Biñan Tatak Gel
{{Short description|Professional basketball team in Laguna, Philippines}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball club
| name = Biñan Tatak Gel
| current = 2025 Biñan Tatak Gel season
| logo =
| logo_size = 200px
| league = MPBL (2018–present)
PSL (2023–present)
The Asian Tournament (2024–present)
| founded = {{start date and age|2018}}
| history = Laguna Heroes
2018–2019, 2021–2022
Biñan City Heroes
2019
Biñan City Luxxe White
2019–2020
Laguna Krah Asia
2023
Biñan Tatak Gel
2023–present
| arena = Alonte Sports Arena
| location = Biñan, Laguna
| colors = {{color box|#{{Basketball color|Biñan Tatak Gel|1}}}} {{color box|#{{Basketball color|Biñan Tatak Gel|3}}}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| owner = Monching Talisayon
Angelo Alonte
| sponsor = Beast Motorcycle Tires
GameX Sports
| coach = Boyet Fernandez
| championship =
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The Biñan Tatak Gel (also known as Biñan Tatak Gel–Beast Motorcycle Tires GameX for sponsorship reasons) is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Biñan, Laguna. The team primarily competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team plays its home games at Alonte Sports Arena.
The team began play during the 2018–19 season as the Laguna Heroes.{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.ph/basketball/837486/laguna-second-expansion-squad-join-mpbl-san-juan-makati-next-line/|title=Laguna 2nd expansion squad to join MPBL; San Juan, Makati next in line|last=Joble|first=Rey|work=FoxSports|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=April 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406041208/http://www.foxsports.ph/basketball/837486/laguna-second-expansion-squad-join-mpbl-san-juan-makati-next-line/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/199655-laguna-pasig-expansion-teams-mpbl|title=Laguna, Pasig newest expansion teams of MPBL|date=April 5, 2018|work=Rappler|access-date=May 27, 2018}} The team has also played in the Pilipinas Super League since 2023 as well as in The Asian Tournament since 2024.
The Laguna/Biñan franchise is tied with the Mindoro Tamaraws for the longest playoff drought in the MPBL, having missed the playoffs in its first four seasons before clinching a spot in 2024.
The Tatak Gel is one of five teams based in Calabarzon.
History
=2018–2023: Original franchise=
The Laguna Heroes joined the MPBL as one of sixteen expansion teams for the 2018–19 season. The team finished with a 10-15 record, finishing ninth in the South Division.
For the 2019–20 season, the team was renamed as the BIñan City Krah Heroes and later as Biñan City Luxxe White. The team finished in tenth with a 12-18 record, matching their winning percentage from last season.
Entering the 2021 Invitational, the team was renamed as Laguna Heroes Krah Asia, bringing back the team's old name. In the Invitational, the team lost in all of their group stage games. In the 2022 season, the team only won three of their 21 games, giving them the second-worst record in the division and third-worst in the league.
In 2023, the team was renamed to Laguna Krah Asia.
=2023: Current franchise=
In November 2023, a new team under the name Biñan Tatak Gel joined the Pilipinas Super League during the Pilipinas Super League for the 2023–24 President's Cup. The team is mainly composed of the former Imus SV Squad organization alongside members of the departing Pasig City MCW Sports team, including head coach Boyet Fernandez. With a 17–1 record, Biñan held the top seed that season. Despite making through the first two rounds, Biñan would eventually lose to the eventual champion Quezon Titans in the semifinals.
As the 2024 MPBL season began, the Tatak Gel team took over the Krah Asia's spot as Laguna's MPBL representatives.
Team identity
The original name, Laguna Heroes, references the national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal, who was born in Calamba. Meanwhile their current name, Biñan Tatak Gel, is a name that is shared with multiple Biñan-based teams in the grassroots level, including its volleyball counterpart in the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association and its homegrown team in NBL–Pilipinas. The moniker itself is a nod to the city's vice mayor, Angelo "Gel" Alonte.{{cite news|url=https://fastbreak.com.ph/actor-ronnie-alonte-to-suit-up-for-binan-tatak-gel-in-mpbl/sports-galore/|website=Fastbreak|title=Actor Ronnie Alonte to suit up for Biñan Tatak Gel in MPBL|date=March 7, 2024|accessdate=April 27, 2024}}
Home venues
With the exception of 2023, the Laguna franchise's primary venue has been the Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan. Other venues the team has used are the Santa Rosa Sports Complex in Santa Rosa and the Laguna Sports Complex in Santa Cruz.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| Venue
! Location ! Capacity ! 2018–19 ! 2019–20 ! 2022 ! 2023 ! 2024 ! 2025 |
|---|
| align=left | Alonte Sports Arena
| align=left | Biñan, Laguna | align=center | 6,500 | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="FFCFCF" | {{n}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} |
| align=left | Santa Rosa Sports Complex
| align=left | Santa Rosa, Laguna | align=center | 5,700 | bgcolor="FFCFCF" | {{n}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="FFCFCF" | {{n}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="FFCFCF" | {{n}} | TBA |
| align=left | Laguna Sports Complex
| align=left | Santa Cruz, Laguna | align=center | 2,500 | bgcolor="FFCFCF" | {{n}} | bgcolor="FFCFCF" | {{n}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | {{y}} | bgcolor="FFCFCF" | {{n}} | TBA |
Current roster
{{Laguna Krah Asia roster}}
=Head coaches=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! # ! Name ! Term ! class="unsortable" | Ref. | ||
| align=center | 1 | Alexander Angeles | 2018
| |
| align=center | 2 | Nath Gregorio | 2018–19
| |
| align=center | 3 | Alexander Angeles | 2019
| |
| align=center | 4 | Denok Miranda | 2019–20
| |
| align=center | 5 | Victor Escudero | 2021
| |
| align=center | 5 | Nath Gregorio | 2022–2023
| |
| align=center | 6 | Boyet Fernandez | 2024
| |
Notable players
= Individual award winners =
= MPBL All-Star Day =
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- Michael Mabulac – 2019
- Allan Mangahas – 2020
- Paolo Pontejos – 2022
- Marc Pingris – 2024
- Kenny Rocacurva – 2024
{{col-end}}
= PBA players =
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
- Mark Cardona
- Marvin Hayes
- Jayjay Helterbrand
- Carlo Lastimosa
- Michael Mabulac
- Denok Miranda
- Josan Nimes
- Marc Pingris
- Pamboy Raymundo
- Jai Reyes
{{col-end}}
Season-by-season records
| class="wikitable"
|style="background:#FFFFCF; width:2em"| | League champions |
| style="background:#CFCFFF; width:2em"| | Division champions |
| style="background:#CFFFCF; width:2em"| | Qualified for playoffs |
| style="background:#FFCFCF; width:2em"| | Best regular season record |
=Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League=
| class=wikitable style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="7" | Regular season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs | |||||||||
| Division
! Finish ! GP ! W ! L ! PCT ! GB ! Stage ! Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Laguna Heroes|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Laguna Heroes|1}};"|Laguna Heroes | |||||||||
| 2018–19 Datu Cup | South | 9th | 25 | 10 | 15 | {{Winning percentage|10|15}} | 10 | colspan="2" | Did not qualify | |
| colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Biñan City Luxxe White|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Biñan City Luxxe White|1}};"|Biñan City Luxxe White | |||||||||
| 2019–20 {{nowrap|Lakan Season}} | South | 10th | 30 | 12 | 18 | {{Winning percentage|12|18}} | 14 | colspan="2" | Did not qualify | |
| colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Laguna Heroes|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Laguna Heroes|1}};"|Laguna Heroes | |||||||||
| 2022 | South | 10th | 21 | 3 | 18 | {{Winning percentage|3|18}} | 15 | colspan="2" |Did not qualify | |
| colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Laguna Krah Asia|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Laguna Krah Asia|1}};"|Laguna Krah Asia | |||||||||
| 2023 | South | 13th | 27 | 4 | 23 | {{Winning percentage|4|23}} | 18.5 | colspan="2" |Did not qualify | |
| colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Biñan Tatak Gel|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Biñan Tatak Gel|1}};"|Biñan Tatak Gel | |||||||||
| 2024 | South | bgcolor="#CFFFCF" | 3rd | 28 | 20 | 8 | {{Winning percentage|20|8}} | 1 | {{nowrap|Division quarterfinals}} | {{nowrap|lost vs. South Cotabato, 1–2}} |
| 2025 | South | colspan="8" | To be determined | |||||||
| colspan="3" | All-time regular season record | {{Sum|49|82}} | 49 | 82 | {{Winning percentage|49|82}} | rowspan="3" | | colspan="2" | 1 playoff appearance | |||
| colspan="3" | All-time playoff record | {{Sum|1|2}} | 1 | 2 | {{Winning percentage|1|2}} | colspan="2" | 0 finals appearances | ||||
| colspan="3" | All-time overall record | {{Sum|50|84}} | 50 | 84 | {{Winning percentage|50|84}} | colspan="2" | 0 championships |
=Pilipinas Super League=
| class=wikitable style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="6" | Regular season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs | ||||||||
| Finish
! GP ! W ! L ! PCT ! GB ! Stage ! Results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Biñan Tatak Gel|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Biñan Tatak Gel|1}};"|Biñan Tatak Gel | ||||||||
| 2023–24 President's Cup | bgcolor="#CFFFCF" | 1st | bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | 18 | bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | 17 | bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | {{Winning percentage|17|1}} | bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | — | First round {{nowrap|Quarterfinals}} Semifinals | {{nowrap|won vs. RCP–Shawarma Shack, 1–0}} won vs. Muntinlupa, 1–0 lost vs. Quezon, 0–2 |
| 2024–25 {{nowrap|President's Cup 2024–2025}} | bgcolor="CFFFCF" | 5th | 10 | 7 | 3 | {{Winning percentage|7|3}} | 2 | Quarterfinals 1 {{nowrap|Quarterfinals 2}} | won vs. Pilipinas Navy, 1–0 lost vs. Pangasinan, 0–1 |
| colspan="2" | All-time regular season record | {{Sum|24|4}} | 24 | 4 | {{Winning percentage|24|4}} | rowspan="3" | | colspan="2" | 2 playoff appearances | ||
| colspan="2" | All-time playoff record | {{Sum|3|3}} | 3 | 3 | {{Winning percentage|3|3}} | colspan="2" | 0 finals appearances | |||
| colspan="2" | All-time overall record | {{Sum|27|7}} | 27 | 7 | {{Winning percentage|27|7}} | colspan="2" | 0 championships |
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087336777466 Official Facebook page]
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