Paul Zamar)
* 羅納德·波蒂耶(英语:Ronald Alfredo Putifer)

馬尼拉全明星隊在ABL的表現十分出色,在2018-19賽季中獲得常規賽冠軍,並在季後賽中一路殺入決賽,最終獲得亞軍。在2019-20賽季中,馬尼拉全明星隊再次獲得常規賽冠軍,但在季後賽中被新加坡騰飛之獅隊淘汰。

馬尼拉全明星隊是一支實力強勁的球隊,在ABL中一直是爭冠的熱門球隊。該隊擁有眾多菲律賓國家隊球員,陣容深度和實力都很強。在未來的賽季中,馬尼拉全明星隊有望繼續在ABL中取得佳績。